By Tim Stannard 

1) Zidane claims no crisis at Real Madrid ahead of Eibar battle

The most overused word (in Spanish) in La Liga is not La Liga. Or football. Or win, or goal, or referee, or oopa or anything like that. Instead it's 'CRISIS!'

It's the word that creates clicks, sells newspaper copies, starts arguments and causes leading football figures to have sleepless nights. Or give up, like Luis Enrique. 

Real Madrid and Barcelona have about 76 moments of CRISIS! each season and that's the situation for the Bernabeu club on Friday with the league leadership having been lost to Barcelona in midweek mayhem. 

But Coach Zizou refuses to belief in the word CRISIS! ahead of Saturday's visit to plucky Eibar. "It doesn't exist as every three days there is the chance to make everything better." Or worse. Just saying. 

However, the Frenchman may be underestimating the Basque battle that awaits as Cristiano Ronaldo failed to make the squad through niggles and Gareth Bale has been handed a two-match suspension after his rancorous red card from Wednesday. 

James Rodriguez, for one, might be doing a dance of joy on Friday.

Catch Eibar v Real Madrid live on beIN SPORTS on Saturday from 10:15AM ET / 7:15AM PT. 

2) Luis Enrique chills with end in sight on Barcelona bench 

While Coach Zizou was deflecting pressure with his impenetrable shield of French-ness, Luis Enrique was a figure with a huge burden off his back, having announced on Wednesday that he only had a few months left steering Barca through the usual waters of madness.

"I am the same, but I feel a little relieved," admitted Enrique on Friday morning whose team host his former club, Celta Vigo, at the Camp Nou live on beIN SPORTS on Saturday from 2:45PM ET / 11:45AM PT. 

All the action from La Liga begins on Friday - a whole 24 hours from when the last round ended with Real Betis taking on Real Sociedad in a tasty affair from Spain. 

That clash is live on beIN SPORTS CONNECT from 2:45PM ET / 11:45AM PT or go over to our sister service in Spanish with English on SAP if you don't fancy learning a new lingo. 

3) Fernando Torres on road to recovery after Depor scare 

Some very good news from the north of Spain with Fernando Torres leaving hospital on Friday after a horrible head injury suffered in the last minutes of the La Liga clash against Deportivo. "In a couple of days I will be back with my teammates," promised Torres. 

Remember to tune into the XTRA at 7PM ET / 4PM PT followed by the Locker Room full a full preview of the weekend in the world of football from La Liga to EPL to MLS and other abbreviations. 

4) Conte denies he's into Inter in Chelsea promise 

One of the oddest stories from the wide, wide, world of sport this week was that Inter were preparing a huge multi-million dollar deal to bring Antonio Conte from Chelsea back to Serie A, despite being at the London club for a mere sniff in time. 

But in an interview released on Friday and in a press conference the Italian says that reports of an Inter intervention are far from the mark with Conte looking to bringing his family over to London for the long haul to build something "special" at the club. 

There is some top English footie live on beIN SPORTS on Friday from 2:45PM ET / 11:45AM PT with Birmingham taking on Leeds United who might, just might be on their way back to the Premier League. 

5) Krygios upsets tennis applecart with Novak win 

In terms of character it is hard to find two different souls. The power, performance and pure class of Novak Djokovic. And Nick Krygios. Just googling the Australian along with 'fines' and 'suspensions'.

But the dark side won out in Acapulco overnight on Thursday in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel championships with the irate Australian defeating the top seed in two sets in the quarterfinals. 

"Not great," was the assessment from the defeated Serb after the match. 

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