Guardiola rested leading
"Zamora" Víctor Valdés this weekend after the midweek Champions
League game in the Bernabeu, giving a moral-boosting run-out again to his
second keeper Pinto. The ex Celta number one will miss the second leg next
Tuesday and possibly the final after he was shown a red card for fighting with
a member of Real Madrid's technical staff in the tunnel at half time, and
although Barça lost at Real Sociedad on Saturday, this was a message
from his coach that he still loves him! And talking of love, the crowd at the
match between Munúa's Levante and Juan Pablo's Sporting chanted
"qué se besan!", calling for the players to kiss each other as they
stared listlessly in to each others' eyes in one of the dullest 0-0 draws in a
long time. Both teams got what they wanted though, a point each which just
about enough to ensure another season in the top flight. Elsewhere there were
four more clean sheets, for De Gea (Atlético), Ricardo (Osasuna),
Toño (Racing) and Javi Varas (Sevilla), and Lux played the second half
for Mallorca at Racing after Aouate fractured his cheekbone when he ran in to
the post making a save just before half time. The Israeli keeper is expected to
be back in a week or so though after a successful operation. (04.05.11)
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