MARCA raises the alarm in Real Madrid: “La Liga title is in danger after qualifying for UCL semi final”

Real Madrid has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and leads Barcelona by 12 points in the league (which could be nine points if they win their postponed match against Rayo Vallecano) with seven matches left in La Liga. A poetic situation that no Real Madrid fan would have expected at the start of the season.

Although Real Madrid’s physical response in a 120-minute match against an opponent who was considered the best in the confrontation was outstanding, the fatigue and the match schedule force us to view with suspicion the great danger to Real Madrid in the league.

Real Madrid’s next two La Liga matches against Seville and Osasuna and the fact that the Metropolitano derby will take place three days after the return leg of the semi-final against City, another supposedly formidable match, feeds the hopes of the stalkers.

Weak and tired of playing in Pizjuan

The bill to qualify for the Champions League is expensive. Mendy will be out for two weeks (only time left for the City game), and Marcelo, Nacho and Benzema ended up with injuries, and the rest of the players who took to the pitch against Chelsea ended up exhausted.

Real Madrid will play Sevilla on Sunday at Pizjuan without Casemiro, suspended, and without a left-back and we will see how much performance they can give against a team that will demand the most from Carlo Ancelotti’s men.

Sevilla, who if they win will reduce the gap to nine points behind Real Madrid, are no longer looking forward as much as they are looking back, as Atletico Madrid, Betis and Real Sociedad arrived wanting to rise and threaten their position in the Champions League.

The visit of the white team is an essential match for Real Madrid this season, which will have to make another effort to play another “final” after what they played against Chelsea. Emotional exhaustion, having to get stuck in the league again after champions rush out, will also come into play.

In three days, Real Madrid will go to Pamplona. The league table does not give Ancelotti’s side a break, who have had two consecutive games before and, yes, will not play next weekend. Those days will be useful for Ancelotti to get his players back and prepare for the Champions League match that will take place three days before another terrifying confrontation with Atletico Madrid, in Metropolitano, in round 35.

Madrid accounts to be a champion

It is enough for Real Madrid to add 13 points in the remaining seven matches. Therefore, two defeats and a draw can be allowed (provided that Barcelona wins everything). If he survives those two back-to-back games, considering he has four games left at the Santiago Bernabeu, the picture will become clearer. But any setback will force us to delve into the following calendar to analyze the matches that could be a trap between now and the end of the league.

Real Madrid and Barcelona matches schedule until the end of the league

Round 32: Seville – Real Madrid and Barcelona – Cadiz

Round 33: Osasuna – Real Madrid, Real Sociedad – Barcelona

A match postponed from Round 21: FC Barcelona – Rayo Vallecano

European League and Champions League semi-final first leg

Round 34: Real Madrid – Espanyol and Barcelona – Mallorca

European League and Champions League semi-finals, second leg

Round 35: Atletico Madrid – Real Madrid and Betis – Barcelona

Round 36: Real Madrid – Levante, Barcelona – Celtic

Round 37: Cadiz – Real Madrid and Getafe – Barcelona

Round 38: Real Madrid – Betis, Barcelona – Villarreal

Source: Marca