Firstly, Real Madrid are in a heavy schedule right now and as they also have 6 regular starters sidelined there is not much room to rotate.

Secondly, Sheriff may be only a Segunda Liga team class if we look at their player transfer market value they still are a threat to score, like they did twice on the first round against Shakthar. They had to play their way up here through qualification rounds, and in the 4 rounds they scored at least once in 7 of the 8 games, they won 6 and drew 2, away to Zagreb and Belgrad. Two of the fiercest places to go and play an away game.

The stats in the Shakthar game were naturally against them, but I just watched the match this morning and Sheriff impressed me with their defensive solidity and speed and danger in the attack. Perhaps the 2-0 scoreline was a bit unfair, but it was an excellent performance from the Moldovians and only a boost for the competition newcomers. Needless to say that none of the starters were actually Moldovian, there are Greek players, Brazilian, Romanian, Slovenian, Luxembourgian, Colombian and several African nations represented, and especially the Colombians Castaneda and Arboleda caught my eye, as well as Adama Traore, the strong striker from Mali.

Naturally I am expecting them to win at San Bernabeu, but winning by at least 3 goals is these days a rarity for Real Madrid even at home. Yes, they did cover this handicap twice in September, but the 30 previous games saw them to win by this handicap only one more time, a year a 3-0 against Huesca.

Real have started the league well, but they defensively far from solid and they very deservedly conceded more than 1 goal per game on average, and if they concede one tonight they would need to score 4 tonight, and I do not see that happening simply because there is no extra motivation to do so, a win would be enough to keep them satisfied as they already won Inter on their first round game.

Real miss Marcelo, Bale, Kroos, Ceballos, Mendy and Carvajal. Naturally the starting lineup is still ridiculously good but there are questionmarks as both wingbacks in case we see Nacho and Valverde there, and for sure they want to keep the team as injury-free as possible ahead of weekend's La Liga clash away at Espanyol.

2-0, 3-1 or so. Enjoy!

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首先，皇家马德里现在的日程排得很紧，而且他们还有6名主力球员缺阵，所以没有太多的轮换空间。

另外，如果我们看看他们球员的转会市场价值，谢里夫可能只是一个西乙球队，他们仍然有进球的威胁，就像他们在第一轮对阵矿工的时候两次那样。他们必须通过资格赛晋级，在4轮比赛中，他们在8场比赛中至少有7场进球，他们赢了6场，平了2场，客场对阵萨格勒布和贝尔格莱德。这两个地方是打客场比赛最激烈的地方。

矿工的比赛数据自然是对他们不利的，但我今天早上刚看了比赛，谢里夫给我留下了深刻的印象，他们的防守稳固、速度和进攻中的危险。也许2-0的比分有点不公平，但这是摩尔多瓦人的出色表现，只是对竞争的新来者的一种鼓励。不用说首发球员都不是摩尔多瓦人，有希腊球员、巴西人、罗马尼亚人、斯洛文尼亚人、卢森堡人、哥伦比亚人和几个非洲国家的球员，尤其是哥伦比亚人卡斯塔尼达和阿波利达吸引了我的目光，还有来自马里的强力前锋阿达玛·特劳雷。

当然，我希望他们能在圣伯纳乌获胜，但即使是在主场，赢得至少3个进球对皇马来说也是稀罕之事。是的，他们在9月份两次克服了这一障碍，但在之前的30场比赛中，他们只有一次以这一障碍取胜，那就是每年3-0战胜韦斯卡。

皇马在联赛中开局不错，但他们的防守还远远不够稳固，他们场均失球超过1个是理所应当的，如果他们今晚失球1个，他们今晚就需要进4个球，我认为这不会发生，因为没有额外的动力去这样做。一场胜利就足以让他们满意了，因为他们已经在第一轮比赛中战胜了国际米兰。

皇马马塞洛，贝尔，克罗斯，塞巴洛斯，曼迪和卡瓦哈尔缺席。乌拉圭队的先发阵容仍然非常好，但是如果我们看到纳乔和瓦尔韦德在那里，就会有一些疑问，而且他们肯定希望在周末西甲对阵西班牙人的比赛前尽量不受伤。

2-0, 3-1左右。享受吧!