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This weekend in Spain, the 15th round of matches of "La Liga" will be played. The central match of the round can be considered the game that will take place late Sunday evening in Barcelona, where the defending champions "Barcelona" will host "Sevilla".
On Saturday, two matches will be played: the in-form players of "Valencia" will host Bilbao "Athletic", who are at the bottom of the table, while in San Sebastian, "Real Sociedad" will face "Villarreal", who have already entered the top 16 of the strongest European clubs.
In these matches, "Valencia" will not see their defender Rufetes, as the team's coach decided to extend the punishment to the right back for showing dissatisfaction with the coach's decision to replace him almost a month ago. Meanwhile, Valencia managed to convince the disciplinary committee to overturn the one-match disqualification for the team's captain and defender David Albelda. The center-back pair for these matches will most likely be the experienced Argentine Ayala and the young Raul Albiol duo.
In San Sebastian, a truly intriguing match will take place as both teams have one of the strongest lineups. "Real Sociedad" will be without forward Darko Kovačevičius for the entire season, while "Villarreal" should see the return of the most prolific scorer from last season, the Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan.
On Sunday, the league leaders "Osasuna" from Pamplona will look to continue their winning streak by hosting the bottom-of-the-table "Mallorca" team.
Meanwhile, the other league leader "Barcelona" will face "Sevilla" at home. After winning 10 games in a row in the Spanish league and UEFA Champions League, the Catalans, under the guidance of coach Frank Rijkaard who has recovered from pneumonia, will be missing four midfielders: Thiago Motta, Deco, Xavi, and Mark van Bommel.
Among other matches, the Madrid team "Real" will be temporarily led by Vanderlei Luxemburgo until a new coach is found to replace Lopez Caro. However, Luxemburgo will not be able to rely on the disqualified David Beckham and the injured team captain forward Raul and defender Jonathan Woodgate for the away match against "Malaga".
Easy victories can be expected by the players of La Coruna's "Deportivo", who will face "Cadiz" at home, a team that has only earned two points in their last six matches.
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Sunday Madrid - La Coruna - Madrid - Pamplona - Seville - Barcelona - Vigo - Madrid
