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Isco played against Atlético Madrid maybe his best match so far with Real Madrid’s t-shirt. Zidane decided a new formation where Isco had to play just behind the striker, Cristiano. The Andalusian player was undoubtedly the great beneficiary of the new Zidane’s formation. The French manager decided to play 4-2-3-1 instead 4-3-3- as they usually do, but with this change Zidane surprised Simeone and allowed Isco play more freely and very close to the opposite box.

At Vicente Calderon we saw Isco’s best version responding to Zidane’s confidence and leading Real Madrid. Especially in the first half where he was amazing, with intensity and stealing many balls in the midfield. Isco said just after the match: “I do not know if it is one of my best matches in Madrid, you must judge it, but it is one of the game that I found more comfortable”, Isco said after finishing the match.

Isco played in a new position in Zidane’s stage and despite Cristiano scored a hat trick, the Andalusian midfielder was the MVP of the match. He did almost everything good, passing, defending, stealing and he arrived to Oblak’s box several times.

We can say that Isco defended and attacked during all the game. He was in a position that gave him freedom of movements and he was maybe the player that most damaged Atlético Madrid. He also stole seven balls throughout the match. He played a very complete match in a very difficult stadium. After this game, Zidane has a very big “problem”. When Casemiro and Kroos return we don’t know who is going to go to the bench because with these performances it’s not easy let a player as Isco out of the starting 11. Isco also knows that is very difficult to play in the usual line up and that he must play 100% if he want to be in the future line ups:” In Real Madrid there’s many of good players, but there are a lot of games and I hope to have continuity” Isco said.

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Zidane spoke after Real Madrid’s victory against Atlético Madrid at Vicente Calderón. Los Blancos played a really good match in the derby, playing with a different formation because many players are injured and the French manager had to make some changes in the line up. Zidane highlighted the great match of Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco, why Ramos did not play and other topics related to yesterday’s game.

Real Madrid played yesterday a very complete game against a very difficult team at a very tough stadium as Vicente Calderón: “We played an incredible game against a very difficult opponent and in a stadium where it’s difficult to win. There are not many teams that can say they won here 0-3, it’s not easy. In the second half Atlético had more chances than in the first one, but we played with the necessary intensity against a tough team”, Zidane said

Isco’s performances were really good and he maybe played the best game since he signed with Los Blancos: “He played an incredible match, In the first half he did not missed any ball. He is playing in his best position. We had balance and we defended together, that’s very important.” Zidane explained.

Los Blancos played with a different formation and Zidane explained the changes he did: “I changed the formation because we had more balance with Bale on the left an Lucas on the right. Isco played just behind the striker, that today was Cristiano. We must continue with what we are doing. We have not won anything so we have to keep in this level”, Zidane explained about the change of formation.

Many people thought that Ramos was going to be in the starting 11 but finally Nacho entered and the Andalusian watched the match from the bench: “He wasn’t 100%. I think that we don’t have to risk with any player if he is not in his best conditions”, Zidane said.

Cristiano scored another hat trick and Zidane said this about the Portuguese star “I have never had doubts that Cristiano is the best and tonight he closed the Golden Ball debate “, Zidane affirmed.

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Real Madrid won the Derby against Atlético de Madrid at Vicente Calderón 0-3 with a hat trick of Cristiano Ronaldo. It was a key match for Los Blancos and they did a great performance against one of the toughest teams in all the world. Zidane decided that Nacho and Varane should be the full backs pair and Lucas Vázquez also entered from the beginning instead of Karim Benzema. Real Madrid played with a different formation and worked perfectly.

Los Blancos started the match really good, controlling the game and playing with a lot of intensity. Cristiano Ronaldo had the first chance from a header, but Oblak made an amazing safe when everyone thought it was going to be the first goal. In the minute 23rd Cristiano opened the score board from a free kick that touched Savic and Oblak could not react. With this goal, Cristiano is the player with more goals from free kicks of the current players of La Liga, with 20 so far. After the first goal, Real Madrid played even better that in the beginning highlighting the first half of Isco , helping his teammates, stealing many balls and showing his quality in every ball. Atlético Madrid did not have any clear opportunity in all the first half because Los Blancos were defending really good and they did not give any chance to Atlético’s attackers. Griezmann is Atletico de Madrid best player and he was disappeared in all the first half.

