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Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid (2nd), with morale through the roof after their move to the Copa del Rey final, hosts Villarreal (6th) on Saturday in the 28th league game in search of three points that will allow them to speed up their chances of reaching the leader Barcelona, who on Monday faces Girona.
Twelve points behind the azulgranas with eleven days to go in the championship, the Merengue team cannot afford any more mistakes and trust several setbacks by a Barça, firm in the Spanish championship.
It will be necessary to see how it affects Real Madrid and Barcelona, the victory by a landslide for the white team on Wednesday at the Barça stadium (4-0), in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals.
Real Madrid receives a Villarreal, immersed in the fight for the Champions League places, who has four points behind.
The ‘Yellow Submarine’ arrives at the Santiago Bernabéu after five consecutive games without losing, with victory in four of them.
Ahead, Barcelona will close the day on Monday in a Catalan derby against Girona (11th), which is still in the race to certify its permanence in the elite.
Real Sociedad (4th) receives Getafe (14th) on Saturday in search of a victory that will confirm their fourth position in the standings, the last one that gives access to the Champions League.
The Basque team will seek to react after achieving a single victory in their last six games in the Spanish championship, while Getafe seeks to add to continue moving away from the relegation places, from which they are only separated by three points.
At the bottom, where up to five teams are separated by a single point, Valencia (17th) faces Almería (19th) to avoid falling to the relegation places to the Second Division.
– Program of the 28th day of the League (GMT hours):
Friday:
(19h00) Sevilla – Celta
Saturday:
(12h00) Health – Elche
(2:15 p.m.) Espanyol – Athletic Bilbao
(4:30 p.m.) Real Sociedad – Getafe
(19h00) Real Madrid – Villarreal
Domingo:
(12h00) Valladolid – Mallorca
(2:15 p.m.) Betis – Cádiz
(4:30 p.m.) Almeria – Valencia
(7:00 p.m.) Rayo Vallecano – Atlético de Madrid
Monday:
(19h00) Barcelona – Girona
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Barcelona 71 27 23 2 2 53 9 44
2. Real Madrid 59 27 18 5 4 57 21 36
3. Atletico Madrid 54 27 16 6 5 43 19 24
4. Royal Society 48 27 14 6 7 35 26 9
5. Betis 45 27 13 6 8 34 27 7
6. Villarreal 44 27 13 5 9 34 24 10
7. Athletic 37 27 10 7 10 36 28 8
8. Lightning 37 27 9 10 8 32 31 1
9. Health 35 27 9 8 10 22 27 -5
10. Celta 35 27 9 8 10 34 37 -3
11. Girona 34 27 9 7 11 42 42 0
12. Mallorca 33 27 9 6 12 22 27 -5
13. Sevilla 31 27 8 7 12 31 42 -11
14. Getafe 30 27 7 9 11 27 34 -7
15. Cadiz 28 27 6 10 11 21 40 -19
16. Valladolid 28 27 8 4 15 20 44 -24
17. Valencia 27 27 7 6 14 29 32 -3
18. Espanyol 27 27 6 9 12 33 44 -11
19. Almeria 27 27 7 6 14 32 47 -15
20. Elche 13 27 2 7 18 19 55 -36
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