Real Madrid tonight is carrying the banner of defending the reputation of the Spanish Football League in European leagues after successive losses - some of them resounding - for the Spanish teams on their soil.

The beginning was with Barcelona's loss in the Champions League first leg against Paris Saint-Germain 1-4 in the "Camp Nou", followed by the loss of Seville against Dortmund in the same round of the same competition 2-3 in the "Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan" stadium, then came Tuesday's match. By losing Atletico Madrid to Chelsea 1-0 at the "Arena Nacionala" in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, which is considered the land of the Spanish team.

Thus, the "royal" is forced to win against its Italian host Atalanta for two reasons, the first of which is to avoid being the fourth Spanish "victim" in the main continental championship, and the other is to save the League's reputation.

Despite winning two consecutive wins in the League and snatching second place from rival Barcelona, ​​the "Merengue" is in an unenviable position, as the "sons of Bergamo" will face a team that includes a small number of experienced players and scorers.

French Zinedine Zidane - who will go to the match without top scorer Karim Benzema and striker Luka Jovic, who moved to Eintracht Frankfurt on loan - will depend on striker Mariano Diaz, who scored only one goal in eight matches in the Champions League.

Benzema scored 17 goals in all competitions during the current season, which represents more than a third of the team's total goals.

Zidane traveled to Italy with a list of players who scored 23 goals this season, as Brazilian midfielder Casemiro is the top scorer of the list with 6 goals.

But the attackers' injuries are not the only problem for the Zizou, who have very limited options.

He will have 12 experienced players and first-team stars, while Danny Carvajal, Alvaro Odriozola, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Edir Militao, Federico Valverde, Rodrigo Goose and Eden Hazard will be absent.

During the team's last game, which he won at the La Liga account of Valladolid, last Saturday, Zidane had young and young elements on the bench, with Isco being the oldest player among them.

Zidane is currently facing the possibility of relying on the players who contributed to the team's crowning of the UEFA Youth League last season, but it was not expected for them to join the first team so quickly.