This season's Real Madrid, can be described as a big defeat in the case of not being optimistic, the Champions League has eliminated Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea consecutively, reaching the final four, although the first leg of the semi-final away 3-4 away to Manchester City, but next week's second leg back at home is still fully expected to reverse.
In La Liga, Real Madrid's lead is even greater, with 78 points in 33 rounds, ranking first in the table, while Serbia in second place has only four games left, and can only get 76 points at most; Barca, which ranks third, has 5 rounds of matches left, even if the total win is 15 points, the total number of points can only reach 78 points at most (in fact, it is certainly impossible to win all five games). That is to say, in this round of La Liga, Real Madrid only need to take 1 more point and will win the la Liga championship this season four times in advance.
This round of Real Madrid will be played at 22:15 Beijing time tonight, the opponent is Wu Lei's Espanyol team, the current two teams have been freshly baked, let's take a closer look.
Real Madrid put on a 433 formation, goalkeeper Courtois, defender line: Vazquez, Vallejo, Casemiro, Marcelo, midfielders: Modric, Camaringa, Ceballos, forwards: Rodrigo, Mariano, Asensio.
Since next week to have a more important Champions League with Manchester City to play, this game, Real Madrid made a big rotation, the regular main force is only Courtois, Casemiro and Modric 3 people still start, Courtois as a goalkeeper, it is normal not to rotate, Casemiro did not play against Atletico Champions League, Real Madrid center-back is really lacking, he can also understand. As a 37-year-old veteran, Modric actually continues to start, which is indeed a bit surprising, which also reflects the super trust of head coach Ancenotti in Modric. Benzema, who Ancenotti also trusted, was given a chance to rest and sit on the bench.
Anyone who knows Espanyol manager Moreno knows that this manager is extremely stubborn, the start of a season has hardly changed, in this game, the Spaniard still poses a 442 formation, the old gatekeeper Lopez guards the dragon goal, the defender line: Cabrera, Calero, Gomez, Vidal, midfielders: Dadel, Herrera, Melendo, Wichner, front: De Thomas, Puado. Midfielder Barry is absent due to injury, while Chinese player Wu Lei undoubtedly continues to sit on the bench.
Espanyol's forward bench also includes Embarba, Melamede, Morón and Di Mata, the first two of whom are before Wu Lei in terms of the importance of the team, who is probably the fourth or fifth substitute to play, and may not be able to play.
The two teams met in the first leg of the season, with Espanyol winning 2-1 at home to Real Madrid, De Thomas and Vidal scoring goals and Benzema pulling back a goal. Real Madrid is now morale high, even if most of the main players are absent, tonight's combat effectiveness will not be low, and the Spaniards are currently 13th in La Liga with 39 points, and they are a few points away from full relegation. As Barca's sworn enemy in the same city, espanyol and Real Madrid have a good relationship, on the whole, tonight is likely to be a draw, the score is 1-1 or 2-2.