AVANT-MATCH. 08/14/2022. Rodrigo Salamanca
Our team travels to Almeria for the first day of the championship (10 p.m.).
After winning the first trophy of the season four days ago, the European Super Cup, Real Madrid starts a new edition of La Liga tonight. The defending champion begins the defense of his title on the road, precisely in Almeria (10 p.m.) with the aim of starting the championship in the best possible way.
This will be the first of three consecutive trips our team will begin with in August. After tonight’s meeting in Almeria, Ancelotti’s men will travel to Balaidos to face Celta there (Saturday 20, 10pm) before, eight days later, travel to Barcelona to challenge Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium. (Sunday 28, 10 p.m.).
“We have all the desire in the world to start the season well,” Ancelotti said in pre-match press conference once morest Almeria, who return to the First Division following seven years of absence. Among the list of players summoned by the Italian coach for this start to La Liga is Karim Benzema. The captain, recently appointed to the Ballon d’Or and at UEFA Player of the Yearstarted this exercise as he had finished the previous one and has so far played three games by finding the net (Club América, Juventus and Eintracht Frankfurt).
The previous ones
Almeria had a brilliant performance last season by being crowned Second Division champions and rising. From now on, he will try to shine for his return to La Liga with a good result at home. Our side have not played in the Andalusian city since December 2014, with a 1-4 victory in the first leg of Carlo Ancelotti on the bench madridista.
