In the course, which could light up new debates about a crowded football schedule, Real Madrid officially asked to postpone his first match in the Spanish League season 2025-2026, planned for Osasun on August 19 because his players did not stop after their participation in the Club World Cup.
Real Madrid, who will meet with Paris Saint -Hermen in the semifinals of the tournament currently held in the United States, on Wednesday may be in the final next Sunday, which will affect the period available to prepare for the new season.
According to sources familiar with the file – she refused to reveal her identity for not having an official mandate for a statement – Real Madrid, in coordination with the association of professional football players in Spain, sent a letter to the Spanish league with a request to postpone the meeting. The league will study the request before making the final decision.
Sources indicate a “sports” network that in May an agreement was concluded between La Liga and the Spanish Football Association, which provides that the first match of the League for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will be postponed if they are qualified for a quarter of the club championship, for health reasons, and so that the players receive a sufficient period of preparation for at least three weeks The beginning of the season.
This requirement also confirms the previous collective agreement, which was updated in 2023 between the players league and the league teams, which provides for players’ right for a permanent summer vacation at least three weeks (in addition to the additional nine days). This requires the existence of a decisive period of at least six weeks between the end of the previous season and the beginning of preparation for the new season.
It should be noted that the International Federation of Professional Players (Vivarro) called in June to give players the summer holidays for at least four weeks, after a detailed study of players’ fatigue.
Accordingly, the match against Osasuna, planned for the last day of the first round of the League, contradicts these agreements. Even if Real Madrid leaves Paris Saint -Hermen, he will have only 40 days between the end of his participation in the tournament and the beginning of the meeting, which means that the preparatory camp will not exceed 18 days if the club adheres to the rest of the rest of the prescribed.
But if the team reaches the final on July 13, this period will be reduced to 36 days, that is, the camp does not exceed 14 days.
If the league approves the delay, the first match for Real Madrid will be against Real Ovido recently August 24, which is a relatively sufficient period if he is running for the finals.
It is worth noting that Real Madrid has not yet announced any preparatory matches per season.
As for Atletico Madrid, he left the group stage of the Club World Cup, and his last matches were June 23, which gave him a sufficient gap to relax and preparation before the start of the season.
On the contrary, the prime minister refused to postpone the matches of Manchester City and Chelsea, participants in the club World Cup, reports PEP Gudgiola in October.
The city went to Al -HiLall on July 1, while Chelsea qualified to the semifinals, where he would encounter flue. The English prime minister -liga set the dates of launching matches of two teams on August 16 and 17.
It is worth noting that Real Mounters took part last summer in the Euro and Kopa championship, where the final was held on July 14, before the team went to the United States in the preparatory tour, in which some stars, such as Killian Mbappe, missed the presence of bilingual, from their international relations.
In May 2024, the World League and the Union of Professional Players (Vivarro) threatened to resort to the judiciary against FIFA from the graph of the Cup of the Club Cup.
Nevertheless, the International Federation answered, emphasizing that it took into account the health of players when the championship was planned, and that the dates were coordinated with the international calendar; To ensure the period of rest before the start of the season.
