La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Iker Muniain has acknowledged that Bilbao must go for the win against Lokomotiv Moscow as it may not be good enough just to score at Luzhniki.

Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis has reminded his team that it is essential for them to score in the first leg clash against Lazio in Rome.

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Espanyol
It was reported that Cagliari have set their sights on Manchester City's young winger Vladimir Weiss, who is currently on-loan at Espanyol.

Getafe
Getafe defender Albert Lopo has told his team not to blame the referee for the defeat to Rayo because they did not play well in the that game.

Granada
Granada are in 11th place in the Fairplay chart with 71 penalty points after accumulating 63 yellow cards and 4 red cards so far this season.

Levante
Levante defender Gustavo Cabral has claimed his side have been robbed over the weekend, after accusing the referee of favouring Real Madrid.

Malaga
Manager Manuel Pellegrini's Malaga are preparing for their friendly match against Spartak Moscow, who are currently on their tour of Spain.

Osasuna
Raul Garcia believes Osasuna showed their most complete game of the season against Barcelona in a match that was more important than it seemed.

Racing Santander
Marcos Gullon is happy with his debut for Racing and expects his team to continue their good form with a positive result against Real Madrid.

Rayo Vallecano
Rayo midfielder Michu has denied allegations that he intentionally get himself booked in order to make sure he is available versus Real Madrid.

Real Betis
It was reported that Betis have made an offer to extend the contract of midfielder Iriney Santos Da Silva for another two or three seasons.

Real Madrid
Real Madrid are unwilling to hand over the Santiago Bernabeu, for the Copa del Rey final because it will be contested by Barcelona and Bilbao.

Real Mallorca
Mallorca are in 18th place in the Fairplay chart with 83 penalty points after accumulating 73 yellow cards and 5 red cards so far this season.

Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad manager Philippe Montanier has stressed that their win over Sevilla does not change their primary goal of reaching 45 points.

Real Zaragoza
Zaragoza player Pablo Barrera has been called up by Mexico for the Colombia clash, while Ivan Obradovic will play for Serbia against Cyprus.

Sevilla
Sevilla coach Michel believes it was a balanced match against Real Sociedad until the goal scored by Carlos Vela changed the flow of the game.

Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijon have presented their new coach Javier Clemente, who declared he is not here to play nice but to get them back to winning ways.

Valencia
Valencia goalkeeper Vicente Guaita admits he did not know that he was going to play against Sporting or if he will be picked to take on Stoke.

Villarreal
Borja Valero has said that Villarreal gained motivation from talks suggesting that his team do not have the character to battle for survival.