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After playing the remaining matches of the 16th round of the Spanish Championship ("La Liga") on Sunday, there was no shortage of intense battles, tightly contested matches, and red cards. Only the clubs "Valencia", "Villarreal" and "Sevilla" managed to secure victories, while four matches ended in a draw. It is worth mentioning that in the seven Sunday matches, a total of ten red cards were shown, with five of them being in a heated duel in Santander. An impressive draw was achieved at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid by Pamplona's "Osasuna", who were leading together with "Barcelona", playing almost the entire match with ten players and even managing to take the lead. The outcome of the match in Madrid seemed clear by the fifteenth minute, when Francisco Punalis received a red card for a foul on Roberto Carlos, but the home team failed to capitalize on either territorial or numerical advantage, and in the 76th minute "Osasuna" unexpectedly took the lead when the Serbian Savo Milošević scored with his head. After this goal, "Osasuna" began to bombard the opponent's goal, resulting in a goal in the 84th minute when the young Roberto Soldado, who came on as a substitute, redirected a cross from Zinedine Zidane. This draw allowed "Osasuna" to solidify its position in second place and maintain a six-point lead over its closest rivals. Four teams are tied for third place: "Villarreal", "Valencia", "Deportivo", who celebrated victories over the weekend, and "Real", who played a draw. Sunday Statistics Vitoria 0 - 1 Real Madrid 7` [0 - 1] Raul Albiol Athletic 2 - 1 Madrid 20` [0 - 1] Ivan Riki 45` [1 - 1] Juan Roman Riquelme 58` [2 - 1] Diego Forlan Real Sociedad 3 - 2 San Sebastian 25` [0 - 1] Mikel Labaka 57` [0 - 2] Gaizka Garitano 76` [1 - 2] Kepa 81` [2 - 2] Frederic Kanoute 88` [3 - 2] Kepa Real Madrid player Daniel Cifuentes was sent off at 45` Real Sociedad player Gaizka Garitano was sent off at 86` Malaga 1 - 1 Racing Santander 34` [0 - 1] Cesar Navas 45` [1 - 1] Javi Casquero Malaga player Anderson Silva was sent off at 22` Racing Santander player Vitolo was sent off at 65` Racing Santander player Pablo Pinillos was sent off at 71` Malaga player Gerardo was sent off at 79` Racing Santander player David Aganzo was sent off at 81` Barcelona 2 - 2 Getafe 48` [1 - 0] Raul Tamudo 51` [1 - 1] David Generelo 64` [1 - 2] Diego Milito 82` [2 - 2] Raul Tamudo Atletico Madrid 2 - 2 Real Madrid 1` [0 - 1] Maxi Rodriguez 13` [0 - 2] Gonzalo Colsa 20` [1 - 2] Mark Iuliano 84` [2 - 2] Mark Iuliano Mallorca player Fernando Navarro was sent off at 90` Real Madrid 1 - 1 Osasuna 76` [0 - 1] Savo Milosevic 84` [1 - 1] Roberto Soldado 15` Francisco Punalis ("Osasuna") was sent off Top Scorers 1. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) - 15 goals 2. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) - 10 goals 3. David Villa (Valencia) - 9 goals 4-5. Diego Tristan (Deportivo Coruna) - 8 goals 4-5. Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 8 goals 6-7. Juan Riquelme (Villarreal) - 7 goals 6-7. Fernando Baiano (Celta Vigo) - 7 goals Standings"
