After a three-month hiatus due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, the Spanish football league will resume again from Thursday. The La Liga fans are looking forward to the first look of Barcelona and Real Madrid after a long absence.
On Thursday, the Seville derby match will be held, to be the first of the 110 matches remaining in the competition, to be held within 35 days. The battle for prominence comes again between the two rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid, and both are looking to benefit from the return of the prominent elements.
Barcelona are in the lead with 58 points, two points ahead of closest rivals Real Madrid, who are in second place. The Catalan club will visit Real Mallorca next Saturday.
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- Barcelona FC (from 🏠) (@fcbarcelona_ara) June 10, 2020
Barcelona can again take advantage of the services of Uruguayan superstar Luis Suarez, who underwent knee surgery during January, and expectations were for the end of his season, but the pauses in competitions due to Corona gave him the opportunity to participate in matches again during the season.
It was announced a few days ago that Suarez regained fitness again, but Barcelona coach Kiki Sitten stuck with caution, saying, "Suarez is doing well, but we must avoid the risk."
Citin's statement may mean that Martin Braithwaite would be a key participant in the attack, alongside Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann.
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Messi raised fears of Barcelona fans a few days ago when he missed the exercises due to a slight muscle problem in the right leg, but he returned to the exercises again.
Sittin said last Sunday that "Messi is not the only player who missed a training unit because of some pain."
"It was a simple problem and we controlled it ... He is fine and he will not face any problem (in participating against Mallorca)," he added.
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- Barcelona FC (from 🏠) (@fcbarcelona_ara) June 8, 2020
In the event that Barcelona suffers a heap against Real Mallorca, which triggered a surprise at home by beating Real Madrid last October, the royal team and its coach Zinedine Zidane will strive to seize the opportunity.
Real will meet Eibar next Sunday, and although he is the host of the match, it will not take place at his stadium "Santiago Bernabeu" in the capital Madrid.
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- Real Madrid CF 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) June 9, 2020
The stadium of the Royal Club is undergoing reforms, and it will not be available to host the six games that Real Madrid are supposed to embrace this season.
Real will play their matches at the stadium "Alfredo Di Stefano", which is based on the matches of the reserve team "Castilla".
It is worth noting that the stadium "Di Stefano", which is located at the Real Madrid training center in "Valde Pipas", with a capacity of 6000 fans, has been a familiar stadium for Zidan since he was coach of the "Castilla" team.
However, doubts remain about the ability of the Real players to adapt to this change in the face of the usual Eibar team on small pitches, with a capacity of 7000 fans.
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- Real Madrid CF 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) June 9, 2020
There is no doubt that Eibar will face a difficult task against Real Madrid, who can benefit again from the efforts of the Belgian star Eden Hazard.
As was the case with Suarez, the Belgian international, Hazard, had thought he had played his last game of the season when he had a broken leg in February.
But he is about to return, and is awaiting the return of Marco Asensio, who did not participate in any games during this season due to a rupture in the cruciate ligament during a friendly match against Arsenal last summer.
The struggle is fierce for the third and fourth places that qualify for the Champions League, between Seville, Real Sociedad, Getafe and Atletico Madrid, who are ranked third to sixth respectively.
The twenty-eighth stage competitions will open tomorrow, Thursday, with Seville's coach, coach Julen Lopetegui, with Real Betis in the Derby match.
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- Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) June 10, 2020
The rest of the stage matches will see Granada meet with Getafe, Valencia with Levante on Friday evening, Espanyol's meeting with Deportivo Alaves, Celta Vigo with Villarreal and Leganes with Valladolid on Saturday evening, while the stage will end on Sunday with Athletic Bilbao meeting with Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad with Osasuna.