Las Palmas and Rayo Vallecano They face in a duel of two objectives as antagonistic as survival in the category and play in Europe next season, something for which everything is not to win in both cases will not help much.
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While the yellow team inexcusably needs the three points to stay in the fight for permanence, the Madrid team will try to assault the Gran Canaria stadium to consolidate its unexpected continental sleep.
The defeat last Saturday against Valencia (2-3) has left Las Palmas with little-almost null-margin of error. A new tropiezo at home against Rayo Vallecano would lead him to a borderline situation in the last three days against Sevilla, Leganés and Espanyol.
The coach of the Grancanario team, Diego Martínez, will not be able to count on the Scottish central Scott McKenna, whom an injury to the left twin already prevented him from playing the last game.
On the contrary, the Galician coach may have the top yellow scorer, the Portuguese Fábio Silva, who has forced in his recovery of the muscle injury he suffered in the left leg on April 19 against Atlético de Madrid.
The dilemma that Martínez must solve is whether to bet from the beginning for the Portuguese striker, at the risk of losing it for the three final matches, or giving him minutes during the match, depending on how he develops.
On the other hand, the Vigués coach could give entry to Jasper Cillessen as goalkeeper instead of Dinko Horkas, after the doubts left by the young Croatian goalkeeper in the last game against Valencia.
In front is Rayo Vallecano, who regained confidence last day after winning a very demanding Madrid derby against Getafe. The worst of that game was the yellow card that saw the Senegalese midfielder Pathé Ciss and that makes him go down. His place in eleven could be occupied by Óscar Valentín.
The good news for Íñigo Pérez is that he recovers the Argentine goalkeeper Augusto Battle and the Romanian right side Andrei Ratiu, who lost last day due to sanction. It is likely that both return to an eleven holder of which the main hard resides at the tip of the attack, for which both Adrián Embarba and Sergi Guardiola depart with options.
For the Madrid team, with 44 points, the game is key, since a victory would ensure it stays another week in the eighth place that gives access to Europe and that right now defends. Even so, in the franjirrojo locker room they know that winning will not be easy despite the urgencies of his rival, who in the first round, also in delicate situation, won in Vallecas 1-3.
Probable alignments:
Las Palmas: Horkas O Cillesen; Viti, álex suárez, mika mármol, álex muñoz; Javi muñoz, essugo, bajcetic, moleiro; Sandro O fábio silva y mcburnie.
Rayo Vallecano: batalla; Ratiu, Aridane, Lejene, Chavarría; Valentín, Unai López; ISI, de frutos, álvaro garcía; Embarba o Guardola.
Referee: Francisco José Hernández Maeso (Extremadura Committee).
Stadium: Gran Canaria.
Time: 21.00 (20.00 insular).
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