Estudiantes-Real Madrid: the derby in the lead up to the Cup | Football24 News English

Third game of the week and last before the start of the Copa del Rey next Thursday. Another challenge for him Real Madrid, leader of the League With 19 victories in 20 games, he will seek to reach twenty in his visit to Movistar Estudiantes. Those of Laso they took the only official precedent this season.

The team is sure to reach the cup break in the first position and on matchday 23 a derby awaits, a match always special and demanding. The position in which it is reached is of little use, although it is a significant fact of the moment of form of the two teams. Movistar Estudiantes is sixteenth and accumulates 8 defeats in 9 games, the last this week against Zaragoza.

The previous derby was played on the seventh day and ended with a 93-77 victory for the Whites. Those of Laso They will find a rival today with new pieces, including former NBA Barea at the base position, where he joins a strong perimeter with Avramovic, Roberson, Cvetkovic and Gentile. The Madrid can profit from the inside with Tavares (Averaging a PIR of 24.5 in the last 4 league games). The energy they bring to the game will also be important Alocén, Tyus Y Garuba.

The key, the team
Faced with such a demanding calendar, the division of work on the pitch will once again be essential for Madridistas so as not to lose that competitiveness to which they always refer Laso. Their players average between 12 and 24 minutes of play and 5 of them are in double scoring digits, led by Conversationalist (11 points). This afternoon, second derby of the course.