There are still many matches to be played and Real Madrid is one of the championship candidates. It seems like we will watch a championship race between 3 teams. According to the current points, it is necessary not to narrow down the championship to just Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. If Barcelona loses points in Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid will follow them right behind. In fact, we can say that this year is a really exciting season for the Spanish league.
I hope Madrid doesn't become like Arsenal in the EPL. If I analyze it, there is a shortcoming in Madrid's midfield. Madri's midfield without Belingham made it difficult for Madrid to control the game. They did not play 2 key Ancelotti players, namely Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde. This condition is very visible Madrid is very weak in controlling the tempo of the game.
sure, they suffered too much in the game against real Betis due to the absent of jude bellingham and you could see that a lot of the work is tied down to the effort bellingham was doing at the midfield and even coming back to assist in the defense department. for Laliga games, there fate wont be like that of arsenal because the players, jude bellingham, carvajal and even militao will all come back before june which will give them a lot of options. the main issue is that with Bellingham's suspension from the champions league fixture against atletico madrid, it is a big blow that might lead to an unforgettable night at the santiago bernabeu. its a madrid derby and if atletico madrid can capitalize on the weakness of the midfield, real madrid will have an hard time surviving this fixture but letting this fixture go to the favour of atletico madrid at the bernabeu when real madrid have started losing point in the lailga table is something carlo Ancelotti wont let happen.