As: Real Madrid will play up to 63 games in the new season, with the goal of triple championships + Spanish Super League Cup

"As" reported that Real Madrid will play at most 63 games this season.

At the beginning of each season, Real Madrid will make long-term plans and look forward to the heights that may be reached in a new journey. This is not new, but rather the norm. However, the Galaxy Battleships had just experienced a special season. They faced an unprecedented seven-champion challenge in the 2024-25 season. This unprecedented feat was only possible due to the reform of the competition system.

Although the dream is grand, when Ancelotti's team proved to be unable to compete with the top giants, the decline was particularly heavy. The team eventually only won the secondary championships of the European Super Cup and InterContinental Cup in two single-game decisive games. When asked about the goal of the seven-title championship, the Italian coach never shys away: "Real Madrid will strive for the championship in every participating event."

This sentence will now be thrown to the new coach Xavi Alonso, but the goal is to adjust to a more realistic four-title champion, that is, the traditional triple crown (La Liga, Champions League, Copa del Rey) and the Spanish Super Cup.

Compared with the ambition of the seven-time champion, although this seems a bit conservative, it is actually a difficult challenge. Real Madrid has never achieved a traditional triple championship in history, and Barcelona (two times), Inter Milan, Bayern and Manchester City have all achieved this. The Galaxy Battleships have won the double La Liga Champions League championship twice in recent years. In the 10th year of the 2013-14 season, they also won the UEFA Cup of REE, but have never won three major trophies at the same time. This will be Alonso's first opportunity. He has shown his courage when he took the risk to take over the team's Club World Cup, and finally leading the team to the backward stage also proves his strength.

Although there is no drag on the Club World Cup in the new season, the schedule is still not easy. Last season, Real Madrid could play up to 72 games (actually played 68 games, setting a club record), while the maximum this season is 63 games. The schedule seems to be slightly eased, but the double-game week will still become the norm, and the recovery time is extremely limited.