La Liga: Zaragoza Set to Benefit from Champions League Semis

Real Madrid vs Zaragoza

Real Madrid will be coming into the Spanish League match against Real Zaragoza with their minds squarely on the second leg Champions League semi-final match against Barcelona.

Even though the chances of Real Madrid making into the final look extremely slim after the 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Barcelona, José Mourinho's side will be trying all that is possible within their means to recover from this position. They are expected to name a significantly weaker side against Zaragoza given that winning the league is almost impossible at the moment.

However, Zaragoza will be putting all their eggs into one basket as staying in the league seems to be the only thing on their minds at the moment. They are in the 16th position, but looking at the points total reveals a different story as they are just two points away from the relegation zone.

Given that this match is at Santiago Bernabeu, there could be no harm with only a draw for Real Zaragoza and the weakened side for Real Madrid could prove to be the perfect opportunity to do that. Also, Real Madrid do not have the invincible home record that they possessed against at the start of José Mourinho's reign.

Real Sociedad vs Barcelona

Barcelona are coming into the match after the 2-0 victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, which will be providing extreme confidence and also improves the possibility of them making into the final after a season gap. They will be up against a Real Sociedad side that will be extremely overjoyed about the fixture list of Barcelona at the moment.

This fixture is "sandwiched" in between the two Champions League matches, which is undoubtedly going to shift the focus for Barcelona given that the league is all but won.

Even though Real Sociedad are in 12th position of the table, it can be highly misleading since it takes only three points to slip into the relegation zone. Hence, they will be looking to make maximum utilisation of the home game, even though it might be against the mighty Barcelona.

Barcelona are in a strong position in the Champions League and they are expected to field a weakened side consisting of a lot of youngsters against Real Sociedad.

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