This week is very warm football, with matches every day except Friday, today still have to finalize the week 26 of La Liga to the duel will face Deportivo and Real Sociedad in Riazor, while Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday will be Europe Champions League. Of the four Spanish teams still alive in one of the two continental competitions, three of them will play this week, so we offer a preview of these matches, schedules and information on how to view them on television. If one is at home at the time of the meetings, will be worth little excuse to miss any of the duels, since all three can be seen in open:
FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC
FC Barcelona will face Arsenal FC on Tuesday, June 8, at 20:45 pm and will be broadcast on TVE 1 and www.rtve.es . Catalans and London again face to face in a confrontation that, on paper and today presents itself as one of the most interesting duels can be given in Europe. The Arsenal side 2-1 with the advantage achieved in the Emirates two weeks ago while Barca has achieved the goal to do good in London and back from a tie which was complicated by himself silly in ten minutes.
Pep Guardiola has a problem in the center of defense, Puyol has suffered from his knee injury, so it may not captaining his team, down to which one must add the of Pique, who is serving a penalty for completing the series of three warnings. So, it appears to be Abidal Busquets and plants that play with Mascherano ahead.
For its part, the Arsenal is beset by low: Walcott and Van Persie can not play on Tuesday and Wilshere is in cotton after leaving the last game played Premier (against Sunderland, 0-0), although it has tweeted that not lose the match. Not forgetting that Fabregas is coming out of an injury, which, unfortunately, as usual in it, a circumstance that keeps for long stretches of the season without being able to achieve optimal fitness.
If the club fails to overcome the tie, we will talk more setback suffered by the Blaugrana since Guardiola takes the bench, left out in the second round would be much worse than the elimination in the semifinals last year. On the other hand, Arsène Wenger played a significant part of credit that remains as coach gunner, having lost the final of the Birmingham Carling (despite having a point cut in the Premier United), stay out of Champions for the second shift would give rise to comments like "well ... another year."
Schalke 04 - Valencia CF
Valencia CF The stakes are high on Wednesday (20:45 h, regional television.) When he met his cross in the second round against Schalke 04 were not launched from the rooftops, but it was taken as good news, because the Germans were far from the most terrifying opponent. However, Colonel Magath's team was the surprise in the City of a Thousand Spires to achieve a tie to one that requires patches to score at least one goal in the Veltins-Arena.
Invite some interesting statistics to be optimistic. The only time that Valencia has won in Germany was precisely against Schalke in 2007, with a goal from Villa, and Gelsenkirchen have never made use of the advantage of tying a home in Europe. Unai Emery has to keep Soldier a good level in Europe has six goals, only one less than the provisional pichichis (Anelka, Eto'o and Gomez).
In front will be, among others, Raúl González , who was not even going to Germany has been forgotten by the Congregation Baulista. In his usual humble role, has said it will try to enjoy what could be his last match in the Champions League, but we know that as you become a loose ball in the area confirm Guaita ... After his third place going up in Mallorcaall hope that Valencia maintain good tone that has shown so far in 2011 and pass the quarter-finals of Europe's top competition.
Bayer Leverkusen - Villarreal CF
Villarreal CF will meet this Thursday (18:45 h, four) to Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of second round of the Europa League. The Leverkusen are a team that is usually given either Spanish teams, but we must not forget that the Bayer Group ranked first in which Atletico Madrid could not move from third place and, now, is second in the Bundesliga (although 12 points behind Dortmund).
The Yellow Submarine has only won one of the last six games of the Liga, with three straight losses on the road, so now is not in his prime. Still, his excellent midfield should be able to overpower the Germans and impose their game. A priori, Garrido with a lineup that will practically recite from memory: Bruno, Valero, Cani, Cazorla, Nilmar and Rossi. The latter is the second leading scorer of the competition with six goals, only one less than Falcao (Oporto).
In Leverkusen await 30,000 Germans willing to convert the BayArena in a pressure cooker, but do not forget that Bayer has only won six of the seven games he has played in their stadium in the Bundesliga so far, so Villarreal must rely on their chances. If you manage to defend themselves from the Germans, the top has enough dynamite to not leave without scoring a goal Leverkusen. That will be the key that Garrido will be able to score at least a little so that everything is decided in the second leg at El Madrigal.
Photo | Hoops341 (Staid Aviva, Dublin, stadium seat of the Irish national team football and rugby which will host the final of the UEFA Champions League 2011)
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