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Primera Liga preview

Season's onus on Real

AFP, Madrid
Galactic starbursts a plenty are in the offing when the Spanish league season opens this weekend with Real Madrid, the world's most flamboyant club, determined to banish memories of their flops last time out by landing silverware this time round.
Widely acknowledged as the most technically gifted league in the world, the Spanish top flight is likely to see once again a four-horse race for the title, with holders Valencia looking over their shoulder, not just at Real, but at a resurgent Barcelona and perennial challengers Deportivo La Coruna.
Valencia came from behind to oust a Real side in freefall in the final weeks of the last campaign and landed the UEFA Cup under former coach Rafael Benitez for good measure while Real flopped in the Champions League, suffering a quarter-final exit to Monaco.
After landing England skipper David Beckham last year Real have now taken their England contingent to three by snapping up Michael Owen from Liverpool and Jonathan Woodgate from Newcastle.
Valencia have for their part turned to the English Premiership to land their new coach, albeit an Italian one, in the shape of former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri, replacing new Liverpool head
coach Benitez.
Real have again raided their seemingly bottomless piggy bank to the tune of some 65 million dollars to land England striker Owen and international colleague Woodgate as well as Walter Samuel from Roma, who will partner the former Newcastle man at the back.
Nine-times continental kings Real have also welcomed back striker Fernando Morientes after he dumped them out of Europe while on loan at Monaco.
After such a huge outlay new coach Jose Antonio Camacho will find his hotseat burns no less ardently than that of Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho -who has spent even more - as the former Spain coach embarks on a season where no excuses can be sought or made.
"It's a beautiful, if difficult, challenge," admits Camacho, who spent three weeks at the club in 1998 before quitting after a falling out with former president Lorenzo Sanz.
With Frank Rijkaard's Barcelona on the up, having pinched runners-up spot last season on the back of a tremendous late run, Real and Valencia will both have their work cut out.
Barca have signed evergreen Swede Henrik Larsson from Celtic to add to their attacking potency and with Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho ready to assert his class after a year of settling in, coupled with the arrival of French star Ludovic Giuly, the Catalan club
have their eyes on top spot.
Also arriving at the Nou Camp as part of an 80-million-dollar Barca facelift is Portugal midfield star Deco from European Cup winners Porto and Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o from Mallorca.
Real have already surmounted one challenge, overcoming Wisla Krakow of Poland to take their place in the Champions League group stage after only managing fourth spot in La Liga having lost their final five matches.
Now they hope that Samuel and Woodgate will shore up a defence which leaked 54 goals last season - twice as many as Valencia.
The club hierarchy will demand that Beckham, Owen, who faces a massive competition for a first team place with the peerless Ronaldo, and French star Zinedine Zidane can bounce back from poor performances at Euro 2004, starting at Mallorca on Sunday.
Zidane will be able to concentrate fully on his club showings, having elected to retire from the international scene.
Beckham will meanwhile benefit from having wife Victoria and sons Brooklyn and Romeo finally living in Madrid -- and from learning to speak more of the lingo.
"I'm taking lessons and I want to speak Spanish as soon as possible," the England captain told sports daily Marca on Monday.
Beckham started well in his first season but his form and that of the team collapsed late on following a domestic Cup final loss to Real Zaragoza and allegations later surfaced of an extramarital affair.
More than used to being in the public eye with Manchester United and England as well as Real, Beckham insisted this week that "I'm extremely happy in Madrid and I want to stay here as long as possible."
Valencia, who open against their UEFA Cup semi-final victims Villareal, may struggle to reach the heights of last term but Ranieri has bolstered his squad with the likes of Marco Di Vaio from Juventus and Stefano Fiore from Lazio.
The champions, who lost their Super Cup season curtain-raiser to Spanish Cup winers Real Zaragoza on Wednesday, are fighting to keep hold of striker and Arsenal target Miguel Angel Angulo.