
Primera Liga - 2006/2007 [Jornada 1]


Real Madrid kick off the 77th Primera Liga season this weekend by hosting last season's Uefa Champions League semi-finalists Villarreal CF at El Santiago Bernabéu. Don Fabio Capello officially starts his second adventure in the Spanish capital after successfully guiding Madrid to the 1996/1997 Spanish title.
A host of players are set to make their league debuts for Real Madrid, including Emerson, Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Mahamdou Diarra, who is in great physical shape having started the French league with champions Olympique Lyon.
Ronaldo is to continue his rehabilitation programme at Real Madrid City's Valdebebas complex and will not feature in this game.
Villarreal are coming off a busy close season in the transfer market, adding Zaragoza winger Cani, Robert Pires and Turkish International Nihat Kahveci to their ranks. They've also managed to retain the nucleus of last season's success: Gonzalo Rodriguez, Roman Riquelme and Marcos Senna.
Not much to speculate about Capello's team selection, most of the team picks itself, with question marks over two positions. Raúl is expected to be preferred over Robinho, and Salgado is likely to be preferred to Cicinho.
Probable line-up;
---------------Casillas--------------
--Salgado-S.Ramos-Cannavaro-Carlos
------------Diarra--Emerson---------
------Beckham--Raúl--Cassano------
-------------v.Nistelrooy------------
La Liga | Sun, 27 Aug 06, 20:00 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
---------------Casillas--------------
--Salgado-S.Ramos-Cannavaro-Carlos
------------Diarra--Emerson---------
------Beckham--Raúl--Cassano------
-------------v.Nistelrooy------------
La Liga | Sun, 27 Aug 06, 20:00 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
