As she unpacks her suitcase and starts the laundry, the Royal adjusts her tie. The next appointment is immediate and there is no time to lose. Yesterday in Cádiz, today in Alkmaar, tomorrow at the end of Avenida de Madrid. From one corner to another at the speed of light, at a frenetic pace. The exhalation runs so much that between the end of November and the birth of December the first peaks of the season arrive. Hence, it is advisable to dress up in the Sunday suit. The occasion deserves to be distinguished.
The agenda contemplates in the first place a party of very attractive caliber. La Real receives Villarreal in Anoeta tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. The match is the representation of a pulse in style between the first in the classification and the third. One of the greatest challenges that at the moment can be presented to the Real, intractable in the League that can move the ‘yellow submarine’ by 7 points.
The voltage against Villarreal monopolizes the attention of Imanol Bailiff with the future in the Europa League as a background. On Thursday the eliminated Rijeka visits Donostia. La Real will aspire, in their second match in a row at home, to seal the qualification to the sixteenth of the Europa League. Or, failing that, to propel himself with the necessary advantage to finish the job a week later in Naples. All indications point to the fact that the trip to southern Italy does not enter, not even remotely, in the talks that I dedicate today Imanol to your staff. The coach will continue to cling to the most rabid news of the next game.
Fun in solitude
La Real this afternoon palpates the state of the new lawn of Anoeta. The appointment defines the maelstrom: only a training session in conventional conditions to rehearse a great game such as the visit to Villarreal. Those who were substitutes on Thursday exercised yesterday in Alkmaar in one more session of walking around the house than fiery. Imanol take care of the detail of the workload so that the squad breathes between the League and Europe.
That the double date against Villarreal and Rijeka is in Anoeta is blessed in the dressing room as a balm. La Real has taken the measure to be a local without an audience. It's as counterintuitive as having fun alone, but the team's progression from the post-spring lockdown hesitations is palpable.
The results of this season in Anoeta are a guarantee. La Real wins 57% of their games as a cicerone between the League and the Europa League. The equivalent of having managed to win in four games out of seven with a single draw and two losses. Getafe (3-0), Huesca (4-1), AZ Alkmaar (1-0) and Granada (2-0) have set foot in dust with the point bag empty. Real Madrid (0-0) is exclusively drawing at Anoeta and the two that beat Real have been Valencia in the League and Naples in the Europa League (0-1 in both cases).
The goal is synonymous with triumph
La Real has scored 10 goals in the seven games they have played in Anoeta. More than one per game, almost one and a half (1.43). Remiro Y Moya -In the game he played against AZ- they have conceded three (0.43 per game). Real's goal in Anoeta is synonymous with triumph: every time the Txuri Urdin have seen the door, the victory has remained in Gipuzkoa. Real Madrid, Valencia and Naples resisted and tied or claimed victory.