It was another eventful weekend in the title race in Spain, when Barcelona took possession of the only top position in La Liga, after Real Madrid faltered against real betis. However, all eyes are focused on the Champions League Derby collision between Los Blancos and Atletico Madrid. Football España joined CNN World Sport to discuss it all.
The Blaugrana are in good shape again after their dip towards the end of 2024, but Hansi Flick still has things to perfect if they want to be successful when the trophies are distributed. In the meantime, the feeling that Real Madrid has the feeling that they are only a game away from a new series of problems, because the injury bug gets hard again. Los Blancos, and more pertinent Carlo Ancelotti, must now come up with a solution for the absence of Dani Ceballos in midfield.
How exactly he goes is not entirely clear, since Luka Modric has had difficulty exercising the check for 90 minutes, and Eduardo Camavinga fought fitness problems for a large part of the season. And that is without tackling the potential problems that Lucas Vazquez can be confronted against Rechterback if Fede Valverde is not fit on time for their Champions League round of 16 derby with Atletico Madrid.
Diego Simeone's side land on Saturday a valuable victory against Athletic Club, with a goal from Julian Alvarez from the bank. The big debate for Los Colchoneros is how you can set up in midfield, with Samuel Lino and Conor Gallagher who probably compete for a single place on the left side of midfield.
They took the lead in the last derby in the first half, but Real Madrid dominated the second period after an early equalizer of Kylian Mbappe. Los Rojiblancos will not want to give Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior Space to attack, but they also saw the risks to be deeply in February.
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