Schuster Hopes For Go-Ahead

All current indications suggest that Levante will not take part on Sunday and Schuster - a former Levante coach himself - is surprised that such a thing could happen in the Spanish top flight.

"It causes some unrest because we do not know if the game will take place or not. It is unbelievable for something like this to happen in Spain. We won't know anything more until tomorrow," he told reporters at the pre-match press conference.

"[When I was at Levante] we had problems like any other club, but never something like not being paid. The current situation hasn't always been there."

Despite his misgivings over the situation, Schuster understands the plight of the Levante players, but feels that they could have chosen a more meaningful fixture earlier in the season in which to make their point by striking.

"You have to do many things in order to attract attention when you are in a situation like theirs. They have been professional in during every match and we hope they take to the pitch tomorrow as they have in previous games," he affirmed.

"I know that a match against Real Madrid has more exposure, but I think that they could have made better use of fixtures in which things were at stake for them in order to get their point across."

Spanish Squad

Spain coach Luis Aragones announced his squad for Euro 2008 earlier on Saturday, with just two Real Madrid players making the cut, namely Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos. Schuster was asked whether he was surprised not to see more of his players included.

"The coach has faith with the same players that he always takes with him and thus it is very hard to break into that squad. You must also remember that we have a lot of foreigners on our team," he asserted.

" Raúl believed that he could make it and I think he deserved to do so because of his great performances this year. He knew before the announcement that he wasn't included and he is calm and behaving like normal."


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