The 2025/26 La Liga season gets underway this weekend, but Real Madrid are being made to wait to start their campaign.It is a new era for Los Blancos as they move on from Carlo Ancelotti to Xabi Alonso.Real Madrid will be looking to get back on top this yearGettyLast season was one to forget for one of the world’s biggest clubs as they were beaten to La Liga glory by Barcelona and crashed out of the Champions League against Arsenal.Despite signing Kylian Mbappe, it was a year that ended with failure at the Club World Cup as well.But they will start this term as one of the clear favourites to win the league, and first up is a home game against Osasuna on Tuesday.Why is Real Madrid vs Osasuna on Tuesday?There appears to be no official reason for why this game is on Tuesday night other than fixture scheduling.La Liga gets underway on Friday night with Girona v Rayo Vallecano and Villarreal v Real Oviedo and there are games everyday up until Tuesday when Real play.Barcelona start on Saturday away to Real Mallorca, while Los Blancos’ inter-city rivals, Atletico, begin on the road on Sunday against Espanyol.So when Real kick-off, they will know if their rivals have made a great start to the season or not.Kick-off at the Bernabeu is set for 8pm UK time and the game will be shown live on Premier Sports 2. More info here.Bellingham won’t be pulling on a Real Madrid shirt for some time@judebellingham - InstagramReal Madrid vs Osasuna: Team newsAlonso already has plenty of injury issues to worry about.Jude Bellingham is out for three months after having an operation on his shoulder.Ferland Menday and Endrick have hamstring problems and are major doubts, while two more players have joined the doubtful list.Eduardo Camavinga and Federico Valverde are also facing a race against time to be fit for the opener.Camavinga has sprained his ankle and Valverde played no part in the club’s final pre-season fixture.In better news, the club are poised to hand out three LaLiga debuts.Trent Alexander-Arnold played during the Club World Cup after leaving Liverpool to join Los Blancos, but this will be his first taste of Spanish league football.Dean Huijsen is also in line to play and so is left-back Alvaro Carreras, who joined from Benfica in a big-money move.Alonso is ready to try and bring success back to Real MadridGetty Real Madrid vs Osasuna: What has been said?After it was confirmed that Barcelona would play Villarreal abroad this season, Real Madrid responded in the strongest way possible.Barca v Villarreal is scheduled to take place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on December 21 and Real have released a full statement condemning the idea.They said: “Real Madrid C.F. would like to make it clear to its members, supporters, and football fans in general that it firmly rejects the proposal to play the National First Division League Championship match between Villarreal C.F. and F.C. Barcelona on match day 17 outside Spain.“The integrity of the competition requires that all matches take place under the same conditions for all teams. “Unilaterally modifying this regime breaks the equality between contenders, compromises the legitimacy of the results, and sets an unacceptable precedent that opens the door to exceptions based on non-sporting interests, clearly affecting sporting integrity and risking the adulteration of the competition.“If this proposal were to be carried out, its consequences would be so serious that it would be a turning point in the world of football.”