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Suarez Rakitic Pique HM: Cillessen, Busquets, Messi, Coutinho

If his shot had dropped 2 cm's, everybody would have named him MOM today. He is excellent on the ball and already combines well with his teammates. He will not disappoint. As to best position, he should definitely play on the left side of the field.

Who would you trust more to defend Hazard, Chelsea's most dangerous player? Semedo or Roberto?

Iniesta Piqué Umtiti HM Busquets, Coutinho

Digne

I think we should be able to win without Messi, or at least have him on the bench for possible substitution in the second half. It worked against Juventus. Chelsea match is just too important to play with Messi exhausted from all those games. It may also be a good idea to ask rest of team to...

EV needs to rest Messi ahead of Chelsea! Perhaps already this weekend against Espanyol. In addition, Espanyol could cause a Messi injury.

Umtiti Messi Busquets

Messi Iniesta Rakitic HM Suarez, MAtS

so much for resting Messi ...

Is Umtiti still injured? I don't think was running at full speed when he tried to catch up with Guidetti.

I watched both PSG and RM yesterday and am not convinced at all that PSG should be favored. In addition, Real players will be well rested before the first match, having to play only 2 matches compared to PSG's four matches in both Ligue and Cup. Neymar has not improved since his departure from...

Alaves will be tired but should not be underestimated. We need to manage Messi's minutes, we need to have him fresh for Chelsea. Losing the Copa this year would not be a disaster, being eliminated by Chelsea would be MUCH WORSE!

7 I trust EV's intelligence

I think Luis Enrique failed to rest our players before the important CL away games. I partly blame it on the Copa, in particular our tough match against Atletico. EV should know better - rather risk a CDR loss than traveling to England with a tired team.

Two years in a row RM won the CL by dropping out of CDR early and saving energy. Who knows if they dropped out as a strategy, or because of inability? Zidane pretended to suffer from the defeat, but I'm not so sure ... Time will tell.

Three Magicians! (not midgets)

I hope we did not expend too much energy - will see on Sunday

Messi Umtiti Rakitic HM Iniesta, Coutinho, Roberto

If I were EV I would ask myself the following question: What is the probability to win the 'Treble' compared to the probability to win both La Liga and reach the Champions League Final WITHOUT winning the Copa? Based on what we learned last year and the year before, the effort needed to win the...