In Spain, the battle for third place sharpens (3 VIDEOS) © EuroFootball.com

On Sunday, in the 29th round of matches of the Spanish "Liga BBVA", the players of "Villarreal" claimed an important victory.

Juano Carlos Garrido's players won with a minimal result of 0-1 against the Bilbao "Athletic" team on the road, overtaking the "Valencia" team, which had previously been in third place on the tournament table due to losses.

Lithuanian Marius Stankevicius, who missed the match due to disqualification, also suffered a 0-1 defeat against Sevilla as a guest.

Results:

La Coruna "Deportivo" 0 - 1 Valencia "Levante"

90' [0 - 1] R. Suarez

Alicante "Hercules" 0 - 4 Pamplona "Osasuna"

10' [0 - 1] J.G. Camunas

35' [0 - 2] A.T.R. Nelson

59' [0 - 3] K. Vadocz

66' [0 - 4] E.K. Sola

Malaga 2 - 0 Barcelona "Espanyol"

8' [1 - 0] S. Rondon

26' [2 - 0] S. Rondon

Santander "Racing" 2 - 1 San Sebastian "Sociedad"

42' [1 - 0] K. Bakircioglu

72' [1 - 1] A. Griezmann

77' [2 - 1] G.d. Santos

Gijon "Sporting" 1 - 0 "Almeria"

13' [1 - 0] A.D.L.C. Miguel

Bilbao "Athletic" 0 - 1 "Villarreal"

58' [0 - 1] M. Ruben

Valencia 0 - 1 "Sevilla"

70' [0 - 1] I. Rakitic