La Liga: Real Madrid to host remaining home matches at club’s training centre. Find why?

XtraTime Web Desk: La Liga giants Real Madrid has decided to play its remaining league matches at the club’s training center. Madrid will host Eibar on June 14 at the 6,000-capacity Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, a venue used mostly by the club’s “B” team at the Ciudad Real Madrid center on the city’s outskirts.


According to reports, with the renovation work being carried out at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the Spanish club has decided to play its remaining games at Alfredo Di Stefano stadium. With the league announcing that remaining matches will be played without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic, it makes sense to have the matches at the training centre so that there is no hamper with the renovation work. Santiago Bernabeu will be ready for use by 2022.


The league on Sunday confirmed the dates and times of the first two rounds of matches to be played after the competition was stopped mid-March because of the pandemic. The first game will be the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis on June 11.
Defending champion Barcelona, which has a two-point lead over Real Madrid after 27 rounds, will resume at Mallorca on June 13, while Atlético Madrid visits Athletic Bilbao the following day.

The league has announced that every game will include an “applause to infinity” tribute to the “heroes who are fighting to overcome” the pandemic. Pre-recorded applause uploaded in videos by fans will be played in the 20th minute of matches.


“We have created this initiative to help fans be a part of La Liga’s return and also as an opportunity for them to show their support for the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said league president Javier Tebas, to league broadcaster Movistar on Sunday.


Most games will be played late in the day to take into account high temperatures in Spain, but some will be brought forward based on favorable weather forecasts. There will be a couple of matches at 1 p.m. local time in the first weekend.