Hasn't played enough for that, too many injuries.Based on this season Bale is in my top 10 in the world.
As an inconsistent as he is, he's great cover at CB and for rotation purposes. Plus he can play LB, which may become a problem this next match with Alba being injured. Big blow to the bench, gotta pray that Vermaelen doesn't get injured and Bartra steps it up.Mathieu could be out for the rest of the season depending on how severe his injury is.
Not really a problem in terms of ability but he's useful cover for two positions so not great news.
The Bartra goal? Stat must be league only.Some more random clasico stats:
Real Madrid have scored 99 times at the Camp Nou.
Messi has scored 499 goals (for Barca and Argentina) in his career, a goal on Saturday would also put him one ahead of Di Stefano to go top of the "most goals in clasico" table.
Bale has played 4 times against Barca, and has always been on the losing side.
Yep, that's Bale in La Liga. The Real Madrid 99 and the Di Stefano/Messi top scorer are Liga as well.The Bartra goal? Stat must be league only.
Zidane can't field a Kroos and Modric two-man midfield that's for sure.I don´t know what to think about this Clásico, on the one hand I think that Madrid can win it. As a matter of simple statistics, it is time for a positive result against them.
Madrid wants revenge after the 0-4 and there are players who want to vindicate themselves after so much criticism , especially James -who played great with Colombia- or Isco , plus another good opportunity for Zidane , after the disappointment against Atlético in the league.
But on the other hand this game is a tribute to Cruyff and as jojojo said, Messi can score his goal 500.
It could be that Madrid is brutally humiliated in a degrading spectacle with the cameras pointing Florentino and Zidane after 20 minutes
Earlier this week, Casemiro, Kroos and Modric were pointed as the starting midfielders with the whole BBC at the front.Zidane can't field a Kroos and Modric two-man midfield that's for sure.
I don´t know whether it is better Casemiro-Modric-Kroos or Casemiro-Modric-James / Isco .The issue is that the team does not break with 30 meters between BBC (who should help a lot in defence) and the midfield .Zidane can't field a Kroos and Modric two-man midfield that's for sure.