On Sunday (17h30) Deportivo will start their final part of the Liga with the target of climbing places. The situation of the team is ‘safe’ concerning the Champions League of next season as number five Atletico de Madrid is at 11 points (and Deportivo also have the advantage of the matches between them). It’s almost impossible to throw away such a big gap. Therefore, Deportivo will look to the other three teams occupying the top places (Real Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona) to finish as high as possible in the Liga. And therefore there’s no other option but to win against the Andalucian team. 積分榜:(截至30輪 巴薩目前少賽一場) Club Pld Pts W D L F A Real Madrid 30 64 19 7 4 63 36 Valencia 30 63 19 6 5 60 21 Deportivo 30 56 17 5 8 48 28 Barcelona 29 55 16 7 6 48 32 Atletico Madrid 30 45 12 9 9 36 35 Osasuna 30 44 10 14 6 31 26 One player that will miss this match is Lionel Scaloni, as the Argentinean international player copes with a muscle injury. Scaloni continued playing with this injury for weeks as he didn’t want to give in to it. But now the pain has come unbearable and Scaloni will have absolute rest until Monday when his situation will be analyzed again. This will mean that Scaloni is out for the match against Betis and very probably also won’t be available for the match against Milan on Wedneday. Either Manuel Pablo or Hector will replace him. Scaloni commented on all this that “the best thing now is to take rest and to recover from the injury. For months I suffer from this injury and the match at Milan only made the situation worse. But for the moment there’s no specific recuperation plan as the idea is to have a complete rest of about four or five days to recover. Then we will look at the situation again”. With the absence of Scaloni, coach Irureta will probably make more chances when keeping in mind the match against Milan of Wednesday. Naybet could be given some rest although both Jorge Andrade and Cesar played friendlies with their national teams on Wednesday. Cesar played 90 minutes in the 2-0 win against Denmark while Jorge Andrade lost 1-2 with Portugal against Italy. Left defender Joan Capdevila also played the full match for Spain against Denmark, but will be replaced by Romero for the match against Betis. In midfield it looks like Mauro Silva and Duscher will form the centre against Betis as Sergio will be given rest to face the Italians three days later. Fran could replace Luque at the left because the Catalan winger started the international match of Spain although he was substituted during the break. Fran also started the match at the Anoeta stadium against Real Sociedad. As Valeron and Pandiani will start the match against Milan, it could be that Djalminha and Tristan will have their chance against Betis. The strange thing about the match against Betis is that it will be played on Sunday at 17h30, despite the Champions League match of three days later. Spanish teams participating in the Champions League have played most of their matches on Saturday instead of Sunday to have the best possible preparation for the European clash. Therefore, as the television rights seem to be more important, for the first time in their four years of Champions League football the team will have to play on Sunday just before a midweek match. Midfielder Mauro Silva commented that “I cannot remember a situation like this, that we play a Liga match on Sunday before a Champions League match. It’s more logical to play it on Saturday because it will mean one day more of rest. We’re not used to this new situation and I have no idea why it has been arranged in this way”. The thing is that that company Audiovisual Sport owns the broadcasting rights in Spain and always decides about the times when the matches of the Primera Division will start. On Saturday one match is always shown on the open channels and on Sunday one match is shown on Canal+. The other matches can be purchased by PPV (Pay-Per-View). The only thing that has to be kept in mind is that UEFA requires that clubs have at least 72 hours between domestic and European matches. And that’s the case with the matches against Betis and Milan. -- 看著他們的過去 可以感覺到未來 --

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