Merties have traveled 48 hours more in advance
To play the next game at the Champions League, Real Madrid had to take the longest journey in this edition of the competition, which is out of the standard. Meringue had to travel more than six thousand kilometers to Almaty, in the extreme east of Kazakhstan, and the largest city in the country, where they will face Kairat, Tuesday (30).
The house of the current Cazaque champion is almost on the border with China and near the border with Kyrguistan. In all, about 8.58 thousand kilometers separate the two cities. Flights between the Spanish capital and Alcaty take no less than 11 hours, with stairs, and still cross three different times.
For this reason, Real Madrid had to make a standard preparation for the game. The Meringue left Spain last Sunday, in a rented flight, and landed late on the same day, coming about 48 hours before the game, which starts at 1:45 pm on Tuesday (Brasilia Time, 21:45 in the local hour).
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For the game, the coach Xabi Alonso will not be able to count on some important players, who have undergone injuries in recent weeks. For this reason, he had to climb some basic players. To worsen things, his team comes from the defeat in the classic of the Spanish capital when he is defeated by Atletico Madrid.
On the other hand, the meringues will find a full opponent. Kairat was one of the major surprises of the Champions League qualifying phases next to the Pafos. For this reason, he has eliminated Bratislava Celtic and Slovan in the last two qualifying phases. The team currently occupies the second place in the Cazque championship, with a point and a less game of Astana’s leader.
The team is a mix of players of various nationalities. The silver of the house, the striker Satpayev, who was negotiated with Chelsea, and goalkeeper Anarbekov, the hero in the classification against Celtic, were important for the team to reach the championship phase. The Portuguese Jorginho and LuÃs Mata, as well as the Brazilians Ricardinho and Edmilson, also had important contributions in the countryside.
This Tuesday, Almaty’s attention will be Real Madrid. All 23,000 tickets at the Central Alcaty Stadium were sold within a few hours of Wednesday, after some blackouts on the club’s website, due to the research, which is six times above the load offered by 150,000 fans.
Cazque’s team tries to recover after being 4-1 defeat showing off their debut in Lisbon. The meringues will far will be far more illustrious visitors that the owners of houses will receive. In the next games at home, the team will still host Pafos, Olympiakos and Club Brugge. As they still travel to face Inter, Arsenal and Copenhagen.
Source: Terra
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