The situation
Real Madrid faces its first marathon of the season, with six games including the derby in just 22 days until the national team break in September. The calendar gets serious. Known this Saturday as part of the group stage of the Champions , Madrid faces its first marathon of the season: six games in a journey of 22 days that will lead to the derby on September 18 at the Cívitas Metropolitano . The RCDE Stadium tonight has been the starting signal for the first binge of matches for the current champion of the League and Champions. Although it will be a neutralized start, since the last five games of these six will be concentrated in just 16 days with a final sprint of three games in eight days crowned with the duel against Atlético… Ancelotti will have the whole week to prepare for Betis’ visit to the Bernabéu next Saturday. That’s where the madness begins. The following Tuesday, day 6, starts the defense of the European title against Celtic in Glasgow.
The details
The whites will have four days without commitments until the next league tie, against Mallorca. The vermilion’s visit to the Bernabéu was scheduled for Saturday September 10 at 9:00 p.m., but LaLiga delayed the game to Sunday 11 at 2:00 p.m. The employers had to rectify their schedules because they had placed the Atlético game on Sunday, but the rojiblancos have to play the Champions League the following Tuesday (they travel to Leverkusen).Thus, Madrid loses one day to prepare for the match against Leipzig (Wednesday, September 14) and the Whites will thus also have one day less than Atlético to prepare for the derby . If Madrid now has a marathon, after the break an ironman awaits : twelve games without any rest during the week , with four Champions League games and the stakes against Barcelona and Seville concentrated in just seven days.