"Malaga" football players struggle to get out of the relegation zone. © EuroFootball.com

On Sunday, in the earliest played matches of the Spanish "Liga BBVA" competition of the XXXIII round, the players of "Malaga" won an important victory.

Manuel Pellegrini's team defeated Santander's "Racing" with a score of 1-2 away, rising to sixteenth place in the tournament table.

In the late evening matches, Madrid's "Atletico" and "Sevilla" teams celebrated victories.

Results:

"Hercules" 1 - 0 La Coruña's "Deportivo" 59' [1 - 0] T.F. Gomes

"Mallorca" 2 - 0 Madrid's "Getafe" 25' [1 - 0] J.C. Nunes 67' [2 - 0] A. Ienaga

Santander "Racing" 1 - 2 "Malaga" 32' [0 - 1] J. Baptista 35' [0 - 2] S. Fernandez 73' [1 - 2] M. Rosenberg

Gijon's "Sporting" 1 - 0 Barcelona's "Espanyol" 70' [1 - 0] N. Novo

Madrid's "Atletico" 4 - 1 Valencia's "Levante" 19' [1 - 0] M.T. Elias 39' [1 - 1] F. Caicedo (from the penalty spot) 50' [2 - 1] S. Aguero 70' [3 - 1] S. Aguero (from the penalty spot) 84' [4 - 1] G.A. Munua (own goal)

"Sevilla" 3 - 2 "Villarreal" 9' [1 - 0] I. Rakitic 14' [2 - 0] A. Negredo 56' [2 - 1] C. Marchena 62' [3 - 1] Romaric 73' [3 - 2] G. Rossi

C. Marchena ("Villarreal") was sent off the field in the 85th minute.