After Europe's top two control sides did struggle yesterday evening, here comes the clash between your two kings of transition. For the 2nd night in a row, Spain assumes on Germany in the Champions League, and those two factors are remarkably similar, as was the situation in Barcelona verus Bayern. Both enjoy a 4-2-3-1 formation centered on transitions, focus their assault down the left hand side, and for both of these, their final chance is represented by this to get a trophy this time. Jose Mourinho is very conscious of the threat posed by Dortmund, having already drawn and dropped to the German side in the party level. "If they go through," he said at the time, "they are candidates to get the tournament." Beginning XIs Real Madrid's starting staff is apparently obvious to predict after Jose Mourinho took the unusual step of calling his starting XI in Tuesday's pre-match press conference. "Diego Lopez, Sergio Ramos, (Raphael) Varane, Pepe, (Fabio) Coentrao, (Sami) Khedira, Xabi Alonso, Mesut (Ozil), Higuain, Cristiano (Ronaldo) and hopefully Di Maria," says Mourinho, but given his record of subterfuge, this may be an elaborate trick to disguise a last-minute tactical change. Madrid have experimented in recent weeks with a 4-3-3 development, and this can not be ruled out - but straying from the asettled' large sport area seems impossible. Meanwhile, Klopp's main headache this week has involved Mario GAtze's imminent move to Bayern Munich, which has damaged his arrangements for this conflict. "It could have been timed this week better," Klopp told a conference, but the starting line-up should not be changed by the news. GAtze will be properly used in the middle of the attacking group of Marco Reus and Jakub Blaszczykowski, while it seems likely that Klopp will use the same midfield mixture of Ilkay Gundogan and Sebastian Kehl that featured in the last clash between those two factors. Beat The tempo of the game is likely to be extremely important. In a conflict between two sides enjoying broadly on the counter-attack, there are broadly two possibilities: the game becomes very open and centred around changes, with participants streaming forward every time they win the ball, or the game becomes stagnated, with neither side willing to take the initiative for fear of being found out on the break. aTriggers' The key for each side may be the impact their apassing' midfielder has on the overall game. For the house side, that is Alkay GAndoAan, who can start quick breaks with an easy array of passing, but is also capable of flooding forward to aid attacks with his sheer energy. With Mesut Ozil not disciplined enough to be deigned to a man-marking work, Mourinho may ask Sami Khedira to track GAndoAan in open play. The two compatriots are relatively similar players and it'll be interesting to see which ones can claim their physicality on the overall game. Meanwhile, Real Madrid's atrigger' - the ball player that requires their rapid counter-attacks - is undoubtedly Xabi Alonso. Klopp is very conscious of this, and discussed how he create his side to nullify the Spaniard during the party level matches. "We knew where they deliver their moves, how they search for Cristiano," Klopp said. "Our strategy was to take Xabi Alonso from the game. Because if Alonso is permitted to play how he wants it's impossible to defend against Madrid. And He was covered by GAtze. We knew that when our wide people, Piszczek and Schmelzer go a great deal, the advantage was ours on Cristiano's part of the pitch. If you stop Xabi, you grant Pepe to continue to keep the ball." The utilization of GAtze as a defensive shield was key - the small playmaker slipped onto Alonso when his part lost the ball, and forced him into extremely serious positions, almost as a central defense. The sooner he was pushed towards his own goal, the more challenging it is for Alonso to complete his generally precise diagonals, as was obvious when Danny Welbeck man-marked him for Manchester United in the quarter final. If GAtze does a similar job here, Raphael Varane will endeavour to advance into midfield hitting long travels towards Ronaldo, but that could prove difficult. That is where Mourinho's 4-3-3 experimentations has rationality: it opens up a position in midfield for Luka Modric, who's truly with the capacity of reaching through balls into the road of Ronaldo - even if the Croatian doesn't start, expect him to function at some point. Real's left The reasoning is stop Alonso, stop Cristiano Ronaldo, and whilst it is true that the Portuguese winger would depend on the service supplied by Alonso's straight passes, he is also capable of producing his own service through powerful runs from the left flank onto purpose, meaning Lukas Piszczek will stick tight to his man and allow himself to be pulled inside. It is from his flank that Real strike most frequently, owing considerably to the intelligence of Mesut Ozil, who drifts large from his central playmaker place to open space for Ronaldo to cut inside - a scheme that devastatingly successful in Real's quarter-final link with Galatasaray. With GAtze tracking Alonso and GAndoAan and Khedira established to accomplish battle, the duty of tracking Ozil and keeping tabs on Ronaldo's darts inside will fall to the asecond' midfielder in Dortmund's double rocker - both Sven Bender or Sebastian Kehl. The latter did not play on Saturday against Mainz and so seems more likely to start here, and may have his hands full with Ozil's regular sailing to either flank. This really is not a man-marking job but a zonal responsibility, and whoever plays mustn't be dragged wildly out of place by Ozil's intelligent movement. They also have a second function: to behave as a in the inside-right channel, limiting the area in and around the edge of the penalty spot for Ronaldo to cut into. Klopp could have examined Madrid's wrap against Manchester United, and observed how successful Phil Jones was at performing this role. Ronaldo's possible effect upon this match is emboldened by the fact Gonzalo Higuain will start up front, in the place of Karim Benzema. The Argentine does not always bring his goal-scoring touch but is clever together with his movements, timing his runs from the left hand side of the frequency in an attempt to pull right-sided centre-backs out of place. Dortmund's left Needless to say, on the flipside of each energy therein lies a, and Madrid's is obvious - the area exposed by Ronaldo's high location. It was particularly challenging in Madrid's group stage loss to those opponents, and will definitely be considered a issue here, provided Dortmund too want to concentrate their assault down their left hand side. It had been the best - Madrid's left - they targeted earlier this year, with Mario GAtze and Marco Reus combining for fast one-twos among the lines to magical effect, with Kevin GroAkreutz offering balance on the left flank. It'll oftimes be the anormal' area here, with Jakub Blaszczykowski fit to begin on the best, meaning Reus will dart inside from the left hand channel. Which will be a stern check for Madrid's left-back, likely to be Fabio Coentrao, provided he is fit to start. That worrying question over his availability will be a way to obtain great confidence for Klopp, particularly with Ronaldo likely, as often, to forget his defensive responsibilities. Opposite flank With both sides bragging their greatest power down their respective left flanks, the contrary side becomes a fascinating zone. Where Blaszczykowski will more than likely concentrate on ensuring Lukas Piszczek gets support for the struggle of marking Ronaldo, Angel Di Maria may have freedom. This could be the groups become very worried about Ronaldo - case in Real Madrid matches, and neglect the threat posed by the agile and quick Argentine. He will test Marcel Schmelzer's readiness to go forward by driving forward on the counter-attack and dribbling right on goal. It is very important to remember that for all that this game will be centred around changes, both sides will experience periods where they'll need certainly to protect for long periods. Whichever staff can push more as a device and hold success will be enjoyed by their shape compact - and therefore, whatever one of the Germans can find place involving the lines will be important. Ozil will drift extensive, GAtze will drift more vertically - prior to the latter joins Toni Kroos at Bayern, this is the last chance to observe Germany's three first class playmakers operate inside their own environments. Follow @SBNationSoccer on Facebook
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