Real Madrid CF BARCELONA: Real Madrid, the reigning La Liga champions, will get their first opportunity to win the title this weekend, but they’ll need Girona, this season’s surprise contenders, to give them a helping hand.

If Madrid defeats Cadiz on Saturday and Girona defeats champions Barcelona the next day, Los Blancos will win a record-tying 36th Spanish championship.

Given that Michel Sanchez’s team was Madrid’s primary rival for first place for the majority of the season, it seems appropriate for them to speak up on what could be a pivotal day.

After Girona’s team defeated them 4-0 in February, the wheels came off, but they pulled themselves together and are about to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history.

In just their fourth season in La Liga, Girona has the opportunity to create club history by defeating second-place Barcelona, who are 11 points behind Real Madrid, in the Catalan derby.

In addition, should fifth-place Athletic Bilbao lose at Getafe on Friday, they can secure a top four finish. With 15 minutes remaining, Girona, in third place, leads the Basque team by 13 points.

Madrid is not very concerned about the Cadiz encounter because it takes place between the two legs of their Champions League semifinal matchup with Bayern Munich, even if La Liga may be theirs this weekend.

Thanks to a brace from Vinicius Junior, Los Blancos achieved a respectable 2-2 draw in Munich. On Wednesday, they will play the German powerhouses.

Ancelotti will probably rearrange his lineup, just as he did in their thrilling La Liga victory over Real Sociedad the previous week.

When called upon, the coach’s backup group has performed admirably. It consists of players like 2018 Ballon d’Or winner Luka Modric, who is expected to leave at the end of the season, target man Joselu, and veterans Nacho and Lucas Vazquez.

Due to an injury, Aurelien Tchouameni, a defensive midfielder from France, is expected to miss the match. Thibaut Courtois, the goalkeeper, may make his season debut.

After missing the entire preseason due to two knee ailments, Ancelotti stated that the Belgian was prepared to play against Cadiz.

Jude Bellingham, the team’s leading scorer, has had a number of health problems in the second half of the season. As a result, the coach may decide to rest him.

“He hasn’t been at his best, but he’ll be back very soon and by Wednesday he’ll be at 100 percent,” Ancelotti stated.

Cadiz, with little chance of survival, travels to the Bernabeu. After Celta Vigo, the Andalucians are five points from safety in 18th place.

Goalie Jeremias Ledesma of Cadiz stated, “I understand the tension and the very tricky situation, but there are five games left.”

“It’s true that we’re traveling to a very challenging location, but we’ll work to earn the three points to continue competing to qualify for La Liga.

“We have to show that we want to save ourselves and that’s what we want the fans to see, that we really want to do it.”

The Ukrainian striker’s goals have been Girona’s main source of inspiration during an incredible season. Dovbyk leads all scorers in Spain with 19, followed by Jude Bellingham and Alexander Sorloth with 17 apiece.

The Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski is trying to keep moving up the charts in order to keep the “Pichichi” trophy after scoring a hat-trick against Valencia on Monday. He currently has one less.