In the second half, Los Blancos were playing a bit worse than in the first one and Atlético had the first opportunities to tie the match, but Keylor Navas prevented it. In the minute 70, Savic tried to steal the ball inside the box to Cristiano but the result was a penalty. The Portuguese striker scored the second goal from a perfect free kick. With 0-2, it was all easier and only 5 minutes later Los Blancos did a great counter attack leaded by Bale that assisted to Cristiano, and the Portuguese signed his second hat trick of the season. With 0-3 Zidane started to do the substitutions and Benzema entered replacing Isco and James entered by Cristiano in the last 10 minutes. Asensio also replaced Lucas Vázquez in the minute 87.

We can say that Los Blancos played maybe the most complete game of the season especially in the first half, against a team that is very difficult because of their intensity and the great organization Simeone’s team have. Zidane decided to change the formation because of the injuries Real Madrid had and it has been a great success. Now is time to think in Champions League match against Sporting Lisbon.

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After Morata’s injury in the match against Macedonia playing with his national team, Zinedine Zidane should find different variables to supply the Spaniard striker. Morata will be out of the pitch approximately 30 days, because he has an injury grade 2 in the right biceps. Zidane can choose different variables for his line up for the next games. Los Blancos will have very difficult games and Zidane may rotate in the future matches.

Karim Benzema is the best option because he is a key player for Real Madrid, and he usually is in the starting 11. The French striker suffers hamstrings and his participation in today’s match against Atlético de Madrid is doubtful. We can’t only think in the derby, there’s a difficult schedule with very important games of Champions League against Sporting Lisbon and El Clásico on December 13.

Another choice for Zidane can be the Lucas Vázquez. The Spaniard attacker has made very good performances since his Real Madrid return. He guarantees intensity and very long runs in the right side of the pitch. The Galician can accompany Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo in the attack, assuming the Portuguese the functions of the striker. With Lucas, Zidane can change of formation instead of 4-2-3-1 to 4-4-2, with Isco and Lucas can be the left and right midfielders and Bale and Cristiano the strikers.

Zidane’s last option and the most unlikely can be Mariano Díaz. The Dominican is the most inexperience player of the all the squad. However, he is the third striker of the team behind Morata and Benzema. Mariano showed his scoring ability at Real Madrid Castilla, but the has only played a total of 45 minutes in official matches since the season began. We saw him score a good goal in the last match of Copa del Rey against Cultural Leonesa. Without any doubts, it would be Zidane’s bravest choice at an important moment for the team and with games of high quality.

These are the three variable Zidane can use to supply Morata during his injury period. What player would you use to supply the Spaniard striker?

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Los Blancos will face Atlético de Madrid in a very important game against one of the best defensive teams in all Europe. A few years ago, Real Madrid was the favorite to win this game but in the recently years, Atlético Madrid are one of the best teams in all the continent. It will be the last derby at Vicente Calderón in a Liga match because Atlético are finishing their new stadium. This is a game between to candidates to win the regular season and that have many stars in their teams. The starting 11 of each teams have a value of €891M.

This is the value that have the 22 players that will be on the pitch tonight according to Transfermarket. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid have many players in their teams that are stars and that move millions of euros. The line ups are not still confirmed but there are many possibilities to be the correct one and it serves to show the enormous amount and the high quality stars that will be on the pitch tonight.

Atlético of Madrid will face Loss Blancos with a formation of 4-4-2 as they usually play. Griezmann and Gameiro will be the two strikers, while Koke and Gabi will give the necessary balance in the midfield. Simeone’s line up worth less than the one will use Zidane. The amount of this line up is around €381M because the have very good young players that are highly quoted.

Atlético Madrid starting 11 (4-4-2): Oblak; Juanfran, Godin, Savic, Filipe Luis, Gabi, Koke, Carrasco, Saúl, Gameiro and Griezmann.

Real Madrid will play with a line up that is around €510M, a figure that is not bad despite there are several injuries like Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Álvaro Morata. Los Blancos have many injuries in the squad so Zinedine Zidane should find different variables especially in the midfield. Kovacic, Isco and Modric will be the three players in the midfield while the BBC will be in Los Blancos attack.

Real Madrid starting 11: Keylor; Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo, Kovacic, Modric, Isco, Bale, Cristiano and Benzema.

The add of these two line ups are around €891M, a very huge amount of money if we are talking of an sport. Do you think football moves too much money?

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Zinedine Zidane spoke in front of the media before the clash against city rivals Atlético Madrid. It has been 15 days without listening the French coach voice but he has kept his tone and he’s ready to beat Atlético Madrid, the only team that has defeated Real Madrid in La Liga with Zidane on the bench.

