Sprint for the title of Barca and Real

Barcelona and Real Madrid finally got the chance to decide the title on the field, Atletico to try to secure a place in the Champions League after "sleeping through" the coronavirus pandemic in sixth place in the Spanish La Liga.

The wait has come to an end - after months in which it seemed that Primera would not be continued, the moment has come to think about football. The Spanish championship continues tomorrow evening with the 28th round and the Seville derby scheduled for 22 p.m., while the first round after the corona will be completed only on Monday... There are 11 rounds left until the end of the championship, the league will last until July 19.

"Since the beginning of the pandemic and the crisis, we all wanted to get back on the field and get a chance to decide the title on the field," said Barcelona goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stegen.

Barca is the leader with 58 points, two more than Real, who lost first place to them on March 8 with a loss to Betis in Seville, two days before the last match in the league was played. A week before the duel with Betis, Real had taken the top with a 2:0 victory in "el clasico" when the scorers were Vinicius Junior and Mariano Dias.

"We will try to be real, although the question is how ready we all are for top football. The most important thing is that we are back on the field, although it will be unusual to play without an audience," Real coach Zinedine Zidan pointed out.

Of course, the decision is to play Primera matches without the presence of fans, although information appeared in the Spanish media yesterday that this could change by the end of June. The clubs, namely, want at least one third of the stadium to be open, but the final word will be given by the Spanish authorities.

"Clubs hope that by the end of the month at the latest, they could count on the opening of a part of the stadium, which would be financially profitable to some extent," reports "Marka".

The clubs are already aware that they are in a huge financial deficit. In previous months, it was speculated that if the season continues, the minuses will be over 500 million euros, and if it is canceled completely, over a billion.

"We never wanted the footballers to take any risks, but to make a decision on the continuation of the moment when it is certain that they can play. The financial aspect is certainly important, but in this case we thought first of all about the health of all football workers", said the president of La League Javier Tebas.

Tebas recently stated that he would like Sevilla and Betis to open La Liga in the post-corona era. It is also assumed that the most watched Seville derby in history will take place tomorrow evening at "Sánchez Pishuano", considering that no fan of these two clubs has the opportunity to be in the stadium and watch the duel live. That's why everyone will be next to the TV screen...

"After a three-month break, every match would be popular in Spain, but there are few that can be compared to the duels between Sevilla and Betis," write the Spanish media. In addition to Barca and Real, Sevilla is also in the Champions League zone (47 points), fourth place is shared by Sociedad and Getafe with 46 each, while our Stefan Savić's Atlético collected 45, three more than Valencia...

Only, a fierce fight for survival follows, and in the most difficult situation is the last Espanyol, which is six points away from the survival zone. Nikola Vukčević is apparently in a calm harbor with Levante - his team is eight points away from Majorca, which is below the line.