Wahala don land for Real Madrid as dem dey prepare for serious matches wey go dey come for dis month. Na six matches dem go play for just four weeks, and e go require dem sharp like a new razor. Na four matches for La Liga plus two for Champions League, no be small gist o!
Di first match go be for Mestalla next Sunday, February 8, wey dem go face Valencia for di 23rd round of La Liga. E no go easy, but dem no dey fear because dem know wetin dem fit do. Then, six days later, dem go host Real Sociedad for home, dem fans go de cheer like say dem go win jackpot!
Next action go take dem back to Da Luz stadium on February 17 to face di Portuguese side, Benfica, for di first leg of Champions League playoffs. Na wetin some people dey call “do or die” because this one go fit determine dem journey for di tournament.
Dem go comot again to face Osasuna for La Liga on February 21, but no be small wahala oo! After dem finish with dem, dem go again meet Benfica for di second leg for Bernabéu on February 25 to finish di tie. Finally, Getafe go come visit dem for 26th round of di league. Na plenty matches, my people!
But no be only matches dey worry di team. Na as di players dey waka come and go, e dey pain dem. Rodrygo, di Brazilian forward wey don shine for Madrid, don gree miss di Champions League matches against Benfica because di guy don collect two-match ban for mouth! E no fit control im tongue when e dey yan with di referee during di last match wey dem lose 4-2 to Benfica.
Rodrygo don hear am for social media as e apologize to fans, di club, and all im comrades for di wahala wey im cause. E talk say: “I get carried away for di moment, and I no fit comport myself like dat again.” E don promise to do better by di time him fit come back.
To make matter worse, Jude Bellingham fit no dey available for di Champions League games too! E don carry hamstring injury wey fit sideline am for around one month. E don dey jones since im fall down about nine minutes into di match against Rayo Vallecano. Na wah, e be like say dem dey draw injury cards like dem dey play poker!
As e be now, coach Arbeloa dey find how e go arrange im squad without dem two boys. Di pressure dey stack, and e go need to sharpen im tactics quick-quick. Di match against Valencia don dey come, and fans dey hope say di team go show dem say dem get strength even without Rodrygo and Bellingham. Dis month go be like film, my people, so make we dey watch am well!
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