Real Madrid struggled to make it to the Champions League playoffs. Until the last trois of the group stage, the capital team did not know if it would be able to make it to the spring part of the main European tournament. After two defeats to Shakhtar Donetsk, the Spanish champion beat Borussia Gladbach only in the last round, which brought the coveted ticket. At the first stage, the “White” played against Atalanta, which they managed to beat with a total score of 4:1. The Madrid footballers played unsuccessfully in the Super Cup and the Spanish Cup, where they lost to Alcoyano (1:2) from the third league at the 1/16 finals only in extra time. In the La Liga championship, the creamy managed to win 19 victories in 29 rounds and drew six times, which brought 63 points and second place. Now they are behind their fellow countrymen from Atletico, from which they were only three points away. In addition, after a draw with them, Zinedine Zidane’s charges beat Elche (2:1), Celta (3:1) and Eibar (2:0). The best sniper of the team is Benzema, who has 18 goals out of 51 goals scored by the team, in the second position is Casemiro (five goals). Today will not be able to enter the field Hazard, Valverde, Carvajal and Ramos, who has a muscle injury.
Sacramento seems to be fighting for getting into the playoffs, but Luke Walton’s players do it too clumsily. They often lose, although they really need victories. For example, in recent matches the Kings lost to San Antonio (106-120), Lakers (94-115) and Milwaukee (128-129). Due to recent failures, Sacramento dropped to 12th place in the West standings. Now they are separated from the playoff zone by one victory.
