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Athletico s pace may unsettle Real
MADRID. Dec 12: Atletico Madrid, already six points behind Spanish First Division leader Real Mad
rfo. knows it has to pick up the pace this weekend to keep the season from slipping away, reports AP.
Bui the 14th round might provide Atletico with a prime chance to gain some ground by defeating seventh-place host Seville on Saturday
Real Madrid will be coming off Thursday's third-round UEFA Cup match against Swiss Neuchatel Xamax and face a tough fifth-place Real Zaragoza chib on Sunday. Neuchatel Is the only team to beat Real Madrid this season, beating the 25-tlme Spanish champion 1-0 in Switzerland two weeks ■I*
The advantage has to lie with Real Madrid, however. Real has won 12 of 13 games, drew the other one. and has 25 of 26 points on the season. Altetlco. at 9-1-3. has struggled on offense.
Real Madrid "has no problems" Atletico midfielder Bcrncd Schuster told Marca. a Spanish sports dally. "Since Sunday the league champi onshlp has been so far off that We can't even talk about it."
Schuster made a splash this we^c by suggesting the team M^itneedanother forward to
help solidify their attack.
Elsewhere in Spain on Sunday, defending champion FC Barcelona will face this year's surprise team. Burgos, in sixth place with a 6-4-3 record.
A relatively low-budget team. Burgos has impressed Spanish fans with its spunky play, but lost last week to Albacete.
Barcelona, in third place at 7-3-3 and 17 points, played a strong defensive match against Benfica of Lisbon in a European Champions Cup third round game on Wednesday. The 0-0 lie gave Barcelona three points in two games In the league-system competition and a boost for lhis .weekend's league ac-
Feuding between Dutch coach Johan Cruyff and Bulgarian striker Hristo Sloichkov seems at a lull. Although Stolchkov was pulled from the Benfica match minutes before its end. Cruyff told the Spanish press, ”1 have to be satisfied with his play because he put in a great effort."
Also on Sunday. Mallorca is at Albacete. Espanol visits Deportivo. Longrones hosts Real Sociedad. Valencia plays at Valladolid, and Tenerife is at Cadiz.
Oviedo visits fourth-place Sporting de Gijon. Since both
teams are from the region of Asturias, historic rivalry usually makes for a boisterous encounter.
In Sunday’s final match. Osasuna. ousted Wednesday from the UEFA Cup in a 10 loss to Ajax of Amsterdam, will face host Athletic Bilbao, a team that has taken off from a slow start.