Real Madrid trophy victories are marked by masses of enthusiasts who flock to the Fuente de Cibeles in the center of the Spanish capital, where they join through the team on a convertible bus before heading to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium to continue the party for a long time. Time. At night.
But the celebrations of the name of La Liga will be very different this time.
Real is about to earn his first national name since 2017 and wants two numbers from his last two league games.
He kicks off the penultimate match of the season against Villarreal on Thursday with a four-point lead over the current and perennial champion Barcelona, who faces Osasuna at the Camp Nou at the same time.
Real head coach Zinedine Zidane has avoided discussing the name toast until it was mathematically sealed, underlining the villarreal’s complicated challenge, but said he hoped his team’s victory would simply relieve people.
“Football is a way to escape everyday life and we think of our enthusiasts who can’t come and watch the games,” he said. “We know they’re chasing us and they can be proud of what this team is doing.
“This will be one of our most difficult matches. He’s a very difficult opponent, a very team.”
The imminent triumph of the Real’s name in La Liga will feel very different due to the converter landscape of the global post-coronavirus pandemic, with a mass collection still banned in Spain.
There will be no fans at the tiny Alfredo Di Stefano stadium, in the club’s educational complex, where home games have been played to speed up the Bernabéu renovation.
The classic festival of the Plaza de Cibeles was also cancelled, and Real Madrid asked enthusiasts not to gather in the city center.
“Real Madrid is asking the members of their club and the fans not to meet in Cibeles in case the team wins the league title,” he said.
“With two days of La Liga matches to play, our team and FC Barcelona have the chance to be crowned champions.
“On the occasion of Real Madrid being crowned champion, our players would not move to the same old party venues, especially the Plaza de Cibeles.
We also ask our club members and supporters not to meet in those places.
Meanwhile, the local government is deploying more than two hundred national police officers to prevent the crowds from gathering, and Madrid Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida also emphasized the importance of keeping other people away.
Zinedine Zidane has rejected questions about Gareth Bale’s long career at Real Madrid and his behaviour at the stands, insisting that his team is united.
Bale has been an unused replacement in the last five games and has surprised with his recent behavior in the stands, after being photographed pretending to be asleep one game and hunting with imaginary binoculars in another.
Asked for his opinion on Bale’s behavior, Zidane accused the press of creating a break between him and the Welsh striker.
“Oh my God, what a question, man! We’re thinking about tomorrow’s game, and Gareth is the same. He’s one of us. You try to put things between us and you can’t,” Zidane said.
“Every day you ask for the same thing. You can, you have the right to ask, but we’re all united here. We all think the same way, Gareth, James (Rodriguez), all here. We’re all the same.”
Barcelona gave off after the resumption with draws against Sevilla, Celta Vigo and Atlético de Madrid, but coach Quique Setién defended the functionality of his team and believes that Real deserves recognition.
“I will take my percentage of duty if we don’t win (the title) but not quite,” he said at a pre-match press conference.
“I think locating a culprit is usually done in the coach’s face. I don’t think I did that for a draw. I would give Real Madrid more credit for having won everything so far.”
Striker Luis Suarez said: “We knew our fate was in our hands, so there can be no excuse.”
“We have to win our last two La Liga matches out of pride and prestige and then in the Champions League.”
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