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This weekend in Spain, as usual, there will be a passion-filled atmosphere - matches of the 14th round of "La Liga" will be played. Without a doubt, the central match of the round will be played on Sunday at 21:00 in Villarreal, where local team "Villarreal" will host Madrid's "Real" club. Other "La Liga" favorites, "Valencia", will play away against "Albacete" on Saturday, while league leaders "Barcelona" will host "Malaga" at home. Last season, the players of "Villarreal", who reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League, will surely not step onto the field tomorrow to lose. Taking advantage of the fact that "Real" is demonstrating inconsistent play and tomorrow will be without the suspended Figo and Guti, as well as the injured Zidane, the hosts will certainly not be an easy target for the "Real" star-studded team trying to find their game. Another factor in favor of "Villarreal" is that on Wednesday, "Real" will face a decisive battle for a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals against "AS Roma". The Champions title defending "Valencia" will play away against recently defeated 6-1 by Madrid's "Real" team, "Albacete". Recently experiencing a playing crisis, "Valencia" seems to have finally returned to form. Despite the fact that on Wednesday the Spanish club faces a "win or go home" type of match with Bremen's "Werder" for a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals, "Valencia" can no longer afford any missteps in "La Liga". In the ranks of the UEFA Europa League winners, we will not see leaders Vicente and Ayala in the match against "Albacete". Their places, as usual, will most likely be filled by Xisco and Navarro. On the right side of the defense line, we will most likely see Rufete, and in the attack - the duo of Di Vaio and Mista or Corradi. Aimar, who is recovering from injury, will likely only appear in this match after coming on as a substitute, as the coach wants to give him some rest before the match with "Werder". The league leaders "Barcelona" players will host "Malaga" at the "Nou Camp" stadium. In the hosts' ranks, we will not see the injured Ludovic Giuly, who will most likely be replaced by one of the representatives of the "Barca" football school, possibly Javito Peral or Joan Verdu. Without a doubt, we will also not see long-term injured players Thiago Motta, Edmilson, Gabrie and Henrik Larsson, who successfully underwent knee ligament surgery in the US yesterday. Currently in third place, "Espanyol" will visit Zaragoza to face the last season's King's Cup winners. It is worth mentioning that this season "Espanyol" has only conceded eight goals in thirteen matches. "Deportivo" from La Coruna, currently in eighth place, will face a test in Santander against local team "Racing", while "Osasuna" in fourth place will have to fight against "Atletico" in Madrid. Saturday Albacete - Valencia Barcelona - Malaga Real Sociedad - Real Betis Sunday Levante - Getafe Villarreal - Real Madrid Racing - Deportivo Sevilla - Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid - Osasuna Real Zaragoza - Espanyol Mallorca - Numancia
