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"Barcelona" and Madrid "Real" failed to take advantage of the 26th round being equal with the league leaders "Sevilla", losing 0-1 to one of the league's outsiders, Taragona's "Gimnastic". The winning goal in the match in Taragona was scored with 14 minutes left to play, when former Madrid "Real" forward Javier Portillo headed the ball into the net after a great pass from Jose Maria Calvo from the wing. The first loss for "Sevilla" in their last eight Spanish championship matches meant that "Barcelona", who drew 3-3 with "Real" on Saturday, remained the league leaders due to a better goal difference, despite having the same points as "Sevilla". "Zaragoza" held onto fifth place in the league table with a 1-1 draw away with Seville's "Betis", but they were overtaken by Madrid "Atletico", who convincingly beat La Coruna's "Deportivo" 2-0 at home. "Atleti" took the lead just thirty-eight seconds into the match when Argentine Luciano Galletti, receiving a long pass, stopped the ball with his chest, outsmarted the defender, and beat "Deportivo" goalkeeper Dudu Aouate. "Atletico" continued to dominate the match, but they only secured the victory in the 84th minute when Spanish forward Mista scored from close range after a pass from L. Galletti. The last-placed "Real Sociedad" secured their first victory in nine matches on Sunday, beating "Mallorca" 3-1 at home, although they played with ten men from the middle of the second half. Brazilian Savio scored the first goal for the San Sebastian club since joining in January, Serbian national team forward Darko Kovacevic found the net after almost a year and a half, and midfielder Xabi Prieto scored the third goal. Late on Sunday evening, "Valencia" fought in Pamplona against "Osasuna" and fell behind after Francisco Punal's penalty goal in the 36th minute. Despite being a man down after Miguel Angel Angulo's expulsion, they salvaged a draw by scoring in the last minute through Fernando Morientes.
Statistics
Madrid "Atletico" 2 - 0 La Coruna "Deportivo" 1` [1 - 0] Luciano Galletti 84` [2 - 0] Mista
Vigo "Celta" 1 - 1 Bilbao "Athletic" 36` [1 - 0] Angel 71` [1 - 1] Artiz Aduriz 60` Pablo Garcia ("Celta") sent off
Madrid "Getafe" 1 - 1 Huelva "Recreativo" 4` [0 - 1] Ikechukwu Uche 24` [1 - 1] Daniel Gueiza
Taragona "Gimnastic" 1 - 0 "Sevilla" 76` [1 - 0] Javier Portillo
Santander "Racing" 1 - 1 Barcelona "Espanyol" 6` [0 - 1] Albert Riera 10` [1 - 1] Ezequiel Garay (pen.)
Seville "Betis" 1 - 1 "Zaragoza" 23` [0 - 1] Diego Milito 45` [1 - 1] Marcos Assuncao (pen.) 89` Nano ("Betis") sent off
San Sebastian "Real Sociedad" 3 - 1 "Mallorca" 27` [1 - 0] Savio 40` [1 - 1] Ariel Ibagaza 45` [2 - 1] Darko Kovacevic 90` [3 - 1] Xavier Prieto 73` Mikel Gonzalez ("Real Sociedad") sent off
"Osasuna" 1 - 1 "Valencia" 36' [1 - 0] Francisco Punal (pen.) 90' [1 - 1] Fernando Morientes 79' Miguel Angel Angulo ("Valencia") sent off
