The Qatar World Cupwhich will be played in the middle of the season between November 21 and December 18, has turned the calendars of all football competitions upside down, forced to adapt to a new situation as it is the first world Cup which will be played in November.
Without going further, LaLiga announced last Thursday the entire calendar of the competition, which will start on the weekend of August 13 and 14. The Real Madrid will start his title defense at home of the newly promoted Almeria, the first of the three consecutive starts that he will have to face at the start of the championship. The white club, like last year, asked the League to play at home the first three dates to advance in the works of the new Santiago Bernabeu.
Thus, the first game at home of the Madrid will be on September 3/4 against the Real Betis. From that weekend until the break due to the dispute over the worldCarlo Ancelotti’s team will only have one away game away from the Madrid’s community. It will be on matchday 10, when I travel to Martinez Valero to face the elche.
The rest of the matches will be played within their autonomous community. After the duel against Betis, will repeat at the Bernabéu on matchday 5 against Mallorca. Then the Madrid derby will take place at the Wanda Metropolitano before him Atletico Madrid and on matchday five he will receive health in the Bernabeu.
On day number 8 he will visit the Getafe in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez and immediately afterwards the Classic against Barcelona in Chamartin on October 15 or 16. After the visit to elcheon a weekday (October 18, 19 or 20), the Madrid he will return to his home, where he will receive Seville and Girona consecutively.
The penultimate day (the 13th) before the break, scheduled for November 5/6, will take the white team to Vallecaswhere it will be measured Ray. The last commitment before world will be in the Santiago Bernabeu in an interweekly match against Cádiz (8, 9 or 10 November).
In total, between September 4 and November 10, Madrid will play within its autonomous community 10 of the 11 scheduled days, being the visit to elche the only ‘trip’ you will have to make in LaLiga.
The Madrid League calendar before the World Cup
Matchday 1: Almería-Real Madrid (August 13/14)
Matchday 2: Celta-Real Madrid (20/21 August)
Day 3: Espanyol-Real Madrid (August 27/28)
Matchday 4: Real Madrid-Betis (September 3/4)
Matchday 5: Real Madrid-Mallorca (September 10/11)
Matchday 6: Atlético-Real Madrid (September 17/18)
Day 7: Real Madrid-Osasuna (1/2 October)
Matchday 8: Getafe-Real Madrid (October 8/9)
Day 9: Real Madrid-Barcelona (15/16 October)
Matchday 10: Elche-Real Madrid (October 18/19/20)
Matchday 11: Real Madrid-Sevilla (October 22/23)
Day 12: Real Madrid-Girona (October 29/30)
Matchday 13: Rayo-Real Madrid (5/6 November)
Matchday 14: Real Madrid-Cádiz (8/9/10 November)
And the Champions in between
It should be remembered that the compressed competition calendar before the break for the World Cup also includes the dispute in the group stage of the Champions League. The draw will be held in Istanbul on August 25 and the group stage will take place between September 6 and 7 (matchday 1) and November 1 and 2 (matchday 6).
Upon return from Qatar World Cup will start the knockout rounds of the Champions with the round of 16, which will start on February 14 and 15.
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