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On Sunday in the 25th round of the Spanish championship, Madrid's "Real" team failed to defeat the city's other team, "Getafe," and had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
The visitors dominated the beginning of the match and rightfully took the lead in the 38th minute when Daniel Gueiza scored, but "Getafe" was in the lead very briefly, as Ruud van Nistelrooy equalized from the penalty spot just before half-time.
Although in the second half "Real" completely dominated the field, they couldn't break through "Getafe's" defense and had to settle for a draw. After these matches, the Royal club has only won one of their last five home matches.
So far the last-placed team in the Spanish championship, Taragona's "Gimnastic," won 2-0 away against another team fighting for survival in the league, Bilbao's "Athletic," and climbed to second-to-last place.
"Athletic's" situation was further worsened by the fact that convincing victory at home 3-1 against Valencia's "Levante" was achieved by the club in 18th place until then, "Mallorca."
In other Sunday matches, "Zaragoza" fought for a spot in European tournaments and defeated the bottom-placed San Sebastian team "Real Sociedad" 3-2 at home.
"Espanyol," still hopeful for a spot in European tournaments, had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home against "Villarreal," while standings neighbors Santander's "Racing" secured a narrow victory against Pamplona's "Osasuna."
Seville's "Betis," showing signs of recovery, won a minimal victory against local team "Deportivo" in La Coruña, while in the final round of matches, Huelva's "Recreativo" unexpectedly celebrated a 1-0 victory at home against Madrid's "Atletico" team. The only goal of the match was scored by Frenchman Florent Sinama-Pongolle from the penalty spot in the 10th minute. However, that same player missed the opportunity to double the lead five minutes later when he failed to score another penalty from eleven meters.
Statistics:
Real Madrid 1 - 1 Getafe
38` [0 - 1] Daniel Gueiza
45` [1 - 1] Ruud van Nistelrooy (pen.)
Athletic Bilbao 0 - 2 Gimnastic Tarragona
37` [0 - 1] Javier Garcia Portillo
72` [0 - 2] Antonio Pinilla
Carlos Merino ("Gimnastic") sent off the field in the 54th minute.
Deportivo La Coruna 0 - 1 Real Betis Sevilla
80` [0 - 1] Fernando
Racing Santander 1 - 0 Osasuna Pamplona
79` [1 - 0] Juanjo
Espanyol Barcelona 1 - 1 Villarreal
29` [1 - 0] Raul Tamudo
54` [1 - 1] Diego Forlan
Mallorca 3 - 1 Levante Valencia
48` [1 - 0] Bosko Jankovic
51` [2 - 0] Victor
74` [2 - 1] Olivier Kapo
90` [3 - 1] Juan Arango
Zaragoza 3 - 2 Real Sociedad San Sebastian
17` [0 - 1] German Herrera
53` [1 - 1] Pablo Aimar
75` [2 - 1] Diego Milito (pen.)
82` [3 - 1] Ewerthon
90` [3 - 2] Diaz De Cerio
Recreativo Huelva 1 - 0 Atletico Madrid
10` [1 - 0] Florent Sinama-Pongolle (pen.)
Costinha ("Atletico") sent off the field in the 90th minute.
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