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After the break for international matches, Spanish league matches took place again on Saturday. The defending champions "Barca" had to settle for a draw against La Coruna's "Deportivo" as equals, while in the Madrid derby, the "Real" players triumphed as the "away team", crushing "Atletico" eleven 3-0. In the matches that took place in La Coruna, the hosts took the lead first between the neighbors in the league table when Juan Carlos Valeron rushed to the ball after a mistake by the "Barca" defenders. However, the guests managed to pull ahead by the end of the first half: in the 41st minute, Samuel Eto'o scored a goal after a beautiful combination between Deco and Ronaldinho, and a few minutes later Ronaldinho scored another goal. At the beginning of the second half, the Brazilian scored another goal from the penalty spot and took the guests ahead 1-3. However, at the end of the match, Pedro Munitis scored a beautiful goal into the far corner of the goal, and in the 86th minute, Ruben Castro, who appeared on the field after a substitution, scored the equalizer after being the first to reach the ball and send it into the net. In the Madrid derby, "Atletico" failed to recover from the shock experienced at the beginning of the match when the referee sent off Spain's national team defender Antonio Lopez for a foul against Raul, and Ronaldo successfully converted the awarded penalty. The same Ronaldo doubled the score in the middle of the second half after a great pass from Guti, and at the end of the match, Perea scored an own goal, redirecting a cross from Robinho into his own net. To the disappointment of the "Real" fans, Ronaldo was carried off the field on a stretcher at the end of the match due to an ankle injury. After the match, "Atletico" defender Pablo Ibanezas claimed that the reason for his team's painfu...
