Real Madrid vs Albacete Live Stream: How to Watch & Arbeloa Era
Time waits for no one, especially at the top levels of global soccer. On Monday, Real Madrid moved on from manager Xabi Alonso, swiftly hiring Alvaro Arbeloa to be, they hope, the second coming of Jose Mourinho, and on Wednesday, they’ll be right back in action in the Copa del Rey with an away trip to second division side Albacete. While itS now the round of 16 of the Spanish Cup, this is as good a draw as Real Madrid could’ve gotten at this stage of the tournament, especially considering that they need to balance playing in LaLiga on saturday before champions League play returns on Jan. 20 with Los Blancos hosting Monaco live on Paramount+.
How to watch Albacete vs. Real Madrid, odds
- Date: wednesday, Jan. 14 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: Estadio carlos Belmonte — Albacete, Spain
- Live stream: ESPN+
- Odds: Albacete +700; Draw +600; Real Madrid -455
The goal is clear that not only are real Madrid expected to win this match, but to win emphatically. In the Supercopa De España, Kylian Mbappe returned from his knee injury, and while this is a match that he may not start due to how many matches are coming in quick succession for los Blancos. But with a week that has been a tumultuous one, the club needs anything that can take the spotlight off of Florentino Perez’s power and the decision to move on from Alonso, so it’s good that this match comes before a LaLiga one.
Only trailing Barcelona by four points in the league, things are wide open for Arbeloa, but he’ll also need to keep some of the good that Madrid were doing under Alonso. The defense was much more balanced under Alonso than they were under carlo Ancelotti last season,and he also got Mbappe to play as a proper number nine. Resulting in 27 goals in all c
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