Real Madrid visit Real Sociedad for a midweek La Liga Santander at Reale Arena on Tuesday.
Real Madrid very well know that their chances of retaining the league title are gone and over now. They have shifted their focus to the upcoming Copa Del Rey final and the Champions League Semi final against Premier Favourites Manchester City.
Real Madrid remain second in the league table 11 points behind Barcelona, they travel north after bagging a 4-2 win over Almeria at the weekend while Real Sociedad sits in fourth, sitting 5 points above Villarreal. Also read:Biggest Transfer News And Rumors for 2nd May 2024
It will be interesting to see how Carlo Ancelotti fields his playing 11, as they have two big games coming up in just handful of days.
Team News:
Real Madrid – David Alaba, Ferland Mendy and Luka Modric will be unavaible due to injuries, while Camavinga and Vinicius will be out due to suspension.
Real Sociedad – Umar Sadiq is out due to long time injury.
Pre- Match press conference:
Carlo Ancelotti:
“Tomorrow will be a real test, because Real Sociedad are a fantastic team. We have players out injured and suspended, so it’ll be tough one. And then there’s the kick-off time [10pm on a Tuesday], which doesn’t make any sense. But we’re going to go out there and give it everything we’ve got.”
“Éder Militão is fine. He’s had a personal issue and arrived for training with the session already underway, but that’s all. We’ll have to assess what Fede Valverde has. We’ll see. David Alaba isn’t available, either. He trained with ball at feet for the first time today. And we’ll see about Luka Modric: we’ve had good news, and he could be back in time for Saturday.”
Predicted line ups-
Real Madrid: (4-3-3) Thibaut Courtois, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Nacho, Fede Valverde, Toni Kroos, Dani Ceballos, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Rodrygo.
Real Sociedad: ( 4-1-3-2) Alex Remiro; Andoni Gorosabel, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Le Normand, Aihen Munoz, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, David Silva, Brais Mendez, Mikel Oyarzabal, Takefusa Kubo.
