Bernardo Silva

That's a big decision.

You go to the midfield and it's Bernardo Silva.

There's so much talk about this team and the lack of creativity and good footballing they have or don't have in the middle of the field.

He goes with Bernardo Silva.

Trust him.

He is integral in this.

His physicality,

yes.

Yesterday, it was basically, I think it was Jude Bellingham was man-marking Rodri.

Bernardo Silva was all over Pedri, which was really important, given how previous Clásicos have gone.

And Chouameni was man-marking Fermín López.

And it just meant that whenever Barcelona tried to play through the press, they couldn't do it as well.

You don't think he's going to quite get there, do you? No, not at all.

But he was brave as well, Mourinho, because he dropped Camavinga, who played really well in midweek against Leipzig.

And you were thinking before the game, you know, is that midfield a little bit light with Bernardo Silva and Schumann in there, but it worked perfectly.

And yeah, you have to give a massive credit because it's back on.

We've seen it in the last few years, maybe all too much.

It feels like he's, you know, the sort of move that they do with like even not just the Liverpool players, but Bernardo Silva and Denzel Dumfries and a few more that I forgot about this summer that they signed for Peanuts.

McAllister and Real Madrid is a conversation that's been going round and round for years now.

But as I keep saying, I think his situation is quite fluid and not in a rush at the moment.

Un cambio de actitud de los jugadores impresionante y sobre todo esa apuesta, que es la que tiene que ser, de Guller.

Y también de Bernardo Silva por parte de Mourinho, que recordad en Roma que también tuvimos la oportunidad de ofrecer ese partido.

Decía, es que si lo sacó de inicio nos hubiesen encajado cinco goles.

Bueno, pues se demostró ante el equipo alemán que de eso nada, que son dos jugadores que tienen que estar en el terreno de juego.

I think it's Ardeguila, but it might be him.

Someone in midfield, Real Madrid plays in midfield with the ball, maybe Bernardo Silva, and Fermi Lopez doesn't press him, which he usually does.

He just stands there going, oh, why is no one pressing? It's like, mate, that's your job.

You're the number 10.

But then also, the wrestling defense of Madrid was very compact, very tight.

Again, they played super aggressively.

Bernardo Silva committed like three yellow card tackles.

Kukureya committed I don't know how many.

That's a big decision.

You go to the midfield and it's Bernardo Silva.

There's so much talk about this team and the lack of creativity and good footballing they have or don't have in the middle of the field.

He goes with Bernardo Silva.

Trust him.

He is integral in this.

You need his legs, you need his presence, you need him.

His physicality.

But a lot of people said he's too lightweight, won't be able to do the Premier League.

But they said the same about, you know, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, you know, Luka Modric.

Yeah.

But, you know, he's come and he's done the business.

Kukerea, Hoisin, Konate and Valverde as right back.

Bellingham, Bernardo Silva, Chumeni and Adegulera, and then Diomande and Mbappe.

Now, we know that coming into this, that formation was going to be tinkered with in and out of possession.

We know that Mourinho loves to ruin records.

So a right back who's going to be focusing more on the defensive duty, although Valverde did well.

In the 74th minute, Frankie de Jong replaced Femen Lopez, so they wanted more control.

Kamavinga, who came up with the assist, by the way, for an unbelievable skill by Bellingham and then a through ball, he replaced Bernardo Silva.

Adeyemi replaced Gordon in the 85th.