La Real has become strong in the sector of the League that is fighting to qualify for Europe. The positive dynamic that shines within the team causes the double success of having gotten a foot and a half among the top six and presenting themselves as candidates, all at once, for a ticket to the Champions League. The seventh is eight points away with 21 pending and the fourth is within three shots.
No one gives up fourth place and the ambition is based on the imposing rhythm that Real sets in the first three long months of 2022. Since the final stretch of the season began in January, Imanol’s men have only lost two league games, in San Mamés and the Santiago Bernabéu. La Real is fourth in the classification that selects the 10 most recent matchdays, with 20 points, only behind Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, ‘the three tenors’.
Imanol has spent weeks publicly influencing the physical discharge that he notices in the squad after being eliminated from the Europa League. The league results prove the coach right. La Real has grown muscle since it is dedicated exclusively to the championship, with five wins, one draw and the only defeat at Real Madrid’s ground. They are 16 points out of 21 possible for a valuable collection of 76%. If the final stretch required a regular sum of points, the txuri urdin are fulfilling the task very reliably.
Europe on the verge
The devastating start of the League gave way to a kind of trough that reduced Real in winter. As the outcome approaches, Imanol’s men recover their pulse. At a rate of 1.74 points per day, the final projection will be around 66. Europe’s guarantee for all purposes. Regardless of whether the seventh is entitled to a ticket or not -it will be known after the Cup final on Saturday 23-.
The Royal looks higher. His aspiration of 66 points at the end of the League has served to finish in the Champions zone four times in the last decade. And on the rest of the occasions, the result has been fifth or sixth place. The reconquest of Europe is falling to nothing that the Real maintains this inertia.
With swords held high, the Real now await two direct duels. If they win the first against Betis, they will surpass the Sevillians and receive Barça in fifth position.
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