2024-12-02
He Real Madrid It started against Getafe in December with seven games in 22 days. Only two of them at the Santiago Bernabéu and in three different competitions and with very different situations. In the League, increasing the pulse for the title with FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid.
In the ‘Champions’ with the need to win so as not to complicate their chances of being in the next phase. And the final of the Intercontinental that could bring the second title of the season.
For 21 days, Carlo Ancelotti’s men will not set foot in their stadium again. From the victory against Getafe (2-0) on Sunday until they host Sevilla on December 22, in the match that will close a 2024 in which the Real Madrid He has achieved four titles, and has another one one game away.
The white team will compete in the Intercontinental final on December 18 in Lusail (Qatar). Botafogo, Pachuca or Al Ahly will be Real Madrid’s rivals; On the 14th he will know who he is facing to add a new trophy to his cabinets.
And he will do so after facing important departures in a League in which he has closed the gap with FC Barcelona at a forced pace. Ancelotti’s men have recovered from the 0-4 loss in the classic on October 26 and since then they have not known defeat in domestic competition.
Therefore, the Real Madrid They are second in the standings, just one point behind the Blaugrana and still have a match left to play, in Mestalla against Valencia. A meeting postponed by the Dana that, even in the absence of official confirmation, could be played on January 2, kicking off an even more demanding first month of 2025.
Before, the Real Madrid He has a frenetic end to 2024 with suitcase in hand. In addition to the trip to Qatar on December 18, he plays in Bilbao this Wednesday the 4th, in Girona on Saturday the 7th, in Bergamo (Italy) on the 10th and in Madrid (at the Vallecas stadium, against Rayo Vallecano) on the 14th.
Three important outings in a LaLiga in which the defeat suffered in the classic has led them to achieve a consistency that has helped them get fully into the fight for the League: three consecutive victories, one away from equaling their best streak in League this season.
Of course, the next obstacle is important, in the visit to San Mamés against an Athletic Club that arrives on a roll, in positions of ‘Champions‘ in the League and second place in the league phase of the Europa League.
Furthermore, three days later they visit a Girona team in Montilivi that has not lost in the league since October 26. Two tests of level for Ancelotti’s team, while he recovers from injuries, with Aurelien Tchouaméni returning to the team this Wednesday.
After these two outings, the Real Madrid will head to Bergamo for a visit to Atalanta – whom they beat by two goals to nil in the first game of the season, in the European Super Cup – which has taken on capital importance after the defeats in Liverpool, Lille and against the Milan.
Five Champions League games and three defeats; the worst start of the Real Madrid in the history of the ‘Champions League’, since 1992.
Six points that leave them in the last position that gives access to the new round of 32 phase of the competition; without margin of error for the European Champion.
After this, the Real Madrid will return to the League to visit Rayo Vallecano, in its shortest trip of the month before facing the longest, to Doha, before closing 2024 at home against Sevilla.
A frenetic month of December, with almost 20,000 kilometers in trips for a Real Madrid demanded in ‘Champions’, with the aim of winning their second title of the year and remaining fully in the fight for the League.
December schedule for Real Madrid:
December 4: Athletic Club-Real Madrid (LaLiga)
December 7: Girona-Real Madrid (LaLiga)
December 10: Atalanta-Real Madrid (Champions League)
December 14: Rayo Vallecano-Real Madrid (LaLiga)
December 18: Intercontinental Cup Final (Doha, Qatar)
December 22: Real Madrid-Sevilla (LaLiga)
