Real Madrid will receive the LaLiga trophy in a closed-door event at the club's training ground in Valdebebas on Sunday, sources have confirmed to ESPN.
The Spanish football federation. [RFEF] The Spanish club, responsible for the League trophy, had initially planned to present the trophy in Madrid's next match, which will be played on Saturday at the Nuevo Los Cármenes stadium in Granada.
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However, Madrid was reluctant to have the ceremony held away from home, after a match that could mathematically seal Granada's relegation from the first division, and rejected that proposal.
Sources said that the trophy would instead be presented by RFEF president Pedro Rocha to the players, Madrid staff and president Florentino Pérez at a private event at Real Madrid City on the morning of 12 May.
The team will later present the trophy to the fans and the city's local authorities, although the details of the celebrations have not yet been made official.
“On Saturday we were happy to have won the League,” Ancelotti said in a press conference on Tuesday. “But we had to control our happiness because we had to prepare for this game. Now the league is aside. On Thursday we will think about celebrating.”
Madrid clinched the LaLiga title last weekend when they beat Cádiz 3-0 before rivals Barcelona were beaten 4-2 in Girona, giving Madrid a 13-point lead at the top of the table with four games left to play.
It was a Spanish league record 36th for Madrid, who are also chasing Champions League success this season, hosting Bayern Munich in the second leg of the semi-finals on Wednesday after the first leg ended 2-2. .
The club traditionally parades through the streets of Madrid in an open-top bus, visiting the city's regional government headquarters at Puerta del Sol and then the town hall, before joining fans at Cibeles, the fountain where they celebrate trophies.
Madrid's victory in the 2023-24 league is its fourth in the last decade and second in three seasons under coach Carlo Ancelotti.
They have won 27, drawn six and lost only once in LaLiga this season, to add 87 points after 34 games.
Meanwhile, Ancelotti highlighted Madrid's respect for Bayern ahead of the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday.
“As clubs, they are similar,” he said. “They have a great tradition, a great history, many successes in the Champions League. We respect each other and it is true, we must respect the rival, also because he did well, better than us, in the first leg.”
However, the former Bayern coach stated that Madrid are not taking anything for granted against the Bundesliga giants.
“We're not optimistic, but we're very excited,” he said. “It could be another magical night for us and our fans. But there is no optimism. There is awareness of the difficulties we could face in the game.”
