<span class="titolo">Schuster: Baptista Will Keep His Place</span></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <span class="sommario">Bernd Schuster has stated that Julio Baptista is very likely to start against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday night as a reward for his fine performances of late...</span></p> Bernd Schuster is set to reward Julio 'The Beast' Baptista with another Liga start as his men prepare to face Athletic Bilbao at San Mames on Saturday night. The Real Madrid tactician told the official club website, "We all agree that Julio has played very well and his behaviour has been impeccable. He is very likely to start." Brushing aside a question of whether or not this will be an Athletic-Real Madrid match for the ages, Schuster insisted that three points were a must, regardless of the impending Champions League match with Lazio on Tuesday night. "What I do know is that it is another chance for us to hold onto the top spot and to tally points," he told the press. "We have to win without losing sight of Tuesday's match, but first things first. It won't be easy in Bilbao after seeing how they did in Valencia. They'll also want to perform well in their home stadium. "Our away form? It doesn't worry me. We're not a team that doesn't know how to win on the road. We probabaly haven't won for other reasons, such as the three stoppages, of which we had two away games immediately after. "The opponent plays no factor really when it comes to winning on the road. Every week there are new surprises. It's hard to win on any field nowadays, but we have already proven that we know how to and that we can." Athletic coach Joaquin Caparros attempted to sum up the differences between Athletic and the Merengues by saying, 'Athletic is built on commitment and Real Madrid on checkbooks,' with Schuster resisting the temptation to rise to the bait. "I understand what Joaquín is trying to say," shrugged the former Barcelona player. "I have always said that I think there is one team that has a huge disadvantage in this League, and it's Bilbao because of the foreigner issue [Athletic can only sign Basques]. "Perhaps that's what hurts them the most. If not, they would have been in better situations over the last few years. That may be his philosophy and it's different than ours. We have to sign important players in order to fulfill all the demands here. "We have to win titles."</div></p>
