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Who: Oviedo vs Real Madrid
What: Spanish La Liga
Where: Estadio Carlos Tartiere successful Oviedo, Spain
When: Sunday, August 24, astatine 9:30pm (19:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll person each the updates connected Al Jazeera Sport from 6:30pm (16:30 GMT) successful beforehand of our unrecorded substance commentary stream.
The La Liga play reaches its 2nd circular of fixtures with a perchance early-season giant-killing successful the offing.
Newly promoted Oviedo volition not beryllium expected to instrumentality overmuch from the grounds Spanish league winners, Real Madrid.
Los Blancos limped implicit the enactment past play successful their archetypal lucifer of the caller season, Xabi Alonso’s archetypal successful charge.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine what could beryllium an adjacent bigger banana tegument connected Sunday.
How are Real Madrid shaping up?
Alonso took complaint of Madrid earlier the FIFA Club World Cup, successful which his caller charges reached the semifinals earlier suffering a humiliating defeat astatine the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
After a abbreviated close-season break, Real returned to grooming earlier edging Osasuna 1-0 connected Tuesday acknowledgment to a Kylian Mbappe penalty.
“After a two-week preseason, against a squad who had longer, determination were things missing, but the effect gives america stableness going forward,” said Alonso aft that match.
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his side’s extremity against Osasuna [Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters]What are Oviedo’s credentials?
Oviedo returned to Spain’s apical formation aft an lack of astir a 4th of a period by beating Mirandes successful the second-tier playoff last successful June.
The nine from the bluish portion of Asturias, coached by Serbian erstwhile subordinate Veljko Paunovic, were truthful near facing a speedy turnaround earlier tackling beingness backmost successful La Liga.
How did Oviedo fare successful their archetypal lucifer backmost successful La Liga?
With a 40-year-old Santi Cazorla coming disconnected the seat and Venezuela seasoned Salomon Rondon starring the attack, Oviedo mislaid 2-0 distant astatine Villarreal successful their archetypal crippled backmost successful the elite.
Now, they big the 15-time European champions successful beforehand of what volition beryllium a sellout 30,000 assemblage astatine the Estadio Carlos Tartiere.
How are the caller Los Blancos signings settling?
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen, signed earlier the Club World Cup, made their La Liga bows for Madrid successful that game, portion left-back Alvaro Carreras made his debut aft joining from Benfica.
Teenage Argentinian sensation Franco Mastantuono besides came connected for his archetypal appearance.
Alonso volition present anticipation for a much fluid show arsenic his broadside proceed what looks similar a benignant opening tally of fixtures, gathering up to the derby distant to Atletico successful precocious September.
Real Madrid’s Franco Mastantuono comes connected arsenic a substitute to regenerate Brahim Diaz for his Los Blancos debut [Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters]The Argentinian teen is tipped for a immense aboriginal and made his La Liga debut connected Tuesday disconnected the seat for Madrid.
Mastantuono moved to the Bernabeu successful June, signing from River Plate for conscionable much than 63 cardinal euros ($72m and penning a six-year deal.
The winger oregon attacking midfielder, who made his elder Argentina debut successful aboriginal June, conscionable earlier playing astatine the Club World Cup with River, volition anticipation to marque a large interaction successful La Liga this season.
“He has that Argentine grit and competitory spirit,” said Real manager Alonso this week, portion besides hailing the youngster’s quality to play the last pass.
With Rodrygo inactive being tipped to depart Real successful the transportation window, that would permission Mastantuono and Brahim Diaz to contention a spot connected the close wing.
What happened the past clip Oviedo played Real Madrid?
This is the archetypal gathering betwixt the sides since Real won a Copa Del Rey gathering successful November 2002.
Head-to-head
This is lone the 18th gathering betwixt the sides, with Real winning 9 times and Oviedo connected 4 occasions.
Oviedo squad news
Alvaro Lemos misses retired done injury, portion Santiago Colombatto, Jaime Seoane and Lucas Ahijado look precocious fittingness tests.
David Costas returns from suspension, but Alberto Reina was sent disconnected successful the decision by Villarreal past clip out, truthful helium sits this crippled out.
Real Madrid squad news
Ferland Mendy, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham and Endrick are each absent for Los Blancos owed to injury.
Many eyes volition inactive beryllium connected Rodrygo with the Brazilian guardant near connected the seat against Osasuna portion being heavy linked with a determination distant from Madrid.
Antonio Rudiger returns to the backline pursuing suspension.
Real Oviedo predicted starting lineup
Escandell; Costas, Dendoncker, Calvo; Vidal, Ilic, Sibo, Alhassane; Chaira, Rondon, Hassan
Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup
Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Militao, Huijsen, Carreras; Valverde, Tchouameni, Guler; Brahim, Mbappe, Vinicius
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