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Pau Barrena I Agence France Presse
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He Barcelona (2nd) faces on Saturday the Celtic (16th) on the 32nd league game, hunting the leader Real Madrid, who faces a needy Espanyol on Sunday (20th), when the margin of error is increasingly reduced.
The merengue team leads the standings, tied at 68 points with Barça, but with a better goal difference in particular thanks to their victory in the Clásico in March (2-0).
With seven days to go counting the date Sevilla opens against Valladolid this Friday, Barcelona cannot afford to fail on Saturday against Celta.
“The ‘golaverage’ puts us below, but we still have the same points, now the margin of error is less, but also for them (…) they cannot have any errors,” said Barça coach Quique Setién on Monday. , before the suffered victory (1-0) against Athletic Bilbao (10th) on Tuesday.
Barça will face Celta on Saturday with sensible losses in the midfield due to the injury of Frenkie de Jong and the sanction of Sergio Busquets for accumulation of cards.
The Galician team receives the Catalans on a streak after two consecutive victories in their career for moving away from the relegation zone to the second division.
Zidane doesn’t want relaxation
Barça will be watching on Sunday for Real Madrid’s collision with bottom club Espanyol on Sunday, expecting a stumble from the meringues.
Zinedine Zidane’s team has won all four of their matches since the restart of competition on June 11, but the French coach wants to keep the tension up.
“The attitude of all the players has been phenomenal (…) I am happy because we have to be, but there is a game and this weekend, we are missing seven finals and we have not won anything,” Zidane warned on Wednesday after beating Mallorca 2 -0.
In a tight bottom of the table with the last five in nine points, Espanyol still dreams of a remote stay with less and less room for maneuver.
Behind the two competitors for the title, Atlético de Madrid (3rd) welcomes Alavés (14th) with the intention of securing their third place and their place in the Champions League for next season.
Sevilla, chaining three draws, are looking for a victory against Valladolid (15th) that will secure their fourth place or could lead them to third in the event of Atlético’s defeat.
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