He joins Ronaldo and Julio Baptista, Thomas Gravesen and Zinedine Zidane on Real's injury list.Real have lost their last two in the league and slipped to sixth, three points off the leaders, Osasuna, who host Espanyol tomorrow while second-placed Getafe travel to Deportivo.The champions, Barc-elona, who have moved up to third, host in-form Real Sociedad, who have overcome their shaky start to go four games without defeat.In Germany, Schalke 04 face Hamburg as both sides aim to make up ground on the leaders, Bayern Munich, today Hamburg will be without the suspended Rafael van der Vaart. Milan's attacking options are reduced by a foot injury to Andrei Shevchenko, but Christian Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi and Alberto Gilardino are all in good scoring form.Fourth-placed Internazionale face a tricky trip to Sampdoria, while tomorrow Fiorentina, in third, host lowly Cagliari.David Beckham has failed to recover from a calf injury and has been left out of Real Madrid's squad to face Real Betis in La Liga today. The former Arsenal midfielder is likely to start alongside Emerson in the centre of midfield, but the coach, Fabio Capello, faces a tough choice in attack. Alessandro Del Piero's recent good form is putting pressure on David Trezeguet and the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while the Romanian Adrian Mutu has also impressed. Patrick Vieira returns from his groin injury as the Italian champions, Juventus, attempt to extend their record start to a Serie A season at Milan today. Milan are five points behind their rivals but have a 100 per cent home record, while Juventus have won nine successive matches.
There's been a lot of hard work gone into this project over the course of the last seven years and we've really been through the mill but that just makes it all the sweeter."Never mind over the moon, we're over Jupiter.". But now the Premiership is not out of the equation, is it?"The Seagulls chairman, Dick Knight, said: "This is the greatest home win ever in the club's history. Brighton deserves a stadium and we've been very patient because it's been the longest-running inquiry in football history."We campaigned very hard. I suspect even the supporters might not fully appreciate the impact the new stadium will have."It excites me and my mission is to be the manager who takes us into that new stadium.
On the back of this fantastic news about the new stadium at Falmer, things are looking good at this football club."I've gone on record before as saying it was important to get the new stadium for the club to survive financially and, in the name of common decency, the fans needed a roof over their heads."There was also a message of goodwill from Championship rivals Coventry City, where former Brighton manager Micky Adams, who led Albion for two and a half years, is now in charge."This is fantastic news and I'm delighted for the fans down there on the south coast," Adams said."When I was Brighton manager we were groundsharing at Gillingham and the supporters were making 140-mile round trips just to watch their team play. Substitutes not used: Karbassiyoon, Noel-Williams, McCann, Dyer, Courtney.Hull: Myhill, Lynch, Cort, Delaney, Edge, France, Woodhouse, Welsh, Elliott, Brown, Fagan. Substitutes not used: Duke, Burgess, Ellison, Barmby, Green.Referee: P Dowd (Staffordshire)* Brighton manager Mark McGhee is determined to go down in club history as the man who led them into their new stadium. Despite fierce opposition from local residents, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott yesterday ruled the club's new 23,000 capacity stadium can be built on the South Downs at Falmer. The Seagulls hope to move from their 6,500-capacity temporary home at Withdean into their new home by 2008 after being without a home since the Goldstone Ground was sold in 1997.. Brighton's manager, Mark McGhee, is determined to go down in club history as the man who led them into their new stadium.