Real Madrid Mid-Season Awards for the 2024/25 campaign
It's the holiday break and every team in LaLiga has played at least 17 games, with a few clubs already at the literal mid-way point on 19 matches played. So now is as good of a time as any to start handing out mid-season awards to Real Madrid.
Currently, the Merengues sit second in the table, but it is a new rival, Atletico Madrid, who are a point ahead after shocking Barcelona 2-1 with a last-gasp victory last weekend.
Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have a game in hand on Barcelona, too. So while Real are still in a heated title race against formidable opponents, the fact that they are ahead of Barca now despite losing 4-0 to the Blaugrana and having a myriad of injury concerns bodes well for the second half of the season if stars like Kylian Mbappe can continue to step up.
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