Valencia has been shaken by an unprecedented natural disaster. A natural phenomenon that has already caused 95 deaths, more than 1,000 people still trapped and damage that remains to be assessed.. A situation that, already thinking about Sports, has led to the LaLiga match that was going to be played this weekend in Mestalla being in the process of changing its date, or in other words, what Valencia requested the change of the day of the match and Real Madrid accepted without any problem. Although now a question arises, with how tight the calendar is… when can we play?
The mess of the calendar to locate Valencia – Real Madrid
It is true that It is the lesser of evils seeing everything that DANA has caused in the province of Valenciabut it is a problem that they will have to solve if the postponement is confirmed. Calendar in hand and still having to play the first round of the Copa del Rey between Parla Escuela and Valencia, as well as the Champions League between Real Madrid and AC Milan the following week, the calendar is compressed.
Practice says that the calendar will not be released until the weekday between December 17 and 19 where only UEFA Conference League matches will be played. A possible date that would automatically be canceled by the Intercontinental Cup that Real Madrid must play on December 18 in Qatar. For this reason, we would have to continue looking for dates and, in the event that both teams advance to the next round in the competitions they compete in, there could not be a free date until the weekdays. between February 11 and 13 or 18 and 20 in 2025, dates that would only be considered if Real Madrid did not compete in the Champions League Play Offs.
Otherwise, if the white team did have to play in the Play Offs round – as would happen at the moment – it would have to be delayed even until after matchday 33, already on the weekend of April 26 or 27 and only if neither of them competed in the Copa del Rey final that would be played on April 26. If that happened we would even have to go even further, almost to the end of the competition after day 37 in the interweekly calendar between May 20 and 22. Some dates are still very distant in a calendar that will depend on how many rounds both teams will overcome in their respective ‘non’ league competitions.
The latest case: Atlético de Madrid – Sevilla
Looking back, there is a precedent for similar reasons, Atlético de Madrid – Sevilla from last season 2023/24. That Matchday 4 of LaLiga EA Sports was suspended and postponed due to a DANA close to the city of Madrid which forced us to find a new date. It was not until after the last scheduled day before the Christmas holidays when it was played. It was Saturday, December 23 at 4:15 p.m. at the Metropolitano. A solution that seems complicated right now given that there is a day between December 20 and 22 of this same 2024.