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"Bordeaux" football players need a home win to reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals, as it will be very difficult to win away against the Spaniards. "Valencia" players are considered favorites in this tournament. Having struggled to beat "Genclerbirligi" in the quarter-finals, the Spanish will try to show a better game and win both matches. However, "Valencia" will be playing without key players due to injuries: defenders X, Y, and attacker Z. In the Spanish championship, "Valencia" is in second place, while "Bordeaux" is only in eleventh place in France and has not been playing their best football lately, which they will need to do to beat "Valencia".
Expected lineups: Bordeaux: Rame - Jemmali, Caneira, Planus, Jurietti - Mavuba, E.Costa, Riera - Celades, Francia - Chamakh Valencia: Canizares - Garrido, Ayala, Marchena, Carboni - Rufete, Albelda, Sissoko, Canobbio - Oliveira, Mista
"Celtic" players, who unexpectedly eliminated a club in the quarter-finals, have a good chance to repeat their last year's journey and reach the UEFA Cup final. However, they will have to overcome the barrier of the semi-finals if they beat "Villarreal". Today's match for the Spaniards at "Celtic Park" stadium will be very tough, given that such teams as "Barcelona" have lost there. However, last weekend's match at this stadium almost ended tragically for the home team. In the Scottish championship match, "Hearts" led against "Celtic" 2-0, but failed to maintain the lead and the match ended in a 2-2 draw. "Villarreal" is currently in 11th place in Spain, while "Celtic" is in 1st place in Scotland.
Expected lineups: Celtic: Marshall; McManus, Varga, Balde, McNamara, Agathe, Lambert, Lennon, Thompson, Larsson and Sutton. Villarreal: Reina, Venta, Coloccini, Alvarez, Arruabarrena; Jose Mari, Battaglia, Josico, Roger, Riquelme and Sonny Anderson
Led by the veteran but still excellent player Alan Shearer, "Newcastle" will try to defeat the Dutch team away. The duel between M.Kezman from "PSV" and the aforementioned A.Shearer will be interesting. For "Newcastle" players, the most important tournament is probably the English Premier League, where they are in fifth place. As you know, the top 4 English teams are delegated to the Champions League next year. "PSV" is in second place in the Dutch league.
This year's season has been poor for the "Inter" club. The financial crisis continues to affect Italian football, preventing clubs from showing their full potential. There are no Italian clubs left in the Champions League, with "Inter" being the only team remaining in the UEFA Cup. However, their prospects of winning the cup are unclear. They will face the "Marseille" club in the quarter-finals. Although the French team is only in sixth place in their country's league, "Inter" is also in sixth place in Italy. However, the Marseille team is undoubtedly a beatable opponent for the Italian football giants.
