The 'cost' of January for Barça and Madrid, in detail

Published:30/12/2023 - 19:30h

Updated:30/12/2023 - 19:30h

There is little left for LaLiga to resume its activity, and both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are preparing to start the month of January with good feelings. Both teams have a busy schedule at the beginning of the year.

After the recess navideño, the teams of LaLiga already have initiated the preparativos for the first parties of the year, that will carry out in January. In particular, the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid have a calendar 'peculiar' for this first month of the year, full of important commitments so much in the fight by the leadership of the League as in the first meetings of the Glass of Rey or the Supercopa of Spain. Like this they will be the parties of January for these two teams.

By his part, the team of Xavi Hernández will restart the competition liguera confronting to The Palms the day 4. Definitely, it will be a meeting 'complicated' for the culés, confronting to one of the teams disclosure of the season. The directed by García Pepper have showed a good game, and this party will allow to evaluate if the ones of the City Condal are smart and have taken advantage of the stop navideño for recargar energies. Three days afterwards, on 7 January, the blaugranas will measure in front of the Barbastro in the dieciseisavos of final of the Glass of Rey, a meeting 'a priori' simple against a team of Second RFEF, but in this type of competitions never knows and surely the ones of Huesca will go 'with all'.

Month bustled for the Barcelona

After this first bustled week, the Barcelona will confront to the Osasuna the day 11 to contest the semifinal of the Supercopa of Spain in the To the Awal Park of Saudi Arabia. Although the ones of Pamplona are not so 'fine' as the past season, when treating of a competition of east calibrate, surely will put everything in the field. After this party, the Barça will have ten days of margin before returning to the meetings of the League, travelling until Benito Villamarín the day 21 to confront to the Betis, to the one who already won home by 5-0.

To close the commitments of this first month of the year, the Catalans will culminate the calendar with a tightened diary. On 28 January they will confront home to the Villarreal, and two days afterwards, on 30 January, will see again the faces with the Osasuna, this time in the competition liguera.

On the other hand, the Real Madrid has a less tightened calendar but equally demanding that the one of the blaugranas. They will initiate the year confronting to the Mallorca home the day 3 January, looking for add the first points not to engage his position in the leadership of the competition. The day 6 will have his first party of the Glass of the King in front of the Arandina, an affordable party that will serve to give rotation in the bench. The day 10 also will participate in the semifinal of the Supercopa of Spain in front of the Athletic of Madrid, a crucial meeting and complicated for the whites that will look for to advance to the final where could cross with the FC Barcelona.

After eleven days of rest, the merengues will go back to the competition liguera to confront against the Almería the day 21. To conclude this so moved month, will measure in front of The Palms the day 28, giving by finalised this intense "slope" of January. Both teams will have a start of full year of challenges, and will have to be ready if they want to begin the 2024 of positive way.