Tomorrow, on saturday, we are playing Deportivo at home. In our first game in La Coruna it was 3-3 and I expect hard match also this time. When Barca and Depo were playing before there were always lots of goals. I thin this time it will be the same. Deportivo has several very good players, especialy their defence has a good record with Andrade and Colloccini as CD and Molina in goal. Becouse we are playing Chelsea on tuesday players might lack some concentration and we all know how good Depo can be in such situations. Rijkaard name a team for Deportivo match. There is no Messi (he is givena rest before Chelsea), Gabri and Maxi. But Ezquerro, Giuly and Oleguer are back in squad. The team: Valdés, Jorquera, Iniesta, Van Bommel, Ezquerro, Van Bronckhorst, Puyol, Oleguer, Motta, Deco, Márquez, Larsson, Sylvinho, Belletti, Etòo, Ronaldinho, Edmílson and Giuly. Giuly will probably start upfront with Etoo and Ronaldinho. In midfield Edmilson, Deco and Bommel. We will see, Rijkaard is quite unpredictable.
A win tomorrow would be a big step towards the championship. Upcoming games are: @ Osasuna, @ Sociedad, vs Getafe, @ Malaga, and then the clasico. Real are home against Atl Madrid this week, following week Valencia is home vs Real Madrid, on the 22nd Valencia is home to Villarreal and Real is away to Zaragoza, 26th Valencia is away @ Sevilla and Real is home vs Deportivo. The league should be won with the clasico.
Should be a tough match by all means, advantage is that we are hosting and at full strength. Depor has been playing well so we need to watch out. expected starting line up for them might be as follows, Valeron is out for the season while Diego Tristan even if he will be coming from the bench is a threat just like Munitis. Sergio-Duscher and victor form a solid midfield trio. Molina; Manuel Pablo, Juanma, Andrade, Capdevila; Víctor , Duscher, Sergio, Romero; Rubén Castro , Arizmendi. i`m not sure if Collocini is playing as he was red carded versus Zaragoza. Added motivation for Depor is that they still have a chance to make it into the CL for next season. My prediction is a 2-0 win for us and good to see Guily back for this one.
i have the same feeling, i only pray and hope that we can get maximum points from Osasuna, sociedad, getafe and malaga which with hard work we can. i will keep an eye on the madrid derby today, should be a very good match, valencia will beat malaga by all means.