MADRID, 14 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The duel between FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid is presented as the most attractive of the twenty-fifth day of the 2022-2023 Finetwork League, with the addition that it could mean the official alirón of the Blaugrana team, although it depends on Real Madrid fail in his visit to Betis.
The Blaugrana team is already touching their eighth league title, fourth in a row. His practically intractable condition in the championship, where he has won everything (59 games) since June 2021, when he fell precisely against Atlético at home, and his 13-point advantage over his pursuer indicates that it will be sooner rather than later.
However, if he does not achieve it this weekend, due to calendar circumstances he would have to wait perhaps until the end of April because he will postpone the next day for his first leg match in the Champions League semifinals against English Chelsea. It could even be that they would be proclaimed champion without playing if Real Madrid could not maintain the provisional mathematics.
But the first thing that Barça must do is maintain that impeccable streak against an Atlético team that arrives at a good time and with the desire to compete face to face with the leader in their Johan Cruyff fortress, where they have not yet known defeat, neither in the league nor in Champions.
With the duel in London still ‘far away’, it is not likely that Jonatan Giráldez will make many rotations. The Galician coach recovers Mariona Caldentey and can count on Caroline Graham Hansen, but loses Asisat Oshoala to beat a rojiblanco team that is risking their chances of fighting for third place that gives access to the Champions League, which still has seven points and is in the power of Levante.
Manolo Cano’s team has not lost since December 11 at the Alfredo Di Stéfano and has won 19 of the last 21 points in dispute. Last year he already gave a lot of ‘war’ in the fiefdom culé, where he fell 2-1 and the Champions League ended up escaping.
If the current champion wins on Saturday, he will have to wait until Sunday to find out his luck since Real Madrid is in charge of closing the day on his visit to the needy Betis, reinforced in his spirits after breaking a negative streak in Huelva before the break eleven games without winning.
The Madrid team also broke their bad moment of three games without winning or scoring by beating Levante Las Planas and will try to add three points that leave them very close to sealing a new presence in the top continental competition.
Waiting for a Merengue and mattress setback will be Levante, third-placed and who wants to take advantage of Atlético’s visit to the leader to once again open a good points gap, cut after their defeat against Madrid CFF. For this, they need a victory in the regional derby against a Villarreal who is fighting to avoid relegation.
In addition, Madrid CFF will seek to get closer to fourth place in another of the attractive duels of the weekend, the one that will measure Sevilla, sixth, while UDG Granadilla, immersed in a great dynamic of four consecutive victories, visits another rival from the lower zone like Levante Las Planas, which has gone seven games without winning.
Finally, Valencia will want to return to the path of victory after three straight defeats, a ‘better’ run than that of their visitor, Sporting Club Huelva, who has a dozen goals and only four goals scored. Real Sociedad and Athletic Club will also try to pick up three points against Alhama CF, third from bottom, and Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas, bottom.