Real Madrid haven’t won at Vicente Calderón since 2013 and Zidane lost in La Liga (0-1) at Santiago Bernabéu in February: “It’s not a test for me. It’s another game in La Liga, it’s 50%. We have to give everything in every play until the end. It’s going to be complicated, but we are use to tough games”.

Zidane doesn’t have Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Pepe or Morata available, however the coach is confident: “We arrive well, we have recovered some players. We have some problems, it can happen, but we are focused in what it matters, an important game. We had few days to prepare it, but we’re ready”.

Real Madrid are ready but also Karim Benzema, who will be finally in the list: “Benzema is in the list, he’s better and I’m happy that he could be with us. We’ll see tomorrow… He is in the list, so he can start the game”.

If Benzema plays, the formation should be a 4-3-3, whereas if the French striker is on the bench, Lucas Vázquez could be the fourth midfielder. According to Zidane, with or without Benzema, it doesn’t change anything: “It doesn’t mean anything. The formation can always be changed but the idea is one. We want to play, it’s a good game to play. We know the difficulties of the game, we have a very good rival. You can change a player, because there are players that are going to change, but not the style”.

There is some controversy around Morata’s injury, because Real Madrid are quite angry with the Spanish Federation. The Spaniard played against England when he already had some problems: “I’m not going to blame anyone. We’re upset with Alvaro Morata’s injury but this can happen. The only thing we want is to recover him and that’s it. This can happen”.

Apart from Morata, Zidane confirmed that Casemiro won’t play: “He is ruled out. He’s every day better. Ramos has trained well the whole week and we’ll see tomorrow how we are going to play”, Zidane said.

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Despite the FIFA ban, Real Madrid are always looking into the market just in case the appealing give Los Blancos the reason. The priority would be to reinforce the midfield, especially after the problems with the injuries this season. Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro, the top three midfielder, have been injured and Zidane had to use some other players not used to defend.

For this reason, Real Madrid want another midfielder and Florentino Pérez has put his eye on Arsenal player Aaron Ramsey. According to The Sun, Real Madrid president thinks that the gunner is the right footballer and will also be useful in the squad, because there will be two Welshmen in the dressing room. Actually, Bale and Ramsey maintain a great relationship.

According to the British press, the transfer fee will be around £25M, a good deal for Los Blancos. Ramsey was named in the best team of the past Euro and he is really versatile in the midfield, defending with great level and also scoring some goals. Actually, it is said that every time Ramsey scores a goal, a celebrity died.

With Ramsey in the squad, Real Madrid will reunite two Welshmen in the squad. Wales did a great Euro thanks, especially, to Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey and now both could play with the same team.

Ramsey has had problems with the injuries this season and he has missed most of the games. A harmstring problem kept him away from the pitch but he came back recently to play the North London Derby against Tottenham Hotspur. So far he has only enjoyed 99 minutes and he hasn’t scored any goal yet. Last year, Ramsey 31 games scoring 5 goals. His best season with the goals was in the 2013/14, when he scored 10 goals.

Arsenal signed Aaron Ramsey in 2008 from Cardiff City for a €6.4M transfer fee. Afterwards, in 2010, he played on loan in the Championship team Nottingham Forest. This very same year, he went back to Cardiff to play on loan in his city team to earn a position in the Arsenal squad in 2011.

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Finally, Zinedine Zidane has received some good news. Karim Benzema trained without any problem with the group at Valdebebas and he’s ready to play the derby against Atlético Madrid from the beginning. The French striker missed the last home game at Santiago Bernabéu stadium against Leganés and he hasn’t trained in the last 14 days.

Karim Benzema had some muscular problems and his participation in the derby was in doubt. However, finally the French striker could train with the rest of the team and should be ready to start tomorrow. With Álvaro Morata injured, it was the only option for Zinedine Zidane if he wanted to keep the three attackers in front.

Benzema will be together with Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo in the front. Therefore, there are less opportunities for Lucas Vázquez to start the game. The young winger could be a good option, especially to help the three midfielder, all with offensive skills. Zidane has to be careful with the defence because Isco, Kovacic and Luka Modric are not used to defend.

In the training session, we couldn’t see Pepe and Casemiro with the group. So the Portuguese and the Brazilian will miss the derby as it was expected. Sergio Ramos is ready to occupy the centre of the defence and Keylor Navas also came back from Costa Rica and will be in the goal.

