Real Madrid’s busy schedule could mean that this weekend’s match against Valencia will have to be moved to 2025 when the two sides agree to postpone.
Valencia is improvising an unprecedented natural disaster. The floods have claimed 95 lives, more than 1,000 people are still trapped and the damage is yet to be assessed. Therefore, the La Liga match taking place this weekend at Mestalla Stadium between Valencia and Real Madrid will definitely be delayed. However, the question is, with Los Blancos’ current tight schedule, will it be possible to play any matches?
With the first round of the Copa del Rey still taking place between Parla Escuela and Valencia, as well as Real Madrid meeting AC Milan in the Champions League midway through next week, there is no chance of the match being pushed back to this point.
In fact, the replay schedule will not be announced until the week of December 17 to 19, when only Conference League matches will take place. However, it may also be automatically canceled by the Intercontinental Cup that Real Madrid must compete in on December 18 in Qatar. For this reason, one must continue to search for match dates and if both teams are expected to progress to the next round in the competition they are participating in then there will be no available match dates until the week from February 11 to 13 or February 18 and 20 of 2025, those dates will only be considered if Real Madrid does not participate in the Champions League Play-off round.
If Ancelotti and his team have to play in the Play-off round, the match with Valencia will even have to be postponed until after round 33, on the weekend of April 26 or 27, and only if both do not play in the final match. The King’s Cup final takes place on April 26. If that happens, the schedule must be pushed back even further, almost ending the season after round 37 on weekdays from May 20 to 22.
Looking back, there is a currency for the same reason as the Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla match from last season 2023/24. Round 4 of La Liga was suspended and was not played until the day before the Christmas break.