Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Alaves
Match Time & Date:
14/08/2021
22:00
Prediction: 1-2
Real Madrid
Real Madrid kick off the new La Liga campaign with a match against Alaves at Estadio Mendizorrotza. Key defenders Raphael Varane and Sergio Ramos left the club in the summer transfer window, but the club chiefs did well to sign David Alaba from Bayern Munchen. The likes of Gareth Bale, Dani Ceballos, and Martin Odegaard returned to the club after ending their loan spells with Spurs and Arsenal respectively.
As always, a man to watch in the away team will be top scorer from the last season Karim Benzema. The Basques, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back pre-season wins over Al Nasr (4-3) and Levante (1-0), but they will have a mountain to climb in the season opener. Considering that midfielder Mamadou Loum is out of contention through injury, we are tempted to put our money on the Spanish giants.
Highlighted Player (Lucas Perez):
Lucas Perez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo La Coruna as a striker. Lucas Perez was born in La Coruna on 10 September, 1988 and he started his youth career at Alaves. Between 2007 and 2009 he played for Atletico Madrid C and in 2009 he signed for Rayo Vallecano.
Lucas Perez scored 25 goals in 44 appearances for los Vallecanos, but he played no more than seven matches for the first team. In 2011 he joined Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv, but two years later he moved to PAOK, where he played 32 league games for the Greek outfit (scoring nine goals).
Lucas made it to the Greek Football Cup final with PAOk in the 2013/2014 season, but Panathinaikos emerged triumphant in the title game. On 12 August, 2015, Lucas signed a four-year deal with his home-town club Deportivo La Coruna and he impressed in the 2015/2016 La Liga campaign, scoring 17 goals for the Galician outfit.
Highlighted Team (Real Madrid):
Real Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. Real Madrid participate in La Liga (Primera Division) and they have won 32 domestic titles. On the other hand, los Blancos have won 13 European Cup titles and that is the main reason why they are considered the biggest football club in the world.
Real Madrid play their home matches at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and the capacity of the stadium is 84,454. Cristiano Ronaldo is the club’s most successful footballer in the 21st century and the Portuguese superstar has won two Golden Ball awards.
The likes of Alfredo Di Stefano, Zinedine Zidane, Raul Gonzalez Blanco, David Beckham and Iker Casillas are star players who were part of the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu outfit in the past. Real Madrid’s bitterest rivals are Barcelona, but the rivalry between local rivals Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid is big as well. Real Madrid’s home kit is white and, as a result, the team’s nickname is los Blancos (the Whites).