If there are no surprises, Zinedine Zidane will choose the following team: Navas; Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Kovacic, Modric, Isco; Bale, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Zidane lost in the only game against Atlético Madrid in Liga. Los Blancos want revenge and keep the good pace in La Liga, where they are top of the table. Barcelona played earlier against Málaga so at the time of the match, Los Blancos could have lost the first position in the table.

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The capital derby takes place on Saturday at 20:45 local time. Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid is one of the best games we can see in La Liga with Los Blancos trying to keep the first position and Simeone’s side to shorten the gap with the city rivals.

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Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid Preview

Atlético Madrid have lost two of their last three games in La Liga and they are now 6 points behind the top of the table, Real Madrid. Therefore, they need to shorten the gap and win Real Madrid, also as a revenge of the last derby, in the Champions League final of Milan. Simeone has the major doubt of Griezmann, but the French star is expected to start on Saturday.

Zinedine Zidane has more problems with the injuries. The last players injured is Álvaro Morata, who came from England with a muscular problem and will miss the next month of competition. Karim Benzema is in doubt and he might also miss the derby. Pepe, Casemiro and Toni Kroos will be out of the list.

With all these problems, Zidane face the only team that have defeated him in La Liga. Los Blancos have troubles with Atlético Madrid recently in the domestic competition. If they want to keep the leadership in La Liga, they need to win at Vicente Calderón. By the way, it will be the last derby in La Liga at Calderón, because Atlético will change stadium at the end of the present season.

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Team Predictions Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid

Atl Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Filipe Luis, Godín, Savic, Juanfran; Gabi, Koke, Carrasco, Saúl; Gameiro and Griezmann.
R Madrid (4-3-3): Keylor Navas; Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Varane, Carvajal; Modric, Kovacic, Isco; Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo y Benzema.

Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid Betting Tips

Atl Madrid have won 5, drawn 5 and lost 0 games out of the last 10.
Real Madrid have won 6, drawn 4 and lost 0 of the last 10 games.

In the last 10 games, Atletico Madrid have scored an average of 1,9 goals and have received and average of 0,8 goals.
In the last 10 games, Los Blancos have scored an average of 3,5 goals per game and have conceded 1,3 goals per game.

There have been over 2,5 goals in 3 of the last 10 Atletico Madrid games.
There have been 2,5 goals in 9 of the last 10 R Madrid games.

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Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid Prediction

Real Madrid are not playing great football but Los Blancos keep the first position in La Liga. Now they have a major test against Atlético Madrid and then Barcelona to see in which position is the team. Real Madrid have shown their best against big teams like Borussia Dortmund.

Atlético Madrid have lost two of the last three games and they have some doubts. The team is playing better than other years but their defeats against Sevilla and Real Sociedad made Simeone hesitate about the formation.

The last derby was in the Champions League final in May. After the draw, Real Madrid won the title in the penalty shootout. In La Liga, last year Atlético Madrid won at Santiago Bernabéu and Real Madrid drew at Vicente Calderón with Rafa Benítez on the bench.

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Match Prediction

Real Madrid to win 21/10 at Bet365.

Over/Under Prediction

Under 2,5 goals a 17/20 at Bet365.

Goalscorer

Gareth Bale to score first 11/2 at bet365

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Surprisingly, Liverpool are top of the table at this stage of the season after the bad results obtained by Manchester City in the last games. Jurgen Klopp’s side is challenging the odds and they have won six games in a row now, including a stunning 6-1 against Watford.

One of the stars of Liverpool is Phillipe Coutinho. The Brazilian player is finally giving his best at Anfield with Klopp on the bench and many other teams put the spot on him. Former Inter Milán and Espanyol player has an enormous talent but he hasn’t played so good for long time in his career. Now he’s having continuity and he’s one of the key pieces in Klopp’s formation.

Some big clubs were already following the Brazilian but now the interest is bigger. According to the English newspaper Liverpool Echo, Real Madrid and Barcelona are fighting again to get a good position to sign Phillipe Coutinho in the future.

Both giants teams have already good midfielders in the squad but Coutinho could give something else and he’s still a project for the future. Coutinho is only 24 years old but he has the experience to guide a big team like Liverpool to fight for the first positions in the Premier League.

Coutinho has already scored 5 goals this season in only 11 games, the same amount of goals scored in the whole season in the 2013/14 and 14/15. Last year, the Brazilian wrote 8 times his name in the scoresheet. This is his fifth season in Anfield and the best one so far for the talented midfielder. He arrived in 2012 from Inter Milán after paying a transfer fee of €10M. Before he played really well on loan for Espanyol. Inter signed him from Vasco da Gama in 2010 for €3.8M.

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