Alavés and Real Madrid face in the Twentieth day of LaLiga Santander, in a meeting that is very important for both teams, who come to the duel at a very delicate moment. The white team arrives in one of the most important crises of the season, after losing in the semifinal of the Spain Supercup against him Athletic Bilbao (2-1) and fall against the Alcoyano, of Second Division B, in the round of 16.
The whites lost in extra time, after the team of Alcoy traced a 0-1 against and achieved the second goal, in overtime, with ten players, as one of the players of the Alcoyano.
Zinedine Zidane is highly questioned and will now focus all his efforts on The league, on a complicated visit to the field of Mendizorroza. In addition, the French coach has not been able to travel to Álava to be with the players, since he has tested positive for coronavirus and is in confinement.
Real Madrid is currently the second classified in LaLiga Santander, with 37 points, so he will seek victory to close the gap with the Atlético de Madrid, current leader of the competition, which totals 44, with one game less.
He Real Madrid has significant casualties to face this game. Sergio Ramos, Fede Valverde, Dani Carvajal, Nacho and Rodrygo they will not be available to play. Neither will the young man Martin Odegaard, because he is looking for an exit from the club, with a probable destination Arsenal, in loan condition.
The debacle beats him Alcoyano, last Wednesday, has made the week of the white team abuzz. Criticism of the team is very harsh, so a reaction is expected from the white team, which needs an important victory at home to calm the spirits.
Facing this meeting, they will return Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos, Courtois or Varane, who rested in the Copa del Rey. He Real Madrid lost in the first leg, in Valdebebas, by 1-2 against the babazorro team, thanks to the goals of Joselu and Lucas Pérez.
He Alavés del Pitu Abelardo It also comes in a major sports crisis, which at the time meant the change of coach, with the departure of Pablo Machin and the arrival of the Asturian. They fell with a crash into Copa del Rey before the UD Almeria, 5-0, and fell to him Seville in a very painful way, well Joselu wasted a penalty, in the 90th minute, to equalize the game, with a great intervention by Bonou.
The babazorro team occupies the seventeenth place in the classification, which is only one place above relegation, although the Elche has two games less played than him Alaves. The Basque team has 18 points and has three consecutive defeats, so it will try to offer a good defensive block and equalize the game against him. Real Madrid.
When do you play Alavés – Real Madrid?
The game is played today, Saturday 23 January, at 21.00 hours
Where to see Alavés – Real Madrid?
The encounter can be seen by Movistar LaLiga (46) and Movistar LaLiga 1 (47), platform dials Movistar Plus. You can follow all the live information about the match on the website of Sports world.