I think Real Madrid are now too worried about the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is why the team is failing to spend much time in La Liga. In fact, the semi-final match is very important for Real Madrid when the opponent is Manchester City, who are currently one of the best teams. So it will not be easy for Real Madrid to secure the victory in the semi-final match.
Maybe that's the reason for Real Madrid when got a bad result last week against Girona in La Liga because they are disappointed about La Liga and there is no hope for them while they focus on the champions league large against Manchester City where they are going to have a hard match. But still, there is only two points difference between them and Atletico Madrid and there is a chance for them to lose their position on the table.
The Champions League shouldn't be the reason for a team as big as Real Madrid when they lose in La Liga, I think it's a very classic excuse. Basically, Real Madrid is not very good this season in La Liga, they have received many unsatisfactory results against opponents who are actually much weaker and in arithmetic terms they should have won the game without any difficulties.
Yes, it seems that it makes sense to me that is a classic reason, if indeed Anceloti thinks he should focus on the Champions League and ignore Laliga because he has a large difference from FC Barcelona so he feels it is impossible to catch up with him, I think if that is the case then it is not Real Madrid, as we know it, is always on fire in every league they are in, what's more, their opponent in the Champions is Manchaster City, which is also not an opponent that can be beaten easily. It would be a bad decision if indeed Anceloti ignored Laliga because a sliver of hope in the Champions.
I think Real Madrid are now too worried about the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is why the team is failing to spend much time in La Liga. In fact, the semi-final match is very important for Real Madrid when the opponent is Manchester City, who are currently one of the best teams. So it will not be easy for Real Madrid to secure the victory in the semi-final match.
I was quite surprised to see the number of prediction sites that gave a "win probability" (90 minutes) of 30% for Madrid and 43% for Man City, Madrid is a team full of surprises. I'm sure they have prepared well enough to face Man City in the UCL semifinals. but before focusing on UCL, madrid must first focus on facing almeria tomorrow, the victory in this match is very important to secure madrid's position in 2nd place in the standings.
Real Madrid will exert every effort to defeat Almeria tomorrow in order to avoid making the same mistake they did against Girona, which might result in them falling from second to third. In an effort to advance to a different place, the other clubs in the top 4, 5, and 6 are also taking their remaining games very seriously. Although I am aware that Real Madrid isn't good enough this season to focus on the LA Liga, I think they will prioritize the champions league over winning the league because that is what prevents them from performing well in La Liga.
Even if Real Madrid didn't joke around like yesterday's match against Girona, it was a show match that made their reputation worse, it would be terrible if Real Madrid's victory depended on Benzema.
Almeria on paper is under Girona, but Almeria played quite well against big teams, Madrid must be serious against them if they don't want to be overtaken by Athletico Madrid this week.
