Thursday 21st is the scheduled date for arguing the last day of the year 2023 except for Atlético de Madrid – Seville postponed to September 3 due to the threat of heavy rains to fall on the Spanish capital and finally did not take place.
Rest days for footballers will start and where, after several seasons and as a result of the new agreement between AFE and LaLiga, There will be no professional competition until after New Year’s Day 2024.
But that’s when the January slope begins for First Division clubs, especially the clubs that continue ahead in the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.
In the case of the four teams participating in the Super Cup (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid and Osasuna) they can play up to eight games in 26 days.
Four league games in 26 days
Due to the second day of the new year, matchday 19 is set to begin in the First Division. Real Sociedad-Alavés will open the year. This matchday will be played on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Two days later and, at the same time as Three Kings’ Day, the Copa del Rey round of 32 tie will be held where the aforementioned four clubs that will play in the Spanish Super Cup will enter Saudi Arabia. Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th are the dates of the semi-finals, leaving the final for Sunday 14th. A weekend where there will be League action for the remaining 16 First Division clubs.
Three cup qualifiers in 17 days
Three days later, on January 17, the round of 16 tie of the KO tournament will be held, still played as a single match. Without a break, on Friday, January 19, league competition returns to the First Division.
This exciting January 2024 will be completed with the Cup quarter-final tie scheduled for January 24 and the twenty-two rounds in the top category scheduled to begin on Friday 26th of this month.
Under normal conditions, this means a football match every day of the month except for six possible days and of which two are on January 30 and 31.
The most extreme case is in the four clubs in the Spanish Super Cup. If any of the four reach the final and go on to advance in the Cup, they will play up to 8 games in 26 days. This is matchday 19 of the league (January 2-3-4), the round of 32 cup tie (January 6-7). Added to that is the semi-final of the Super Cup (January 10-11) and the final on January 14.
Three days later, the Cup round of 16 tie (January 17) and on the same weekend the First round 21 (January 20-21). They will complete the month with a quarterfinal cup tie (January 24) and matchday 22 on January 27-28. In addition, these four clubs will have matchday 20 pending as it coincides with the Super Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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