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Bara is still four points behind Real Madrid,who will play against Sevilla on Sunday (hope Sevilla can beat them).It wont be easy guest,especially because its still unknown where will the match be played, but I believe Bara can win.Things about stadiumThe Spanish Football Federation have Joe Kelly Jersey dictated that Saturdays match between Betis and Bara will take place in Atletico Madrids Vicente Calderon stadium. Betis had appealed against their stadium being closed after the Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Armando was hit by a bottle two weeks ago, but the Appeals Committee rejected their appeal and the Federation have told Betis that the game will now take place in Madrid.To complicate things more Betis have appealed again, this time to the Committee of Sports Discipline, so Bara can still not be sure of where they are travelling to tomorrow and may have to change route when they are already travelling.This SFF decision is supposed to be a move against football violence,but they are probably making it even worse by putting four groups of fans in the same city .They really are making a tremendous me s of the whole thing. Betis have already been punished by having the result of the Cody Bellinger Jersey game with Athletic stand (1-2) despite it being suspended after 70 minutes. They have also been fined 9,ooo. The idiot who threw the bottle was arrested and will supposedly be punished for what he did. Admittedly, there was a similar case two years ago when Juande Ramos was also hit by a bottle at Betis, but when they are isolated incidents caused by one person, the collective punishment seems to me to be totally unfair.AnywayCarles Puyol has recovered in time from the injury he received playing for Spain on Wednesday, and has been included in Baras 18-man squad for tomorrow evenings match against Betis (kick off 8pm). Giovani dos Santos and Santi Kenta Maeda Jersey Ezquerro return to the squad after injury. Giovani hasnt played since the Villarreal game on March 9th while Ezquerro last played in the Copa del Rey against Alcoyano at the start of January. The negative side is that Gabi Milito hasnt recovered in time but hopefully he will be fine for Tuesdays Champions League game Andre Ethier Jersey at Schalke.Betis have had an inconsistent season but they have improved a fair bit since losing 3-0 at Camp Nou in November. They beat Real Madrid 2-1 in mid-February and since then they have won two, drawn one and lost two.They are currently 13th in the league with 35 points.Bara are once again stretched due to injuries and they will have to forget about the Champions League for now and concentrate on putting maximum pre sure on Madrid before their game with Sevilla on Sunday. The defence should be the same as last week with the only doubt being whether Eric Abidal returns in place of Sylvinho. Yaya Toure will probably struggle on in midfield as he still didnt take the operation. Up front we will see if Tommy Lasorda Jersey Rijkaard continues with Henry or not after the Frenchman mi sed Frances victory over England due to back problems.Baras squad: Valds, Pinto, Zambrotta, Puyol, Thuram, Abidal, Sylvinho, Edmilson, Toure, Xavi, Victor Sanchez, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Giovani, Bojan, Etoo, Henry, Ezquerro.
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