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On Sunday, eight matches of the eighth round were played in the Spanish "Primera" league. League leaders "Barcelona" at home, after two goals by the league's top scorer Samuel Etoo, defeated "Osasuna" 3-0 and maintained a five-point lead over their rivals.
"Sevilla", continuing to demonstrate excellent play, defeated "Atletico" 2-1 at home and climbed to second place, overtaking the defending champions "Valencia".
Even six teams have collected 13 points each and are tied for 4-9 places - among them, the only team besides "Real" to win in this round was "Espanyol", who defeated "Levante" 2-0 away. Meanwhile, "Zaragoza" had to admit the superiority of the "Racing" team.
The most impressive victory was achieved by the players of "Villareal", who scored four goals unanswered at home against "Numancia". The match of the outsiders between the clubs "Real Sociedad" and "Mallorca" ended with a 2-1 victory for the hosts, while "Albacete" forced their neighbor in the tournament table, "Bilbao", to surrender.
All Sunday match results:
3 - 0
40' [1-0] Samuel Etoo
44' [2-0] Ronaldinho (from a penalty kick)
93' [3-0] Samuel Etoo
2 - 1
6' [1-0] Aitor Ocio
56' [2-0] Julio Baptista
90' [2-1] Pablo Ibanez
1 - 0
42' [1-0] Alejandro Castro Fernandez
1 - 0
4' [1-0] Mario Regueiro
2 - 1
12' [1-0] Valeri Karpin (from a penalty kick)
50' [1-1] Juan Fernando Arango
85' [2-1] Oscar De Paula
0 - 2
49' [0-1] David Rivas
75' [0-2] Ricardo Oliveira
0 - 2
50' [0-1] Hipolito Fernandez Serrano
73' [0-2] Alberto Lopo
4 - 0
20' [1-0] Juan Riquelme
60' [2-0] Hector Font
67' [3-0] Hector Font
85' [4-0] Diego Forlan
