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On Sunday in the Spanish championship, the tournament leader "Barcelona" easily defeated the outsider "Albacete" 2-0 and maintained a six-point advantage over Madrid's "Real," who is second in the standings. The goals for the Catalan superclub were scored by the most productive player in La Liga, Samuel Eto'o, and the young Leo Messi.
Two matches of the 34th round ended with crushing results: "Zaragoza" defeated Pamplona's "Osasuna" 5-1 at home, who had recently been in good form, while "Villarreal" beat "Getafe" 4-0. The bottom team in the standings, "Mallorca," unexpectedly won 3-2 against "Espanyol" who are fighting for a place in the Champions League.
"Villarreal" obtained a psychologically important victory at home against "Getafe." This victory for the "Yellow Submarine" came after nearly a month without a win. Two goals were scored by one of the most productive players in the Spanish league, Diego Forlan.
In a very unexpected home victory, "Mallorca," led by Hector Cuper, defeated Barcelona's "Espanyol" club 3-2. The Catalan club realistically aspires for a place in the UEFA Champions League next year, so this unexpected loss is a painful blow to their ambitions.
A similar fate befell another club competing for a place in the top four: Seville's "Real Betis" settled for a 1-1 draw away against Racing Santander.
Valencia's "Levante" suffered a home defeat, losing 0-1 to "Malaga." This defeat for "Levante" gave hopes to the teams at the bottom of the standings to fight for survival in the top league. By the way, the third consecutive defeat cost the position to the head coach of Valencia's club, Bernd Schuster.
In the last round of matches, "Sevilla" easily defeated La Coruna's "Deportivo" 2-0 at home. Displaying impressive form (five wins in the last six matches), "Sevilla" took a big step towards qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. Now, the safe five-point gap separates them from the clubs "Valencia" and "Espanyol," who share the fifth place. Meanwhile, "Deportivo," who this year will not have striker Diego Tristan due to injury, lost almost all hopes to play in one of the European tournaments next year.
Sunday results:
4 - 0
14' [1 - 0] Juan Pablo Sorin
18' [2 - 0] Diego Forlan
45' [3 - 0] Santi Cazorla
51' [4 - 0] Diego Forlan
5 - 1 Pamplona
11' [1 - 0] David Villa
39' [2 - 0] Savio
60' [3 - 0] Gonzalez Oscar
64' [4 - 0] David Generelo
66' [4 - 1] Mohamed Moha
86' [5 - 1] David Villa
1 - 1 Seville
62' [1 - 0] Yossi Benayoun
80' [1 - 1] Dani
3 - 2 Barcelona
10' [0 - 1] Hugo Ibarra
51' [1 - 1] Alejandro Campano
71' [2 - 1] Juan Arango
81' [3 - 1] Alejandro Campano
90' [3 - 2] Maxi Rodriguez
55' A.Lopo ("Espanyol") sent off from the field
Valencia 0 - 1
38' [0 - 1] Fernando Baiano
2 - 0
66' [1 - 0] Samuel Eto'o
90' [2 - 0] Leo Messi
2 - 0
13' [1 - 0] Claro Adriano Correia
20' [2 - 0] Jesus Navas
