In the Spanish championship ("La Liga") after the sixth round of matches, "Barcelona" took the leader's position, which has not yet suffered a defeat and has only lost two points so far.
This time, "Barca" managed to defeat the outsider "Numancia" after a goal by H. Larsson's head. The defending champions "Valencia" dropped to second place, playing a draw with "Betis" and also remaining undefeated.
In the central round of matches in Madrid, "Real" had to admit defeat to the "Deportivo" team. This was already the third defeat of the royal club, and the team from La Coruña won for the second time.
In third place, "Sevilla" strengthened their position, with their away match against "Santander" ending in a goalless draw. "Levante", "Malaga", and "Villareal" all secured victories with identical scores of 2-0, while "Albacete" defeated "Espanyol" with a minimal result.
Tournament table
6th round results:
1 - 1
10' [0 - 1] Marco Di Vaio
30' [1 - 1] Edu
1 - 0
41' [1 - 0] Darko Kovacevic
1 - 0
65' [1 - 0] Pablo Redondo
77' David Sanchez ("Albacete") sent off
3 - 1
1' [1 - 0] Sergio Pachon
51' [1 - 1] Joseba Etxeberria
60' [2 - 1] Sergio Pachon
65' [3 - 1] Sergio Pachon
2 - 0
28' [1 - 0] Vladimir Manchev
34' [2 - 0] Sergio Garcia
2 - 0
22' [1 - 0] Marcio Amoroso
61' [2 - 0] Paulo Wanchope
0 - 0
2 - 0
40' [1 - 0] Alvaro (own goal)
49' [2 - 0] Diego Forlan
1 - 0
70' [1 - 0] Henrik Larsson
0 - 1
45' [0 - 1] Albert Luque