Despite a defeat against Barcelona that stung due to the merits contracted, the Real comes strong to the final stretch of the championship. The physical form of the txuri urdin responds, the lucidity in the game emits signs of brilliance, at the expense of finishing the season recovering the lost aim, which will be key in the defense of sixth place and the analogous search for greater goals, which is not yet are discarded within the locker room.
The five days that remain for the end of the League represent that everything that happens since the ball rolls this Sunday in Vallecas acquires a capital dimension. The race for Europe is exciting. There are three wins difference between fourth and seventh place and since Betis won the Cup on Saturday night, the cards are on the table as long as Pellegrini’s men remain in the top six. It is expected that this will be the case.
La Real got ten points out of a possible fifteen in the five games they played during the first round against their last rivals in the championship. Imanol’s team counted their clashes with the next three opponents as victories: Rayo (1-0), Levante (1-0) and Cádiz (0-2). The authors of those four goals that gave the corresponding six points will not be able to repeat this time: Oyarzabal and Barrenetxea. The opponents of the two final days were harder bones. La Real lost against Villarreal in Anoeta (1-3) and captured a point at Atlético de Madrid (2-2) after neutralizing a two-goal lead.
The same balance from now until the end would lead Real to add 65 points. It is about the projection that is extracted from the sum rhythm that the txuri urdin mark, of a point and a half passed per game. It is a score that is usually equivalent to qualifying for Europe.
well positioned
In this league, 65 credits in the final locker point to be valuable to enter the Europa League. The Champions League, on the other hand, would become unlikely, since Atlético de Madrid, currently fourth-placed, has four less (61). A discreet outcome of five points out of 15 would be enough for Simeone’s men, provided, yes, that Betis does not come close to repeating its first round against its remaining opponents: it obtained 12 points, 80% of those who will put up for grabs starting this weekend.
Precisely Betis currently has two points more than Real, so if the Alguacil match their records from the first round, they will force the Sevillians not to lower their guard and defend their fifth place with the obligation to add eight units more to your current account (57).
Real’s sixth place would be in hand with the ten points that establish this kind of reference, since Villarreal would need to shoot from seventh position. The ‘yellow submarine’ is three points away and they would see themselves in the commitment to sign almost a plenary session if Real looks in its mirror from the first round. If Betis finishes in the top six, both fifth and sixth go to the Europa League and seventh to the Conference. And six more points guarantee Europe to Real.
