Atlético de Madrid is upset over the time slot for the derby against Real Madrid, which will be played on Sunday, September 29 at 21:00 at the Cívitas Metropolitano.
The reason is that there will be a midweek round a few days before, in which Real Madrid will play at home against Alavés on Tuesday, September 24 at 21:00 at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Therefore, they will have four days to prepare for the match against the red and whites.
Meanwhile, Simeone and his players will travel to Vigo to face Celta at Balaídos on Thursday, September 26 at 21:00, so they will only have two days, including travel, to prepare for a match that is always special for both teams, clubs, and fans.
In the red and white club, they would have understood if LaLiga had scheduled them to play on Wednesday. They consider 24 hours of difference to be understandable, but not 48.
Especially when it is LaLiga’s responsibility to set the schedules so that both Atlético and Real can face the matches at the highest level, especially when they are such important matches. On the other hand, they also did not like that Atlético de Madrid was scheduled to play at 21:00.
This is something that does not convince Atlético de Madrid fans who have to attend the Metropolitano stadium. It is a time slot that forces all fans present at the match to stay up late, and that causes children not to be able to attend and robs sleep from all those people who have to get up early the next day to fulfill their daily tasks.
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