New year and new goals. THE Real Madrid begins 2025 with a duel this evening on the lawn of Valencia (9 p.m.) during the meeting of the 12th day of Ligawhich was to be played on November 2 and which was postponed due to storm DANA, which hit the Valencian Community. Winning is obligatory if men d’Ancelotti want to take first place in the ranking at the start of a month where they will take part in four different competitions: La Liga, Cup, Spanish Super Cup and Champions League.
Our team finished 2024 in the best way possible, with a victory against Sevilla in the Santiago Bernabéu. This evening, she will want to do the same at Mestalla, where she goes with the objective of achieving a 13th victory in the competition. To do this, she will have to demonstrate the same efficiency in front of goal as in the last five matches, during which she scored an average of 3.2 goals per match.
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“We want to start the year well and this match is a challenge,” explained Ancelotti in press conference pre-match. The Italian can count among his list of summoned players for this trip to Mestalla on the team’s four top scorers this season: Mbappé, Vini Jr., Bellingham et Rodrygo. The Frenchman is going through a good patch at the moment, having found the net in the last four matches: Girona, Atalanta, Pachuca and Sevilla.
Valencia’s forces
Our opponent receives the Real Madrid with a new coach on his bench, Carlos Corberán, who replaces Baraja. Valencia begins this postponed day in 19th place in the Ligawith a record of 2 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. Hugo Duro is its top scorer with 4 goals.
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