Real Madrid for the first time in the XXI century entered the La Liga match without the Spaniards in the starting lineup.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti fielded 11 foreign players for the match of the 16th round of La Liga against Villarreal: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Antonio Ruediger (Germany), Eder Militao (Brazil), David Alaba (Austria), Ferland Mendy (France).

Prior to this, Real Madrid started 4436 matches with at least one Spaniard at the start. Note that the fight itself ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the "

Real Madrid and Barcelona have 38 points each, but the Catalans have a match in hand. Villarreal have 27 points and are in 5th place..

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Earlier it was reported that Real Madrid donated generators to Ukraine.