Selasa, Mac 10, 2009

Real pre-match preparations

Real Madrid arrived in Liverpool on Monday afternoon, and while the players will prepare for training the club's board are in for a city tour and slap-up meal. Real' 20-man squad flew in to Merseyside from the Spanish capital and straight into a damp but welcoming city.

The players travelled across town to the Radisson SAS Hotel in the centre of Liverpool and will then go to Anfield an hour after that for training.
News already coming out of the camp is that Ramos is planning to utilise his familiar defensive midfield pairing of Lassana Diarra and Fernando Gago.

Marcelo and Arjen Robben will play down the flanks, with Guti starting on the bench once again, as the away side look to see what their hosts will do. That has seen questions asked in the Spanish media about the team's intentions to press Liverpool, but there is still an air of optimism among the visitors that they can turn their 1-0 deficit around.







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