Monterrey vs Liverpool (Club World Cup - Semi Final)

[Angryred]

Imagine if we get beat ffs

Now ya gone & jinxed it!...muppet!

[Shaggy]

Imagine if we get beat ffs

[labourRed]

I think I'd have preferred Williams at RB and Milner in DCM. But it looks like 4231 so we should have enough in there.

And anyway who cares. It's 1.5 to 3.5 in prize money so other than an another number on the wall its a free hit.

Good to see players being rested tbf.

[Angryred]

Gonna be one of them games where we gotta outscore the opposition as in 4-3 or 5-4!

[dom9]

Could be high scoring! Don’t really have much other choice if Virg is ill given the injuries to everyone else.

Is he ill?

Edit - just saw Reddy's tweet.

Better he's ill for this than Leicester!

[Chris]

Could be high scoring! Don’t really have much other choice if Virg is ill given the injuries to everyone else.

[Norbs]

Should be strong enough

[Yozza]

Hendo at centre half?

Alisson
Milner
Gomez
Hendo
Robbo
Lallana
Keita
Ox
Shaq
Salah
Origi

[Gray]

Presuming we'd be pretty close to a full strength side in the final, It's got to be a miss mash of a team tonight. Otherwise what was the point in taking all these players.

[Norbs]

[Mr Pink]

I've been a Man Utd fan since the 90s, and I hate the Reds.

What ya doing on here so, ffs???

[vlahka]

Forgot to check Foresters thread or I'd have saved myself the stress in trying to figure out who was broadcasting this in Australia. Thanks optus sports!

[The_weatherman]

Nicked from Redcafe:

Im a Rayados fan. From what I saw saturday against a weak side like Al Sadd, I have my doubts about the competitiveness of the team.

This semester have been bittersweet, at the mid of October they were in 12th place in the local league. But former coach Antonio Mohamed returned to Rayados and barely made the playoffs in Liga MX. Classified in 8th place. At quaterfinals they face 1st place Santos where they beat them 3-6 (5-2 home, 1-1 away), at semis they beat Necaxa 3-1 (5th place) (2-1 home, 1-0 away). They're in the finals against America (6th place) to be played after the CWC, where Rayados are underdogs. So far with Mohamed they've been undefeated 10 wins and 2 draws.

Monterrey with Mohamed does not play possession. They usually get 35-40% possession and the average passes would be the low 200s, with between 70-75% effectiveness which I think is very low. It's mostly counter attacks and long passes. Monterrey is valued at €84.10m, making it arguably the most expensive team in Mexico and Top 10 in Latin america. However is greatly unbalanced nearly 75% of the value lies in attacking positions, and by far the weakest link is the defense.

Key players: Dorlan Pabon (COL), Rogelio Funes Mori (ARG), Rodolfo Pizarro, Jesus Gallardo, Carlos Rodriguez (MEX)

I've been a Man Utd fan since the 90s, and I hate the Reds. But I just dont see a way for Rayados to even compete to Liverpool side. I foresee a 3-1, but it can get ugly if they make the same mistakes they did in the defense. And now they have to rely on their weakest line. Let's see how they fare.

edit: Forgot to add this is the 4th CWC participation of Monterrey. In 2012 they faced Chelsea and fell 3-1.

[Tribute]

Never mind that, Gregg Wallace is making quiche Lorraine now and he’s got 61kg of cheese.

keeping this on topic, is that Monterrey Jack cheese?

[Norbs]

I think you’re right, we’re definitely on one of the main BBC channels tomorrow

Tbf the chutney factory is pretty amazing