Difficult Thursday night awaits Spanish clubs in Europa League
MADRID, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Spain's four representatives face a difficult night this Thursday in the return leg of their respective Europa League ties.
brochure printingValencia plays at home to Belgian side Bruges and has to overturn a 1-0 defeat from the home leg.
Quique Sanchez Flores' men will have their morale boosted by Monday's 2-1 win against Getafe, but will also know that a similar result on Thursday would see them out of the competition on away goals.
Striker David Villa is in form with two goals on Monday.
Spain's other three sides all play away from home and all need to score to avoid exiting the competition at the first knockout stage.
Atletico Madrid travels to play Galatasaray in Istanbul following a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Goalkeeper David de Gea is fit again for Atletico and will almost certainly start. Zenith Replica Watches
There will be extra security in Brussels for Athletic Club Bilbao' s trip to face Anderlecht.
The 1-1 draw in Bilbao a week ago was marred by crowd incidents provoked in large part by the Belgian fans and several Athletic players have asked their family members not to travel for the return leg in fear of further trouble.
Finally Villarreal has a difficult trip to play German champion Wolfsburg following a 2-2 draw in the first leg.
Villarreal needs to recover confidence rapidly after losing 6-2 to Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium at the weekend and will need experienced players such as Marcos Senna and Robert Pires to be at their best.
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