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This weekend, the 32nd round of matches in the Spanish La Liga took place. We remind you of the results of Saturday's matches and provide brief descriptions of Sunday's matches.
Saturday
1 - 3
2' [0 - 1]
31' [0 - 2]
66' [1 - 2]
85' [1 - 3]
3 - 1
32' [1 - 0]
44' [1 - 1]
45' [2 - 1]
50' [3 - 1]
0 - 0
Sunday
1 - 1
21' [0 - 1] Pablo Redondo
70' [1 - 1] Maxi
Fighting for survival in the league, Espanyol Barcelona players played a draw against Albacete, which, taking advantage of Valladolid's defeat yesterday, rose from 16th to 15th place. Now the Barcelona team, with 31 points, occupies the 18th place, 5 points behind the 17th place, which guarantees survival in the league.
1 - 2
40' [0 - 1] Igor Iraola
76' [1 - 1] Francisco Javi Guerrero
90' [1 - 2] Yeste
Athletic Bilbao achieved a particularly important victory as visitors in the fight for a place in the UEFA Cup. They now have 48 points and occupy the 6th position on the table. Meanwhile, after this defeat, Racing's team has only theoretical hopes left to fight for a place in any European club tournament - they are in 13th place with 39 points.
0 - 2
14' [0 - 1] Samuel Eto'o
50' [0 - 2] Perera
Mallorca players achieved a very important victory as visitors, defeating Betis. After this victory, the team moved away from the relegation zone by five points. Betis, with 39 points, occupies the 11th place; however, they still have to play the postponed match against Barcelona players this Wednesday.
2 - 0
64' [1 - 0] Nihat Kahveci
88' [2 - 0] Nihat Kahveci
As expected, the Real Sociedad players, considered favorites in these matches, won. After this defeat, Murcia has 20 points and is 16 points behind the 17th place, which guarantees survival in the league, with 6 rounds left until the end of the championship. Now Murcia's team can only be helped by a very big miracle.
0 - 2
37' [0 - 1] Walter Pandiani
90' [0 - 2] Diego Tristan
Deportivo players, fighting for the third place in the championship, achieved a victory as visitors against Villareal. After 32 matches, Deportivo is in third place with one more point than the fourth-placed Barcelona team. However, the latter still has to play the postponed match against Betis. Meanwhile, the great players in the UEFA Cup occupy the 10th place in the championship with 41 points and still have not lost hope of fighting for a place in next year's UEFA Cup or Intertoto tournament.
0 - 1
67' [0 - 1] Miguel Angel Angulo
Valencia achieved a hard-fought victory as visitors against Real Zaragoza, the winner of the Spanish Cup. Taking advantage of Real's failure, Valencia rose to the first place in the Spanish championship. Zaragoza players with 38 points occupy the 14th place.
0 - 3
2' [0 - 1] Valdo
44' [0 - 2] Pablo Garcia
61' [0 - 3] Moha
In a surprising turn of the match, Osasuna defeated the royal club 3-0 at home. The visitors took the lead right at the beginning of the match when Valdo, a player loaned from Real, scored a goal after the ball thrown from outside the field was left uncovered into the goal, putting Osasuna in the lead. Similarly, at the end of the first half, the score became 2-0 in a similar situation. Osasuna again threw the ball from outside the field into the penalty area, and Real's goalkeeper Iker Casillas dropped the ball under Pablo Garcia's feet, who passed the ball past the goalkeeper. The most productive player of the team, Brazilian Ronaldo, had to leave the field due to injury during the first half. After the third goal scored by Moha after a quick counterattack, Real's fans in the stadium took out white handkerchiefs and began to wave them, acknowledging the defeat. After the match, Real player Luis Figo said: "Our recent failures are consequences of fatigue, and it is clearly visible."
