da cassino： It’s pretty safe to say that Real Madrid didn’t really have the best of weekends.
da poker： Los Blancos visited the newly-promoted Mallorca on Saturday and ended up embarrassed as they were handed a narrow 1-0 defeat. And now, because of that, Barcelona have jumped above them in the Liga standings.
But for the moment, Zinedine Zidane can’t really focus on the Spanish top-flight since the team have a really tough Champions League fixture ahead of them.
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Seeing how they couldn’t tally a win in either of the two opening games in the competition, that makes the Tuesday night clash against Galatasaray a must-win encounter.
And with that do or die mentality that Zidane’s troops should have, it seems unlikely that the Frenchman will be experimenting much with his squad.
With that in mind, here’s what we think Real Madrid’s XI will look like come Tuesday night:
Thibaut Courtois is still very much Real Madrid’s first-choice goalkeeper despite allowing 60 goals in the 44 games he has played for Los Blancos so far. Just this season, he’s been conceding regularly, allowing seven goals in seven games in La Liga, and five in two Champions League clashes.
But despite all of that, he seems to be Zidane’s go-to stopper, already tallying 765 minutes to his name so he’s very much expected to start on Tuesday as well.
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The backline should also see no changes whatsoever.
The centre-back pairing of Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane is bound to be picked from the get-go seeing how Zidane can use their experience and expertise and the same can be said for Marcelo and Daniel Carvajal, especially considering the latter player was rested last weekend.
One piece of good news for Real is the return of Toni Kroos, who has officially made the squad list, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the German in the starting XI, especially considering the importance of the game in hand.
The same can be said for Casemiro, who’s been one of their crucial players in the campaign and the third man could potentially be James Rodriguez, since the Colombian also started the last game and Luka Modric is still out of the squad altogether.
Eden Hazard will most likely be making his return alongside Karim Benzema as the two will definitely have to put in a big shift on Tuesday night. Seeing how Gareth Bale is still absent, the 19-year-old Vinicius Junior is likely to be given another shot too.