German Bundesliga

We're close to kick-off in Madrid but the action is under way in Germany where Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich lead Eintracht Frankfurt.

Robert Lewandowski is the scorer after 15 minutes and what a special goal. Mario Gotze heads the ball down to the Pole, and with his back to goal he flicks it over the defender and then turns to unleash a powerful right-foot volley into the top corner, leaving the keeper no chance.

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La Liga new boys Eibar might be 14th in the La Liga table but their rise to the top tier of Spanish football has been nothing short of remarkable.

BBC Sport's Spanish football writer Andy West wrote this about the team from the Basque County in October: "For the pile of money Barcelona sent to Liverpool to acquire Luis Suarez, Eibar president Alex Aranzabal can run the tiny Basque club's entire operation for nearly five years.

"Eibar must be one of the smallest clubs ever to have competed in any major football nation's top division. If that sounds like an exaggeration, consider that Eibar's annual budget is 18m euros (£14.3m) for the whole club - the first-team budget is 11.8m euros (£9.4m)."

Read more of Andy's feature on Eibar.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 300th competitive Real Madrid goal in midweek as they beat Rayo Vallecano to stay four points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona. The Portuguese's 300 goals have come in 288 games since joining from Manchester United for £80m in 2009. He is the third player after Raul (323) and Alfredo Di Stefano (307) to reach 300 goals for Real. His rivals needed 741 and 396 matches respectively to reach that mark.

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Could today be a defining day in the La Liga title race? While Real face what appears on paper a relatively straight forward home game against mid-table Eibar, leaders Barcelona have a tough away match at Sevilla, who are chasing a Champions League spot. Will the leaders still have a four point cushion at the summit at the end of the day?

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Spanish daily newspaper AS: Without Casillas, Kroos, James & Bale...but with Cristiano. Today's cover of AS.

Real Madrid XI: Navas, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Arbeloa, Modric, Isco, Illarra, Ronaldo, Jese, Hernandez.

Eibar XI: Irureta, Anibarro, Capa, Borja, Garcia, Lillo, Vila, Manu, Berjon, Navas, Lara.

Poor Eibar. It was bad enough for the La Liga debutants having to face a side that scored an incredible nine times in their last outing at the Bernabeu. But they must have breathed a sigh of relief at the news that Cristiano Ronaldo, scorer of five of those goals, would be suspended after a fifth yellow card in midweek. Yet relief turned to despair on Friday when it was announced Ronaldo had been cleared to play after Real won an appeal to have the booking overturned.

Ronaldo starts in a strong line-up despite next Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg away to neighbours Atletico Madrid. Gareth Bale, who has a minor muscle problem, is rested, while Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez makes only his second league start since joining on loan.

We start in the Spanish capital where Real Madrid will be looking to cut Barcelona's lead at the top of La Liga, albeit temporarily, to one point when they face Eibor (15:00 BST). Can the minnows from the Basque Country upset Carlo Ancelotti's Galacticos?

We stay in Spain to see if defending champions Atletico Madrid can keep their faint title hopes alive away to Malaga (17:00 BST) while at the same time it's top versus bottom in Serie A as leaders Juventus take on Parma.

Then it's back to Spain for the Europe's game of the weekend as Sevilla, unbeaten at home in La Liga in 14 months, entertain table toppers Barcelona (19:00 BST). Once that is over we will bring you the second half of the French League Cup final (20:00 BST) between favourites Paris St-Germain take on Bastia from the island of Corisca.

Ready for a marathon seven-and-a-half-hours? Let's get going then...

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Real Madrid kicking off at 15:00 BST...Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all in action within a few hours of one another...major silverware being handed out in France...a Europa League place to be won.

From the Bundesliga to La Liga, Serie A to the French League Cup final, it's a Saturday made in heaven for the European football aficionado. But will it be a day of the underdog as Europe's minnows take on the big boys?