I hate to set young @ShendM off again, but no Jesus Navas or Acuña tonight.
Other absentees are Tomas Vaclik, Sergio Escudero and Óscar Rodriguez.
Really surprised given what I have seen that it is still Iván Romero getting call ups from the B team, but what do I know?
Navy kit gets its second outing of the season, not been seen since the implosion in Bilbao in October. I really wish Nike would provide us with Navy socks for it though, it looks crap with the bright Orangey / Red ones.
Super excited to see Papu Gomez in the line up, but i don’t understand why we are playing with both
Fernando and Gudelj. It would be better to see Oliver Torres get more minutes.
Rekik wouldn’t have to join the attack and would cover the defensive left part better with Ocampos tracking down too, while Papu would play as a second striker, which is closer to what he played in Atalanta. Why not try it?
Papu is the designate assister, but he needs the ball to do that.
I see a hybrid system with O’Campos moving around, as we’ve seen recently. Then he can combine with LDJ and Papu in the creation, but it still looks a bit lightweight up front.
Gee, that’s terrible.
For a future formation, if we want to use a 3-4-3, how would it be to see Ocampos at LM or something? I know he’s right footed, but he’s played on the left before.