Real Madrid Can Finally Rest, 126 Hours Until The Match Against Alaves

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JAKARTA - Real Madrid are getting closer to the La Liga title after winning 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Impressively, the result came after Zinedine Zidane's men rested just 62 hours between taking on Getafe on Thursday at 22.00 Spanish time and playing at San Mames.

Now, the Los Blancos players can finally sigh a little as they have 126 hours to go against Alaves at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano on Friday at 22.00.

Players will also be given a day and a half before training resumes at 19.00 at Valdebebas on Tuesday. This is Real Madrid's first break since football resumed, as they have so far been unable to rest for more than 100 hours.

The details; 96 hours between Eibar and Valencia matches; 70 hours between Valencia and Real Sociedad; Another 70 hours until the next game against Real Mallorca; 94 hours before against Espanyol; same for the next game against Getafe; and finally the controversial 62 hours for their final away game in Bilbao.

For the rest, Real Madrid have five days until the game against Alaves before the sprint towards the end of the La Liga season with three games in seven days.

Los Blancos will face Granada on July 13 at 22.00 and will then play again on July 16 and 19.

At Real Madrid, there has been a lot of tension about the kick-off times released by La Liga since football restarted. From the start, Los Blancos complained about being the team with the fewest breaks in the first five matches. They also always played after Barcelona in that period of time.

Real Madrid's frustration then exploded when the date and time of their match at San Mames was announced. They filed a formal complaint with La Liga and, for the time being, the timing and date of the Athletic vs Real Madrid match were published before being changed. Los Blancos also have to deal with a lack of rest time.

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