Real Madrid is waiting for Girona’s gift to win the Spanish League title against Cadiz
Sudan Events – Agencies
Real Madrid can win the Spanish League title when it hosts Cadiz, on Saturday, in the 34th round of the competition.
Real Madrid needs 4 points to officially win the league title, as it occupies the lead with 84 points, 11 points ahead of Barcelona, with 5 rounds remaining until the end.
But Real Madrid can officially win the title if it wins over Cadiz, and Barcelona fails to win against Girona in the match that will bring them together, on Saturday.
Real Madrid is presenting a wonderful season, achieving 26 victories, drawing 6 matches, and losing one match out of 33 matches it played in the league. Real Madrid enters the match with very high morale, especially since it achieved victory in the last 6 matches in the league, and it also tied with its host, Bayern Munich, Germany 2/2.
In the first leg of the European Champions League semi-final, Italian Carlo Ancelotti may give a number of key players a rest in the Cadiz match to catch some breath, so that they are fully prepared for the return match against Bayern Munich next Wednesday, especially since Real Madrid aims to qualify for the final match.
The numbers are in Real Madrid’s favor, as it achieved victory over Cadiz in their last three matches, and did not concede any goals in the last two matches.
Cadiz achieved one victory over Real Madrid in its last seven matches, and that was in October 2010.
On the other hand, Cadiz is looking forward to achieving a positive result that will help it in its battle to avoid relegation, as it occupies eighteenth place (third from the bottom) with 26 points, five points behind the safe zone.
Cadiz will strive with all its might to achieve a win or a draw at the very least in order to preserve its chances of remaining in the first division, and it also wants to achieve victory after failing to achieve victory in the last three matches.
Girona and Barcelona, the struggle for runner-up
At the same time, Saturday’s matches will witness a special kind of struggle for second place when Barcelona will be a heavy guest on Girona. Barcelona occupies second place in the standings with a score of 73, two points behind Girona, and after both teams have largely secured participation in the Champions League, where Barcelona needs one point to guarantee participation in the Champions League, while Girona needs three points. The two teams will devote themselves to competing for second place, and Barcelona aims to win the match in order to stay away from second place, and also postpone Real Madrid’s celebration of crowning the league title, especially since any result other than victory will contribute to Real Madrid’s crowning to the league champion and will also make the team lose second place.
Things seem relatively stable within Barcelona, especially after achieving a 4-2 victory over Valencia in the last round, and Xavi retracted his decision to leave coaching the team and continue as technical director next season. Xavi called on his players to win the match in order to avenge the team’s 4-2 defeat in the first round, in addition to the fact that this victory would postpone the crowning of the traditional rival, Real Madrid, with the title. On the other hand, Girona wants to confirm its superiority over Barcelona this season, and achieve its third victory over Barcelona. consecutively in the league in order to occupy second place, especially since he is presenting an exceptional season.
Sociedad with Palmas and Mallorca against Atletico
In the rest of the matches that will be held on Saturday, Real Sociedad will meet Las Palmas, and Real Mallorca will meet Atletico Madrid. The competitions of this round will conclude on Sunday, when Osasuna will meet Real Betis, Celta Vigo will meet Villarreal, Valencia will meet Deportio Alaves, Rayo Vallecano will meet Almeria, the first to be relegated from the league, and Sevilla will meet Granada, which is close to relegation.
