Real Madrid goes to Levante Badalona on Tuesday at 21:00 with only two Liga F Moeve matches left and the race for second place still alive. Pau Quesada has made the target plain: six points from the last two games, starting with an away trip that will be shown on DAZN.
Quesada said the objective is to take the full six, and he framed the Badalona visit as the first step in a difficult close to the season. His side travel with a three-point lead over Real Sociedad, which means the final two results will decide whether Madrid finishes second or third in the table.
The match comes at the end of a season in which Quesada, who took charge last summer after Alberto Toril left, has already led Madrid into two major knockout tests. Real Madrid reached the final of the Supercopa de España and lost 2-0 to Barcelona, then made the quarterfinals of the Champions League before falling to the same rival 2-12 on aggregate.
That record underlines how much the club has already absorbed, but it also explains why the league finish still matters. The team enters the final stretch with second place undecided, and with a three-point cushion over Real Sociedad, the margin for error is small enough that one slip could reshape the closing table.
Quesada described the squad as coming back into competition with energy and a clear will to finish strongly. He said: “Volvemos a la competición, última semana, han vuelto con mucha energía, tienen muchísima predisposición para afrontar estos dos partidos y llevarnos los tres puntos.” He also pointed to the challenge of Badalona’s home ground, saying Madrid must control the game better if it wants to leave with the points.
“Han hecho un trabajo magnífico. Es el último partido fuera de casa y sabemos que hay rivales que ahí nos han planteado partidos muy complicados. Tenemos que tener más capacidad de controlar el juego y el partido, no tenerlo nos puede complicar y es donde tenemos el foco. Queremos terminar el año fuera de casa llevándonos los tres puntos, pero también controlando el juego,” he said. Madrid will then host Granada on Sunday at 12:00 at the Di Stéfano, a match that could decide the club’s final league position if the standings remain tight after Tuesday.
The closing run leaves little room for sentiment. Madrid has the chance to finish the league season on a strong note, but the immediate task is sharper: handle a difficult away match, protect the lead over Real Sociedad and arrive at the final day still in control of its own place in the table.
