UCL PREVIEW: BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS REAL MADRID

     It feels as if we have seen this match a million times in recent years but here is another one. Dortmund and Real Madrid are facing each other for the seventh time in the last five years.

2 matches in group stages,

2 matches in quarter final,

2  matches in semi final,

Real Madrid never won a single away game against Borussia Dortmund (D2 L3),Mean While  Borussia Dortmund have won their last 4 home games against Spanish opposition in European  competition scoring at least twice in each games,While Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last 22 matches (W18 L4).

Real Madrid and their worries

Madrid is as shiny and as crazy as it has ever been. Los Blancos still assembles a starting XI of some of the world greatest footballers of our generation.

With the return of Alvaro Morata during the summer who was bought for a transfer fee of 30 million euros from Juventus.

Real Madrid’s  power has been attack and speed.They like to dominate their games,this has been practiced since the Ancelotti era.Their charismatic bald headed coach Zidane has been able to change their weakness in midfield with Casemiro providing balance.Also the form of Ronaldo is a big worry for the team as he is  recovering from a recent injury which he sustained in Euro final and he will be less confident after he was substituted by Zidane in 72nd minute of their weekend game which ended in a 2-2 draw against Las Palmas.

Borussia Dortmund form

Dortmund’s back line will be worry for them with Marc Bartra missing due to injury.it would not be too daunting to see a Dortmund side mostly working against Madrid build up play rather than to dominate the whole game.

With the likes of Ronaldo and Bale Dortmund should avoid to over commit and being befogged due to long possession periods,Dortmund attack revolves around the lightning fast Aubameyang .

Players to miss the game

For Real Madrid Marcelo,Casemiro. 

And for Dortmund Marc Bartra,Sven Bender,Durm.

Expected STARTING LINEUPS

 Real Madrid XI: Navas, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Danilo, Kroos, Modric, Kovacic, Bale, Ronaldo, Benzema.

  Borussia Dortmund XI: Burki, Piszczek, Sokratis, Ginter, Schmelzer, Weigl, Pulisic, Castro, Guerreiro, Dembelé, Aubameyang.

 BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS REAL MADRID

 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Group Stage Match Day 2 @19:45pm GMT

Enjoy this masterclass match,expected to be explosive.