Real Madrid -Baas Carlo Ancelotti has been beaten again this season on a bloated schedule.
Los Blancos gathered at the beginning of 2025 in the UEFA Champions League after a disastrous start of their title defense.
The new League phase format was criticized by Ancelotti, for adding two extra matches from the old group phases of six games, but the extra fixtures saved his team.
Over RB Salzburg and Stade Brest provided a play -off place for the last 16 while Real Madrid is on unknown land in Europe.
A place in the play-offs adds two more games to a container list of the costs of Ancelotti because of the face of old enemies Manchester City of Celtic for a place in the knockout rounds.
Real Madrid currently has a four-point LA Liga title lead in second place Atletico Madrid-with who they will be confronted with next weekend, but they still have 17 competition matches to play.
In addition to the competition and European cases, the charges from Ancelotti to Qatar and Saudi Arabia have traveled on both sides of the beginning of 2025 and confronted on 5 February with a Copa del Rey Quarter Final against Leganes.
Ancelotti offered a sharp response about questions about how he will prepare for the upcoming marathon of competitions with Rest A no-go for the Italian.
“There is no preparation time or rest. If you have three days between the games, there is no preparation. There is recovery, video and match. And again. And again. That has been the case in the last 40 days, “according to quotes from Diario ALS.
“It is our job to have those who are less ready and motivated because they will be indispensable. Let's understand the rotation of some players in these matches, because I need everyone. “
Real Madrid is going to relegation against Espanyol this weekend, with team changes expected from Ancelotti, while on 8 February he wants to hit a decisive title bladder against Atletico Madrid.
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