Soccer will return shortly in Spain and England, but the jackpot, the Champions League, awaits on the horizon. The Rubik’s cube that involves adjusting calendars because of the stoppage generated by the Covid-19 will play in part for Real Madrid for his visit to Etihad. He is obliged to overcome the 1-2 of the first leg against Manchester City, he will not have Ramos and any help is little. Even those derived from this new football: the club citizen It has taken longer to receive the green light from your government to re-train and also it will arrive much more ‘drowned’ by the load of parties.
Both teams have the same matches to play (eleven) before facing each other, but Madrid is preparing the assault on Manchester with twelve days of advantage in this mini preseason which all professional templates are having to undergo. Zidane was able to resume work on May 11, while Guardiola did not have the approval to do the same until the 23rd. In fact, still unable to restart contact training. This past Thursday, the Premier authorized them and they will begin to take place from this weekend. A difference that does not have its translation to the calendar. They will practically return to the competition at once. Real Madrid-Eibar that resumes the League for the Whites are expected on June 13 or 14 and City have already officially closed their return on 17 in a demanding game, Arsenal.
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Madrid can not neglect the League and a priori, City can not aspire to win the Premier because it is 25 points from Liverpool that smells of immediate champion, but can’t lower his arms either. Less when the calendar has three games against him (this re-opening against Arsenal, more Chelsea and Liverpool) than can sting to end in defeat. They are also the best touchstones to prepare for the demands of measuring up against Madrid later. The City, as Bernardo Silva said in AS, does not trust…
The FA Cup tightens the corset even more …
The most problematic point on the City calendar before receiving Madrid is the oldest competition in the world. He is still alive in the FA Cup and has to play the quarterfinal match against Newcastle. If it goes ahead, it would increase the list of matches on an already restricted schedule, and more so when the Islands have been reporting that the idea of the English Federation is that that competition ends in early August (as is tradition at Wembley), just before the Champions League returns in theory A single match since August 8. More congestion for City, more advantage for Real Madrid.
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