Tomorrow, Madrid vists Barcelona to play in the most heated rivalry match in the history of football. Madrid is at the top of the table by 1 point.
Madrid started off excellently but hit a slump in october, coincidentally at the same time as cronaldo's injury. However, ever since their embarassing exit from the copa del rey they have gone back to their winning ways, with Kaka's winning influence becoming more apparent with each game. Furthermore Cronaldo is back from injury and will see some playing time.
Barcelona also had a brilliant start to the campaign matching Madrid toe to toe, however they too hit a slump after some unfortunate injuries. Barcelona went back to their beautiful football ways with the defeat against Inter, but Madrid will be a much tougher opponent. I am positinve they will barely allow any space for our yin & yang to wreak havoc in the midfield they did against inter.
Fortunately, Yaya and abidal are back from swine flu and Ibra and Messi have recovered from their injuries.
One thing i am happy about is that Pellegrini is the madrid coach now. Pellegrini's method of defending is to play the offside trap and hold on to possession. That means he will encourage Madrid to charge in the lion's den instead of parking the bus like Schuster and Juande Ramos.
This should be an exciting fixture. Both possession savy, attack-minded coaches with a squad full of the best players in the world. Lets all hope its a cracker.
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