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In the Spanish championship on Sunday, the 22nd round of matches was played. The league leader "Barcelona" suffered an unexpected defeat, which was their first at home this season, losing to Madrid's "Atletico" and thus losing their seven-point lead - now Catalonia's team is only separated by four points from the second-placed "Real".
The spectators gathered at the "Nou Camp" stadium were shocked in the second minute of the match when after a beautiful pass by A.Ibagaza, the goalkeeper of the Catalans was beaten by F.Torres. With 20 minutes remaining, Ronaldinho could have leveled the score, but he missed the penalty from 11 meters, and in the final moments of the match, Torres took advantage of such an opportunity, securing victory for his team.
In fourth place is "Sevilla", who crushed Valencian "Levante" away, while "Villarreal" climbed to the fifth position after their fifth consecutive win. By the way, "Villarreal" striker D.Forlan became the first player in the club's history to score thirteen goals in a season after these matches.
In sixth place is Seville's "Betis", who won against Pamplona's "Osasuna" at home, while after losing to Barcelona's "Espanyol" on Saturday, they are now only seventh. In the middle of the league table remains La Coruna's "Deportivo", who played a draw with Bilbao's "Athletic".
In other matches, victories at home by a minimal difference were achieved by "Albacete", who overcame "Zaragoza" with two penalties, and "Getafe", who defeated "Numancia"'s resistance. The match between "Malaga" and "Mallorca" ended goalless.
