Real recovered from a poor start to last season to put together a fine run in the league under his and luxemburgo ' s guidance and eventually finished just four points behind eventual champions barcelona . but the team made a disappointing exit in the first knockout stage of the champions league and failed to progress beyond the last 16 of the king ' s cup 虽然皇马上赛季开局很糟糕，但在萨基以及萨基大力推荐而来的主教练卢森伯格的带领下， “银河舰队”逐渐在联赛中步入正轨，并最终仅以4分之差排在巴塞罗那队之后屈居联赛亚军。
Argentine teenage sensation lionel messi and french winger ludovic giuly are both injured , while defenders carles puyol and juliano belletti are doubtful after pulling up in training . buoyed by their 1 - 0 victory over barca last week , valencia can keep the pressure on the leaders by extending their unbeaten run to 13 matches when they travel to san sebastian to play real sociedad on sunday 在周末西甲的另一场联赛中，目前暂列联赛第2的瓦伦西亚队显然受到了上轮1 ： 0战胜巴塞罗那队的鼓舞，本轮他们决心在周日客场对阵皇家社会队的比赛中继续有好的表现，以便给“领头羊”巴塞罗那队以更大的压力，同时将该队近期不败战绩扩大到13场。
P rez departs with real madrid 10 points adrift in the league , out of the copa del rey and on a knife - edge in the champions league . should madrid finish the year empty - handed , it would be their third successive season without a major trophy - the first time they would have endured such a drought since 1950 - 53 当弗洛伦蒂诺选择离开的时候，本赛季的皇马已经在联赛中落后老对手西甲“领头羊”巴塞罗那队10分，而在欧洲冠军联赛八分之一比赛中，主场作战的他们更是0 ： 1不敌英超没落“贵族”阿森纳队，出线形势岌岌可危。
But the basque side were plunged into chaos on thursday when outspoken club president dimitry piterman sacked coach juan carlos oliva after just a month at the helm . only two weeks ago barcelona were 12 points clear at the top of the table , but successive defeats against atletico madrid and second - placed valencia have cut the gap to six 相比起皇马目前的上升态势，西甲“领头羊”巴塞罗那队近期连续输给了马德里竞技以及目前排名第2的瓦伦西亚队，使其积分优势从原先的领先第2名12分下降到了目前的6分。
