Madrid Can Effectively Eliminate Barcelona FROM THE TITLE HUNTDOWN With a Victory in their Cribb

Not many would have thought Madrid could have gotten better after Mourinho left. And I am a HUGE Mourinho fan. But, Ancelotti has got these dudes in white playing VERY professional football. They seem more complete and balanced as a whole compared to their time with Mourinho. But yes, having a Welsh star does not make things worse. So it turns to this big game, I think, where a Madrid victory can pretty much wave goodbye to Barcelona. If there is one team that can clip their wings, and stop their amazing run...then it's their sworn rivals.

There have been complaints aimed at Martino. Every loss seems to be his fault. Erm, how about the players not being up to scratch? Ever wondered why Pep left in the first place?

  Barcelona just have not looked as sharp or as good as they once were. Lucky to beat City but their luck has been running out in the La Liga. THIS is a game they MUST win. As the matches start to draw to a close, with Madrid already playing Atletico twice, Barcelona have to WIN to even give themselves a CHANCE. That means, they have to attack and must do so from the very start. All this passing for the sake of passing won't cut it. Becase Martino knows when they lose possession and Bale and Cristiano come at them, THAT will be a very serious problem. Again, as I said before, all eyes really will be on Iniesta and how well he can bring Messi and Sanchez into the game.

Two of the most dangerous attacking forces in football today will be on ONE team. Messi is the best footballer in the world, but as far as a DIRECT, QUICK, THREAT....Bale and Cristiano are the two. Both fast, both with great shooting and my own eyeballs are rooted on Bale who, without many realizing, has some of the highest assists. So he's been scoring AND setting up goals as well.

At the cribb, Madrid have been strong and they will feel A LOT more confident than Barcelona. The last time they lost, was against Barcelona at the Camp. But, streaks end and more time than not like with United beating Arsenal, and Inter beating Juventus, it's the adversary that ends up cutting the streak in half and changing the complexion of the league race.