Real Madrid C.F. Football Formation

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Deportivo La Coruña Vs Real Madrid - La Liga fixture N°38 (10/05/2002)

GK CÉSAR
CB RUBÉN
CB PAVÓN
RB MÍCHEL SALGADO (M. Salgado)
LB ROBERTO CARLOS (R. Carlos)
DMF FLÁVIO CONCEIÇÃO (F. Conceição)
DMF CELADES
RMF McMANAMAN
LMF SOLARI
AMF ZIDANE
CF MORIENTES

Substitutions: Geremi for Míchel Salgado (58 mn), Guti for Zidane (58 mn) and Munitis for Solari (68 mn)
Incidents:
Notes: This final La Liga fixture was critical for both teams in their chances to directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League as their were separated by 1 point before the kickoff (Deportivo were in 3rd place behind Real Madrid), had Real Madrid won or drew this game, they would have sent Deportivo to the preliminary games in order to qualify to UEFA' biggest club tournament for the next season; they failed to do such things and were inflicted a heavy 3-0 defeat and finished La Liga campaign on 3rd place, forcing them now to win their next game (UEFA Champions League final against Germany' Bayer Leverkusen) in order to directly qualify for the next year' competition
Luís Figo, Claude Makélélé, Iván Helguera and Raúl were unavailable for this critical game; Hierro was on the substitutes list, but wasn't considered to play

Captained by: Roberto Carlos
Short Free Kick: Roberto Carlos
Long Free Kick: Roberto Carlos/Steve McManaman/Santiago Solari/Geremi/Zinedine Zidane/Albert Celades/Geremi
Free Kick 2: Flávio Conceição/Albert Celades/Guti
Left Corner: Roberto Carlos/Steve McManaman
Right Corner: -
Penalty: Zinedine Zidane/Fernando Morientes
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Rubén, Fernando Pavón

Team Strategy

★Left Side Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Change Sides: McManaman | Solari/Zidane | McManaman/Solari
★Ball Possession ATT - Optional