LaLiga defends its schedule but Madrid will have to play the last 4 days in 10 days

LaLiga is red hot and nerves are on the surface. Any detail can contribute to decanting the title towards the display cases of the Camp Nou or the Bernabéu. After arbitration, the next battlefield is in the schedules and the breaks between match that Real Madrid and Barcelona have. Faced with the feeling of grievance for the hours that have emerged in the white club, which feels that it rests less than Barça, LaLiga has advanced to the clubs its intentions for the schedules of the 35th day. The azulgranas would play the derby against Espanyol on July 8 and Madrid on Friday 10 against Alavés. Both at 22:00. That day would thus extend from Tuesday to Friday, instead of ending on Thursday as other intersemanales.

This will until that day, Madrid will have accumulated 26 hours more rest than the azulgranas between match and match, 612.5 versus 586 hours. Those of Zidane enjoyed or will enjoy more rest than those of Setién on the 29th, 32nd, 33rd and 35th days, while Barça had or will have more rest time than their rival for the title on the 31st and 34th days. In the 30th there was a tie: 70 hours for each one.

The shorter rest period of the two contenders for the title occurs on Matchday 34, the last with published schedules (they were announced yesterday Monday along with those of the 33rd). The ball will roll at Athletic-Real Madrid on Sunday, July 5 at 2:00 p.m., 62 hours after the Whites have finished their commitment against Getafe (Thursday 2 at 10:00 p.m.). Barça, on the other hand, will have almost double rest (118 hours) between their duels against Atlético (Tuesday, June 30 at 10:00 p.m.) and Villarreal (Sunday, 5 at 10:00 p.m.). It will also be the first day since the break in which Madrid will play before its eternal rival.

In the absence of the schedules of the 35th day being published and knowing the times of the last three, The final balance will benefit Barcelona for 21.5 hours. The fundamental element is that the azulgranas began that time before the final sprint of the League after the restart (they started on Saturday the 13th at 22:00 and Madrid on Sunday the 14th at 19:30) and the last two days (except that the title is decided before) will be played under a unified schedule.

There is another derivative. The programming of that 35th day, not yet official but whose plans AS has been able to know, would leave the calendar of the last three days of the League with little margin, which in principle is set to end on Sunday, July 19. To meet that championship closing date and the two days of rest between matches, Madrid should play the match for the 36th matchday in Granada on Monday July 13 and the last two matchdays in a unified schedule on Thursday the 16th and Sunday the 19th. Four games in ten days against the twelve that Barcelona would have to face that final arreón for the title.