Thursday, February 17, 2011
Real Madrid Barcelona expects another stumble
The Real Madrid and their coach Jose Mourinho will look to extend their winning streak Saturday at home to receive on Saturday at Levante in the Spanish league, and incidentally the gap with leader Barcelona beaten after his second negative result in less than a week.
The meringues maintain their unbeaten status in the Santiago Bernabeu, where he added 18 wins, 11 of them in the league, and another win would put pressure on Barcelona.
For Mourinho, Saturday could be a special meeting because win or tie the Madrid, the Portuguese coach would join _148 encuentros_ nine consecutive years without defeat at home.
After two games without defeat link between the local tournament and the Champions League, Barcelona will on Sunday at Athletic Bilbao.
The most recent setback was Barca's defeat on Wednesday a visit to Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League, following the draw against Sporting Gijon. That igualadad cut streak record of 16 wins in a row of the Catalans in the Spanish league.
Barcelona leads the standings with 62 units. Madrid escort him with 57 points after two-point cut last date.
The last time Mourinho conceded a home defeat came in February 2002 when his Porto lost 3-2 to Beira Mar.
Confirmed the penalty to goalkeeper Iker Casillas after he was expelled last date at Espanyol, it seems that the third goalkeeper Antonio Adam, will take his place. Adam was widely praised after his hasty debut.