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Pick Your Real Madrid Team For El Clasico
While Barca's Ibrahimovic will miss El Clasico, Kaka is also set to miss Saturday's match.
Apr 9, 2010 10:22:00 AM
By Cyrus C. Malek
As reported by Marca, Kaka is set to miss Saturday's pivotal match against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu, while Karim Benzema and Lassana Diarra return to their first squad list in weeks.
There are a number of possible starting line-ups that Manuel Pellegrini could use as it is unknown whether the Chilean coach will opt for Sergio Ramos as a central defender or a right-back, whether Guti will start in what will be his final Clasico, and whether it will be Benzema or Raul who will assume the offensive responsibilities as a substitute.
Manuel Pellegrini's squad list thus consists of the following 18 players:
Goalkeepers: Casillas, Dudek
Defenders: Arbeloa, Albiol, Ramos, Garay, Marcelo, Metzelder
Midfielders: Xabi Alonso, Gago, Lass, Diarra, Guti, Van der Vaart, Granero
Forwards: Benzema, Higuain, Raul, Cristiano Ronaldo
Please leave your ideal XI in the comments box below, using hyphens to separate positions working from right to left. For example, here is the team that could line-up in a 4-3-1-2 formation:
Casillas - Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol, Ezequiel Garay, Alvaro Arbeloa - Lassana Diarra, Xabi Alonso, Marcelo - Rafa Van der Vaart - Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain
¡Hala Madrid!
Get all the latest on El Clasico with Goal.com's Spain page.
There are a number of possible starting line-ups that Manuel Pellegrini could use as it is unknown whether the Chilean coach will opt for Sergio Ramos as a central defender or a right-back, whether Guti will start in what will be his final Clasico, and whether it will be Benzema or Raul who will assume the offensive responsibilities as a substitute.
Manuel Pellegrini's squad list thus consists of the following 18 players:
Goalkeepers: Casillas, Dudek
Defenders: Arbeloa, Albiol, Ramos, Garay, Marcelo, Metzelder
Midfielders: Xabi Alonso, Gago, Lass, Diarra, Guti, Van der Vaart, Granero
Forwards: Benzema, Higuain, Raul, Cristiano Ronaldo
Please leave your ideal XI in the comments box below, using hyphens to separate positions working from right to left. For example, here is the team that could line-up in a 4-3-1-2 formation:
Casillas - Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol, Ezequiel Garay, Alvaro Arbeloa - Lassana Diarra, Xabi Alonso, Marcelo - Rafa Van der Vaart - Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain
¡Hala Madrid!
Get all the latest on El Clasico with Goal.com's Spain page.
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