Man Utd have been solid definitely, but not spectacular. Schalke are definitely the dark horses and it would be extremely stupid to write them off already. It takes balls to play attacking football at the San Siro plus Ragnick is a great coach compared to Magath, who did not inspire much confidence into this team until now. Vidic and Rio are definitely top notch and in form atm, but so is Raul and Farfan will be still brimming with confidence after his brace against Inter.
Mourinho I think will be looking to get one over Pep with his Real side and he can definitely do it. I'm not too concerned with the La Liga match, it's the Copa and CL matches that we'll see the real thing. Carvalho and Pepe need to step up now and Ramos needs to make sure he isn't neglecting his defensive duties as he always does. Ronaldo's more a team player lately don't worry, I think their performance is going to be up to Khedira, Xabi and Ozil. If they perform, Real have a very real chance of overcoming Barca's midfield, probably targeting Masch since Busi will probably play at CB again and they need to close down the space for Iniesta and Xavi. Leading me to the CBs, which can be exploited, using the pace of Ronaldo and Di Maria to pull out Busi and exploit Pique. Also, Marcelo needs to watch out for Dani Alves who's been in crazy form lately.
And lol at past games, herrr, it's over and done with.