Summary clip of today's events in sport, 12/30 (Sport1)
The matches of the 15th round in the Spanish "La Liga" will end during the day (Saturday), with the big Catalan derby between Barcelona and Espanyol at the center.
The world of football parted with a legend.
Barcelona players observed a moment of silence in memory of Pele (Photo: GettyImages, Alex Caparros)
Barcelona - Espanyol (15:00)
Barcelona has not been able to win the last two away derbies, but at the Camp Nou they have had no difficulty in recent years against their city rival and they hope to take the full three points this time as well and thus return to the top, which was temporarily under the control of Real Madrid.
The leaders were sure to miss the sent off Robert Lewandowski, but yesterday morning the Blaugrana received shocking news when their appeal was accepted at the tribunal and it was decided to delay the execution of the punishment.
Therefore, the Pole is available to Xavi and starts in the derby - significant news in light of the fact that Levandowski is the team's top scorer with 13 goals in 14 league rounds.
As I remember, the striker was sent off with a red card in the victory over Ossuna in the last game before the World Cup, and then he was suspended for three games, a punishment that, as mentioned, was decided to delay its execution, if the striker even wants it in the future.
The one waiting on the bench is the stopper Ronald Araujo who received the green light from the medical team to play, with Jules Conde next to him who reached the World Cup final with the French team.
Xavi chose to place Marcos Alonso as a stopper alongside Andreas Christensen, and Jordi Alba starts on the left wing in his 300th league appearance, with Sergi Roberto on the right.
Sergio Busquets remained on the bench, and in the front line Anso Fati and Rafinha were placed, while Ousmane Dembele will hope to come in as a substitute.
In the corner of the opponent, the one who crossed the road last summer opened - the striker Martin Braithwaite.
Espanyol's last win in the league was recorded on October 16 at home against Valladolid, since then they have not won five consecutive rounds and have only two wins in 14 rounds.
Danny Gomes is suspended and will be absent.
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Real Sociedad - Ossona (17:15)
Real Sociedad entered the national team break with an important 1:2 win away to Sevilla and kept the fourth place in the table, and they will hope to continue the same momentum against the surprising Ossona, who did not score at all and lost in all three of their last meetings against Sociedad.
In fact, it is a "game for six points", because only three points separate the two.
Ossuna will try to take advantage of the significant absences of Sociedad's long-term injuries Mikel Oyarsval and Omar Sadiq to defeat it for the first time after 12 league meetings, in which Sociedad won seven and drew five.
A serious test for Villarreal on its home court.
Stein (Photo: GettyImages, Silvestre Szpylma)
Villarreal - Valencia (17:15)
Kika Stein went into the World Cup break with a tight 0:1 away against Espanyol and since then he had about a month and a half to work with the team.
The first test in the league will be in a regional derby against Valencia, another team that went into the break with a victory that stopped a negative streak thanks to a crushing 0:3 over Betis.
Giovani Lo Celso will be the only player not available to Steyn, while the Bats will be without Jauma Domenac.
By the way, Villarreal hosted its games in Valencia this season following the renovation of the "La Ceramica" stadium, but tomorrow it will host Valencia on its home field in front of about 21,000 spectators who will be able to come to the stadium which is still under renovation.
Spanish League 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Real Madrid
15
12
2
1
14-35
38
2
Barcelona
14
12
1
1
5-33
37
3
Athletico Madrid
15
8
3
4
14-23
27
4
Real Sociedad
14
8
2
4
17-19
26
5
Athletic Bilbao
15
7
4
4
14-24
25
6
in flight
15
7
4
4
12-17
25
7
Osasuna
14
7
2
5
14-16
23
8
We saw it
15
6
5
4
18-22
23
9
Villarreal
14
6
3
5
10-15
21
10
Majorca
15
5
4
6
15-13
19
11
Valencia
14
5
4
5
15-22
19
12
Girona
15
4
5
6
24-22
17
13
Almeria
15
5
2
8
23-17
17
14
Valladolid
15
5
2
8
23-13
17
15
Getafe
15
4
5
6
20-14
17
16
Celta de Vigo
15
3
4
8
27-15
13
17
Seville
15
2
6
7
23-14
12
18
Espanyol
14
2
6
6
22-16
12
19
Cadiz
15
2
6
7
10-27
12
20
Alecha
15
0
4
11
33-10
4
The 16th round in Spain will start next Friday, when earlier, on Tuesday to Thursday, the King's Cup matches will be held.
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