Real Madrid officially asked La Liga to play the game vs Alaves on Saturday, instead of Sunday, so they can have more time to rest for the Arsenal game…
…La Liga said NO, reports La Ser.
Is this a sign that Real Madrid is being afraid of Arsenal or it should be a sign to Arsenal that Real Madrid is planning them seriously.
My concern is how Laliga outrightly said No in reply. If Real Madrid have that advantage, in the future many clubs in Laliga would want such a privilege and it would be a problem.
If I were Real Madrid, I would focus in Laliga. It would not be fine to lose against Alaves because of champions league they are not sure about.
In my opinion, it's not fear, but the problem of a tight schedule like this has been protested by Real Madrid since several months ago, even Barcelona has also complained about the tight schedule. Real Madrid will certainly focus on playing against Alaves, La Liga remains a priority because in the remaining matches anything can happen in football. In addition, the victory over Alaves greatly affects the players' confidence to face Arsenal in the second leg later, which we know is not easy to reply to three goals so Real Madrid really needs a lot of support, one of which is that they have to win against Alavs.
All football observers and even bookies favor Arsenal in the second leg, even Real Madrid's chances of qualifying for the semifinals are very small. However, Real Madrid can always provide a surprise at times like this and do something magical in the second leg. The same thing happened in the first leg, Declan Rice scored two free kicks that he had never done in his career. So it could be that in the second leg, Real Madrid will do a miracle. It is difficult to talk about Real Madrid because they often make comebacks when they are behind, as happened in previous seasons, such as when they made comebacks against Man City, PSG, Chelsea and Bayern Munich. This is something we should look forward to, can Real Madrid do the same against Arsenal?