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Yes Valdepenas did well on his debut while being under a lot of pressure and having a busy night on the left.

I'm also hoping to see Joan on Wednesday and hopefully some other players from Castilla getting minutes.

#RealMadrid squad list:

GK: Courtois, Lunin, Mestre

DF: Asensio, Rüdiger, Huijsen, Joan Martínez, Valdepeñas

MD: Bellingham, Valverde, Tchouameni, Güler, Ceballos, Cestero, Thiago

FW: Vini, Mbappe, Rodrygo, Gonzalo, Brahim, Mastantuono

Mbappe makes the squad, 4 reserve players called up.

True but I also don't think a different coach would change things mid season and we would play better all of the sudden, since the late results are clearly because of the players not the coach. I would give Xabi time until summer and then make decisions.

As far as I know Mbappe trained but is not fully fit so Gonzalo might start. I went with the same prediction so let's see if we are right.

I still believe that even if we lose Xabi will stay, but who knows what the actual stance from the board is.

I think Xabi will go with 3 at the back of Asencio, Tchouameni and Rudiger otherwise yes it would have to be one of the reserve players. I don't think Camavinga will be fit enough to start.

We deserved a point but missed some big chances. Hopefully the team can build up on the performance and start picking up good results.

Never kept a clean sheet against City in his career

I saw somewhere that after the NFL game the pitch has been watered more than usual, don't know if that's true tho