Real Madrid must quickly put their Champions League advancement aside and turn their focus to the Spanish league with a derby at Atletico Madrid today.

Madrid beat Lyon 3-0 to reach the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, and must now seek to continue their domination over Atletico. Real havn’t lost to their crosstown rivals since 1999 - a stretch of 20 matches that includes five consecutive victories.

Cristiano Ronaldo returned from a left-thigh injury to play 74 minutes against Lyon and expects to be available.

“I’m sure that within two days I’ll be ready to play against Atletico,” Ronaldo said.

Mourinho again criticised the league’s scheduling as Madrid played for the third time in eight days.

“There’s no time to party or to recover, we have a game on Saturday,” said coach Jose Mourinho, who finally got Madrid into the last-eight of Europe’s top-tier competition.

Atletico have scored only once in three defeats to Mourinho-led Madrid, who also knocked their city rivals out of the Copa del Rey.

“We know it’s been an irregular season but it’s important not to lose points in the league and right now we’re on a run where we haven’t dropped many,” said Atletico striker Sergio Aguero, whose team is unbeaten in five games. “Our season form doesn’t matter too much for a game like this, which is always special for both clubs.”

Barcelona have a chance to pressure Madrid when they face Getafe earlier today.

The two-time defending champions lead Madrid by five points atop the table but could be without a number of injured players, including France defender Eric Abidal, who was to have surgery on a liver tumor on Thursday.

Lionel Messi and fullbacks Daniel Alves and Adriano are recovering from knocks while Pedro Rodriguez is a “serious doubt” to play at the Camp Nou, which is still waiting on defender Carles Puyol’s near two month layoff to a knee injury.

Barcelona are looking to set a club record of 27 consecutive games without defeat ahead of away games with Villarreal and Madrid on 16 April.

While the league title remains for Barcelona or Madrid’s taking for the seventh straight season, Valencia and Villarreal have maintained a healthy lead in the final two qualifying places for next season’s Champions League with the pair duelling for third and automatic qualification.

Third-place Valencia lead Villarreal by three points going into tomorrow’s game against Sevilla, while Villarreal enjoy a nine-point advantage over sixth-place Athletic Bilbao before their meeting.

Valencia’s 4-0 defeat to Zaragoza after their Champions League exit to Schalke led forward Juanma Mata to call on the team to get over their European disappointment quickly.

“Unfortunately the defeat in Germany has weighed on us more than we expected since we were so close to getting through,” the Spain international said of the 4-2 aggregate defeat. “Against Zaragoza we weren’t 100 per cent physically or mentally. Now we realize we can’t dwell on it.”

Midfielder David Albelda is a doubt against Sevilla, who are coming off a 1-1 draw against Barcelona.

Sevilla and Atletico are tied on points for the league’s last Europa League spot, three points behind Bilbao and four back of fifth-place Espanyol.

The deadly earthquake and tsunami in Japan continued to weigh on Mallorca midfielder Akihiro Ienaga, who has made himself available to club and country despite seeing the problems escalate in his native country daily.

“I don’t have much news. My family and friends are out of danger but there are still so many people missing and that’s worrying,” Ienaga said. “We’re in a very complicated moment knowing the situation is life or death and the least important thing right now is a game.”

Mallorca take on Real Zaragoza in today’s other game, with relegation-threatened Zaragoza looking for a third win in four.

Tomorrow, it’s: Deportivo La Coruna vs. Levante; Hercules vs. Osasuna; Malaga vs. Espanyol; Racing Santander vs. Real Sociedad; and Sporting Gijon vs. Almeria.

Today

Real Mallorca-Real Zaragoza

Barcelona-Getafe

Atletico Madrid-Real Madrid

Tomorrow

Deportivo La Coruna-Levante

Hercules-Osasuna

Malaga-Espanyol

Racing Santander-Real Sociedad

Sporting Gijon-Almeria

Athletic Bilbao-Villarreal

Valencia-Sevilla