Real Madrid does not want more mental burden in San Sebastián
Basques and Realists open their ‘semi’ of Cup to take the first step to Seville, in the middle of a loaded calendar and in the Fortín ‘Txuri Urdin’
MADRID, 25 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Sociedad and Real Madrid are faces this Wednesday (9.30 pm/1) in the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey 2024-2025, a duel that hosts the Reale Arena in which both set want to take the first step Towards the end of April 26 in the Cartuja, with the whites in a good time and the Basque refugees in their strong fief, although both immersed in a saturated calendar with the eighths of Champions and Europa League immediately after.
Anoeta will be the stage on Wednesday of the first assault between Basques and Real Madrid for a ticket to the final of the Copa del Rey, scheduled for April 26. A meeting in which specular can be dangerous, given the calendar for both teams, in eighths of their respective European competitions, and because the round of the tie will not be until the beginning of April.
With matches every three or four days since last January 3, Real Madrid rushes the demanding push of more than two months that will end on March 15, before the international break. And, for the moment, it has been well stopped, above all, in the Champions, eliminating Manchester City in the ‘playoff’, although in LaLiga its performance has been below in recent weeks.
That effort, but rewarded, in Europe could take its toll on a Real Madrid that, until the win this 2-0 Sunday over the Girona at Santiago Bernabéu, chained three games without winning in the League, specifically, a defeat (1 -0) in Cornellà and two draws against Atlético de Madrid (1-1) and Osasuna (1-1). Therefore, the victory this weekend gave that tranquility necessary to continue seconds, tied to points (54) with the leader FC Barcelona, and do not suffer anxiety to pick up early.
And there is no time to savor the victory, because on Wednesday they have another exam, in which the Royal Society will try to grow the mental burden of whites at a key moment, since winning or drawing against Real Madrid would increase the pressure in the Club, playing life in Champions in front of Atlético, adding one more concern to Europe and the League.
Therefore, the Imanol Sheriff team will seek to be intense and forceful from the beginning and get away from speculation, to generate doubts in the Madrid players. And they will try it wrapped by a very solid reale sand, in which five wins link in all competitions and choose to be six victories in a row as a local, something they have not achieved for five years.
While Real Madrid was the executioner, ‘In Extremis’, of the CD Leganés, the Basques got rid of Osasuna in the quarterfinals, and now they cross again with the merengue club in a cup five years later. Precisely, the ‘Txuri Urdin’ grab that quarterfinal qualifier of 2019/20, in which Donostiarras eliminated the Madrid team in a crazy match at Santiago Bernabéu.
The champion in 2023 and holder of 20 Cups of the King was surpassed by a team already led by Imanol Sheriff and with a direct game that killed the team then trained by Zinédine Zidane, getting 0-3 behind. That is the path that the Basques want to follow, ninth in the league to a point of European positions after beating (3-0) to Leganés, to advise the first blow in an edition in which champion would be proclaimed, yes, a year later by the Covid pandemic.
In the ‘Txuri Urdin’ team, which also has this week the first step of their eighth Europe He only adds a defeat as a visitor since mid -December (8V and 2E), in his most scoring version, with three or more goals in eight duels. The Real will prove the defensive strength of its rival, which chains four duels, fitting goal.
In the purely sports field, Real Madrid could incorporate rotations, although they will be sanctioned in the Jude Bellingham League and the substitute against Girona Dani Ceballos, while it could continue rotating back, with the doubt of a Fede Valverde headdress.
Brahim could enter through one of the three above, but Mbappé -who did not train on Tuesday after taking away a mule -‘Vini’ and Rodrygo seem unnegociable. In La Real, Luka Sucic enters the list, although he points to the bench, such as Nayef Aguerd, while they will play as headlines Mikel Oyarzabal, ‘Barrene’ or Zubimendi, which could act in a center of the reinforced field next to Jon Ander Olasagasti.
Data Sheet.
–Posibles alignments:
Real Sociedad: Remiro; Aramburu, Artiz, Zubeldia, Aihen Muñoz; Zubimendi, Olasagasti, Brais Méndez; Cube, Oyarzabal y barrene.
Real Madrid: Lunin; Lucas Vázquez, Rüdiger, Alaba, Fran García; Camavinga, Ceallos, Bellingham; Rodrygo, endrick y vinícius.
–Arbitro: Sánchez Martínez (C. Murciano).
-Stadium: Royal Arena.
-Hora: 21.30/1.