Football Special Report: Spanish Liga Preview (Part 2)
Unfortunately, for the Dutch left back, there is a clause in his contract that does not allow him to play against Real Madrid and the only way he can play against his club is if Florentino Perez’s side receives two million Euros in compensation. As Hercules
cannot afford such a big amount and they have a budget of only 40 million Euros, Drenthe talked to the club about paying the compensation himself as he insisted that he still “hopes” to play. On the other hand, Jose Mourinho is planning to send out a full
first team and the former Inter Milan tactician has also included the out-of-form Karim Benzema in the squad.
Villareal’s coach admitted that he is not worried about topping the table at the moment. The Spanish side, Villareal suffered a very humiliating defeat against a third division club Poli Ejido two years ago; however, this year they avoided all such things
and managed to end the game with a 1-1 draw as the Spanish Cup game ended on Wednesday night, just a few days before the visit to Sporting Gijon.
Villareal are currently second in terms of points, they are only behind the Los Blancos, Real Madrid, and they are right above the current Spanish La Liga Champions, Barcelona. If Villareal manage to find the net more than Sporting Gijon on Sunday, they
are going to be going to the top of the table; however, their boss Juan Carlos Garrido insisted that he is currently concentrating on the game and he is not worried about topping the table at the moment. He said that all that he worries about at the moment
is the fact that he wants the team to enter the UEFA Champions League so that they can compete against the top teams in Europe.
The other Barcelona side Espanyol are currently at the fifth position in the Spanish La Liga even though all their points came from their hundred percent home record. As they won the game against Mallorca a fortnight ago and they also won the Spanish Cup match
against Valladolid as they emerged victorious 0-2 away from home; the two victories are going to give them the confidence they need to defeat Deportivo in their home ground La Coruna on Sunday.
The two goals that Espanyol scored came from their youngster Alvaro who is going to give their coach Pochettino a selection headache up front, as his current strikers are performing extraordinary well. Deportivo on the other hand are also without a win just
like Real Zaragoza; however, they have still managed to draw a few games. The manager of the club Lotina is trying hard to put his team in mid table and his change in tactics during the midweek game against Osasuna turned out to be effective. As he deployed
five defenders at the back, the match ended as a draw and the team managed to get the point that it needed.
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