Game with taste of revenge is what awaits us this Wednesday at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium when Real Madrid receives the visit of Leganés, in game corresponding to the first leg of the knockout phase of the Spanish King’s Cup.
Real Madrid:
Many thought that the departure of Julen Lopetegui and the arrival of Santiago Solari was going to change things in merengue store, but this has not been the case and even he has not managed to revive the Merengues without Ronaldo and so Real Madrid comes from losing in home 0-2 against Real Sociedad adding not only his second game without winning the league but also practically saying goodbye to the fight for the title due to the difference of ten points that Barcelona has taken.
For many, for the performance that the Merengues are showing they do not see him fighting in the final straight of the UEFA Champions League, but they know they can not say goodbye with empty hands, so the Copa del Rey is a good option to add a title season, so Solari hopes that the previous edition 2017/18 will not be repeated where he was eliminated by Leganés in the quarterfinals. In addition it must be said that the Copa de Rey has not been lifted by Real Madrid in the last five years, so it would not be insignificant for Solari to get that title.
Leganés:
On the other hand, those run by the Argentine Mauricio Pellegrino are not doing a good season and so last weekend they lost in their visit to Espanyol by 1-0 and with that they added a streak of four games without winning in the League, although It must be said that that defeat against Espanyol was the only one in the last eight games of the League, but five of them ended in draws, and this puts Leganés in a difficult situation in the classification, near the red zone, to be more accurate two points above Villarreal.
Now the idea is to repeat the previous edition 2017/18 when they left nothing less than Real Madrid in the quarterfinals and unfortunately in the semifinal could not before Sevilla after the draw at home to a goal, then lose in Seville 2-0.
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.52
