The marathon of games that winter awaited for Real Madrid has almost become a crossing of the desert. If the Whites fulfilled their duties in the Cup and the Super Cup, the calendar reserved up to 17 games for them in 58 days. Eight weeks in a row with a double commitment Wednesday-Saturday. However, the elimination of the Cup has cleared the Madrid agenda, which They will only have a weekly appointment one of the next weeks.
“Now we have to focus on the League and the Champions League,” said Zidane after the Cup elimination. The goodbye to the KO tournament will allow you to focus on the league championship. And try to cut the advantage that Atlético enjoys in the leadership even though the rojiblancos have played one game less. The next six Whites' commitments will be league matches.
This Saturday 23 (21:00, Movistar LaLiga) Madrid visits the Alaves, that already embittered the whites in his visit to Di Stéfano. Seven days later, Saturday the 30th, will be the I raised who visits Valdebebas and the following Saturday, February 6, those of Zidane will be measured with the Huesca in El Alcoraz.
Madrid's calendar until the next league derby
| D | Date | Time | Match | Comp. | Jor. |
| S | Jan 23 | 21:00 | Alaves-RM | League | twenty |
| S | Jan 30 | 16:15 | RM-I raised | League | twenty-one |
| S | 6-feb. | 16:15 | Huesca-RM | League | 22 |
| M | Feb 9 | 21:00 | RM-Getafe | League | 1 |
| Feb 14 | RM-Valencia | League | 2. 3 | ||
| 20-feb. | Valladolid-RM | League | 24 | ||
| X | 24-feb. | 21:00 | Atalanta-RM | UCL | |
| 28-feb. | RM-Real society | League | 25 | ||
| 7-mar. | Athletic-RM | League | 26 | ||
The next week-long match will be on Tuesday, February 9 (9:00 p.m.) against the Getafe at Di Stéfano. The game, postponed from the first day, was to be played the following week, but after the KO of Madrid LaLiga has advanced it. With that meeting, Madrid will catch up with the calendar.
Then, on February 13 or 14, the whites will reopen the Di Stéfano, this time to receive the Valencia and on Saturday 20 they will travel to Valladolid to close this section of the calendar that he will dedicate exclusively to the League. On February 24th, the first leg of the European round of 16 against Atalanta will arrive (in Bergamesco field) and on February 28, the Royal Society will appear in Valdebebas in the last match of the whites before the derby on March 7 that may be crucial for the future of the championship.