Giants Real Madrid will meet newly-promoted Hercules on Saturday and Mourinho's men can not afford anything else than a win if they want to stay close to leaders Barcelona. Hercules have pulled off some stunning upsets this season, most notably an away win against Barcelona, but a poor recent run saw them slipping into the relegation zone. Real Madrid have no rivals for the second place but they are seven points behind leaders Barcelona.
Real Madrid suffered a setback last week as they were held to a 1-1 draw at bottom club Almeria and Barcelona moved four points clear at the top of the table. Mourinho's men will meet 9th placed Mallorca on Sunday, a team that got beaten 3-0 last Monday at Atletico Madrid.
The first leg ended 1-1 so Real Madrid will have a slim advantage to take into the second leg on Wednesday but Lyon will surely be determined to pull off an upset at Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid won their latest league game 2-0 against promoted Hercules while Lyon also won 2-0 but their victory was away at Sochaux.
No way, he should be happy to lift just one Primera Liga title.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 84 goals in 196 appearances during his time at Old Trafford, winning three Premier League titles. The Portuguese star is confident that he can win the same number of honours at Real Madrid and he got off to a good start since he scored no less than 9 goals in the last four matches. But what do you think, is he going to win three titles with Real?
There will be a lot of pressure on him, he will be a disappointment for Real.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will join Real Madrid for the rest of the season on a loan deal but the Spanish club will have the option to buy the player at the end of the loan spell. Adebayor scored 19 goals in 36 league and cup starts for the Blues after being signed from Arsenal by previous manager Mark Hughes. Last season he scored 14 goals in 26 Premier League appearances but this time round he has managed just one in eight league matches.
The Madrid derby will take place on Saturday at Vicente Calderon with Atletico and Real clashing to the delight of their fans. Real Madrid have just qualified for the Champions League quarter finals after beating Lyon 3-0 while Atletico Madrid were held to a disappointing 2-2 draw at lowly Almeria in the league. Real are in 2nd place, five points behind leaders Barcelona, while Atletico are down in 8th place but still hoping to snatch an Europa League spot at the end of the season.
The Madrid derby will be played on Sunday with Real being top of the table and Atletico, as always, depending on Forlan and Aguero to win games. Real Madrid will be looking to win thins one since Barcelona are just one point behind them in the league table.
Real Madrid will need a win at Osasuna if they want to keep pace with league leaders FC Barcelona. The game will be played on Sunday and Osasuna are in desperate need of points as well since they are just one point clear of the relegation zone after getting beaten 3-2 at Almeria last week. Real Madrid are four points behind Barcelona and last week they scraped past Mallorca at home, 1-0.
With nine games left to play Barcelona are still leading the chase for the title but Real Madrid are just five point behind Guardiola's men. It's clear that it will be a two-horse race since third placed Villarreal are no less than 24 points behind the leaders but who will win it in the end?
I can see Bilbao holding out for a draw here, maybe even more!
League leaders Real Madrid will have a tricky home game on Saturday as Basque side Athletic Bilbao will be coming at Santiago Bernabeu. Real have to win in order to stay top of the table but Bilbao is not a team that one can beat easily. Athletic Bilbao are 8th before this weekend.
