Overturning their 1-0 Champions League deficit away to Liverpool next week takes priority for Real Madrid over their city derby at home to Atletico on Saturday, coach Juande Ramos has said.
"The Atletico game is important but we have 12 more games afterwards to put right any errors," Ramos told Radio Marca. "Anfield is life or death."
Atletico's new boss Abel Resino is confident he can end the side's ten-year winless jinx against their neighbours.
"The Bernabeu is the stadium where I have won the most times. I won there as coach with Levante, and as a player with Atletico and Rayo Vallecano. I am quite relaxed," he told Radio Marca.
"These kinds of comments are normal from sides who are below you in the table. We have to prove we are a team of champions and I am sure we will," he said ahead of Saturday's visit of fellow King's Cup finalists Athletic Bilbao.
Third-placed Sevilla have an Andalucian derby at home to Almeria on Sunday when they will be looking to pick themselves up after their King's Cup semi-final defeat to Athletic.
Hugo Sanchez's improving Almeria have proven themselves a tough nut to crack and have only lost two of their last nine outings.
"Our results are not a fair reflection of how well we have been playing recently. Everyone is now performing to a very high standard," said French midfielder Robert Pires.
