Carlo Ancelotti sets La Liga title point target for 2025

Carlo Ancelotti definitely not giving up on one La Liga title defense at Real Madrid in 2025.

Los Blancos have not been as consistent as their rivals in the first half of the season, but they are still firmly in the race.

Ancelotti’s team is preparing for one of the closest matches in recent years with Atletico Madrid back in the conversation next door Barcelona.

Despite the challenge of competing on multiple fronts from the start of January, Ancelotti is confident his side can pull it off and he admits the points total could be reduced this season.

“It will be a much more competitive league than in recent years. Atletico Madrid will fight because they have the resources to do so and to try to win it,” he said ahead of Real Madrid’s final match of 2024 at the weekend.

“It will be very entertaining until the end. You can win it by less than 90 points this year.”

Ancelotti’s message about a total points total could be correct based on previous years.

His team got 95 points as champions in 2023/24, but the previous five seasons all featured a title winner with under 90 points, all three teams would need more points in the second half of the season than they got in the first, for to break the 90-point mark.