the Madrid press wants to be inspired by the Galacticos to pick up on Barça!

When your name is Real Madrid, anything is possible. The Madridians have absolutely not given up on their La Liga title hopes. 2nd 5 lengths from Barça, the reigning Spanish champions would like to do the trick of the 2002/03 season, when they were in much the same situation: relegated 5 points behind Real Sociedad by mid-season, Los Blancos had finally brought La Liga back to the Bernabeu. The last victory of the Galactics moreover, since it will be necessary to wait until 2007 to see Real again at the top of La Liga, without Zidane, without Figo, without Ronaldo (and especially without Claude Makelélé… Damn, it’s true that he was not marketing enough). Moreover, this 2007 championship remained in everyone’s mind on the other side of the Pyrenees as “La Liga del Clavo Ardiendo” (the Liga of the hot nail). Throughout the season, 3 teams were struggling at the top of the standings. Barcelona, ​​Sevilla and Real. It is in this order that the first leg of the championship ended. Only 1 point then separated Barça leader from Real 3rd. The rest of the season will see a duel between the 3 teams, a duel which, after many adventures, will turn in favor of Real. For their part, the Sevillians will console themselves by winning a second consecutive UEFA Cup, at the end of a 1000% Spanish final which will see them triumph… From the Spanish Barcelona.

To return to 2023, the context is obviously not the same. Real will have to reckon with several major injuries including the reigning Ballon d’Or: Karim Benzema, injured against Valencia. The merengue defense is also decimated. Ferland Mendy will miss 2 months of competition because of a muscle glitch in his left leg, just like Eder Militao, also injured in the thigh. Ancelotti will have to show a treasure of imagination if he wants to experience an end to the season similar to that experienced by Del Bosque 20 years ago!