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Hangover for Barca, Sevilla and Atletico in Spain’s matchday 12

Agency :
Spain’s La Liga goes into its 12th round of matches this weekend, with only three games left before the league suspends for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The weekend will be a hangover for Barcelona, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, who all saw their Champions League hopes ended in midweek, while Real Madrid still left themselves with work to do to ensure they finish top of their qualifying group.
Celta Vigo coach Eduardo Coudet is under a bit of pressure as his side travels to Almeria on Saturday lunchtime and as usual, he will look to the skill of Iago Aspas to produce something to swing the game his side’s way.
Atletico Madrid have to recover from dramatic 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday that ended their hopes of continuing in the Champions League, ahead of their visit to Cadiz.
Cadiz’s improved run of form came to a crashing halt last weekend as they lost 5-1 to Rayo Vallecano and Sergio Gonzalez is without the suspended duo of Issac Carcelan and Ruben Alcaraz after they were both sent off last week in Vallecas.
Rayo travel to Sevilla, who at least assured a place in the Europa League with a 3-0 win against Copenhagen in midweek. Now Jorge Sampouli’s side needs to recover some domestic form if they want to start climbing the table, but they are likely to be without striker, Youssef En Nesyri due to injury.