Excess soft X–ray emission in clusters of galaxies has so far been detected for sources that lie along lines–of–sight to very low Galactic HI column density ( such as Coma , A1795 , A2199 and Virgo , N _ { H } \sim 0.9 - 2.0 \times 10 ^ { 20 } cm ^ { -2 } ) .
We show that the cluster soft excess emission can be investigated even at higher N _ { H } , which provides an opportunity for investigating soft X–ray emission characteristics among a large number of clusters .

The ROSAT PSPC analysis of some members of the Shapley concentration ( A3571 , A3558 , A3560 and A3562 , at N _ { H } \sim 4 - 4.5 \times 10 ^ { 20 } cm ^ { -2 } ) bears evidence for excess emission in the 1/4 keV band .
We were able to confirm the finding for the case of A3571 by a pointed SAX observation .
Within the current sample the soft X-ray flux is again found to be consistently above the level expected from a hot virialized plasma .
The data quality is however insufficient to enable a discrimination between alternative models of the excess low energy flux .