MADRID (AP) – Real Madrid maintains the maximum of the same players to win consecutive Spanish leagues for the first time in more than a decade.
On Sunday Madrid started defending their name in Real Sociedad with practically the same team that won their first League trophy in 3 years a few months ago and has won a consecutive championship since 2007-08 with Barcelona dominating nationally.
The Catalan rival has won 8 championships since Madrid’s last double, adding 3 in a row in 2009-11. Barcelona has won consecutively in 2015-16 and 2018-19. Madrid titles over the past decade have arrived in 2012 and 2017.
Last weekend’s league did not yet play Madrid as it had extra time to rest after betting last month on the Champions League’s 16th circular. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, who reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, will not play in the first two circulars. The winner of the Europa League, Sevilla, has also seen his first two matches postponed.
Madrid won their pre-season adjustment against Getafe on Tuesday.
Coach Zinedine Zidane sticks to a formula used by the total team and is not afraid to replace tactics: he has gone from tactics that targeted three strikers, or 3 defenders, and even five midfielders in certain circumstances.
The great player left by James Rodríguez, who signed for Everton in the English Premier League, Gareth Bale would also leave and came close to signing for Tottenham, but neither Rodriguez nor Bale played a great component in Madrid’s 34th league title, when the team won 10 consecutive matches following the coronavirus break to advance Barcelona for the lead.
Zidane has kept key players in this race, joining striker Karim Benzema and defender Sergio Ramos, who have scored thirteen goals in the team’s last 11 league games. Benzema will continue to support through young Brazilians Vin-cius and Rodrygo, and also, hopefully, through an Eden Hazard who will have to suffer as many injury disorders as last season, the first at the club.
Thibaut Courtois returns as the starting goalkeeper, and Captain Ramos will be flanked by Raphael Varane, veteran Marcelo and Ferland Mendy on the left back and Dani Carvajal as right-back, with the festival of Alvaro Odriozola afterwards. a brief transfer at Bayern Munich.
He returned from the transfer to the Royal Society the young Martín Odegaard, who will be an option of midfielder to supplement Rodriguez’s absence. The defensive midfielder will be anchored again through Casemiro’s experienced trio Luka Modric and Toni Kroos. Federico Valverde will probably also be used, while Francisco “Isco” Alarcón and Marco Asensio remain as offensive midfielders.
Madrid made good money in the offseason by releasing right-back Achraf Hakimi to Inter Milan and young Oscar Rodríguez to Sevilla. Left-back Sergio Reguilón is expected to move to Tottenham after a season with Sevilla.
Young Japanese striker Takefusa Kubo has been loaned to Villarreal, Reinier will play for Borussia Dortmund and Brahim Díaz with AC Milan, defender Jess Vallejo will be on loan at Granada and goalkeeper Alphonse Areola will return to Paris Saint-Germain after a season at Madrid. .
OTHER PARTIES
Villarreal and coach Unai Emery will host Eibar on Saturday, while Real Betis and Manuel Pellegrini will host Valladolid on Sunday, while Huesca and Cádiz will meet on Sunday in a promoted club match.
CALENDAR DISPUTE
At the moment, on the consecutive weekend, the league has had to replace the original schedule with a dispute with the Spanish football federation for Friday and Monday matches: Friday’s match between Getafe and Osasuna moves to Saturday, while Monday’s between Real Betis and Valladolid moves to Saturday. Sunday. Two department fites were also postponed at the moment.
All matches will continue to be played by fans.
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