The 38th and final round of the Spanish league will end on Sunday evening, but will start already tonight (22:00) when the new champions Real Madrid will host Betis. In another match to be held at the same time, Rayo Vallecano will host Levante.
Real Madrid – Betis (Friday, 22:00)
Real Madrid won the championship three weeks ago and now the focus of Carlo Ancelotti and his players is on the Champions League final next Saturday in Paris, where they will meet Liverpool. Ancelotti divides the forces among his stars in recent games, and it is no coincidence that the Blancos have won just one of the last three games in the league, but they beat Levante last week at home 0: 6 and also the general return to the Champions League final they want to end with a smile in front of their fans and The Italian also rose in the strongest squad available to him.
Austrian stopper David Alaba, who is not training with the team and is scheduled to return to full training on Monday for the Champions League final, is absent, but other than that the Blancos have the strongest squad available, including Thibaut Courtois in goal, Luca Modric in link and Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr. in particular. Marcelo is also included in the squad and he may step off the bench for his last appearance at the Santiago Bernabeu, as well as Isco.
In contrast, the one who is not included in the squad and will not get to step on the lawn of the Santiago Bernabeu for the last time as a Real Madrid player is the Welshman Gareth Bale. Yesterday Ancelotti admitted that the midfielder is not one hundred percent fit, and although he was included in the initial squad published he is not in the squad or on the bench. “Everyone understands the situation with Bale and it does not matter if he plays, because what matters is that he has a big part in the history of Real Madrid and that he will be remembered by the fans forever,” Ancelotti said yesterday about the relationship he joined in 2013.
Another game:
Rayo Vallecano – Levante (Friday, 22:00)
Other weekend games in the 38th round:
Valencia – Salta Vigo (Saturday, 18:30)
Elche – Hattafa (Sunday, 18:30)
Alabs – Cadiz (Sunday, 9pm)
Granada – Espanyol (Sunday, 21:00)
Osasuna – Mallorca (Sunday, 9pm)
Barcelona – Villarreal (Sunday, 23:00)
Real Sociedad – Atletico Madrid (Sunday, 23:00)
Sevilla – Athletic Bilbao (Sunday, 23:00)