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Even after changing the coach, Madrid's "Real" continues to disappoint their fans - in the 17th round of the Spanish championship on Wednesday, they shamefully lost 1-2 at home to the league average "Racing Santander" footballers. "Racing", whose ranks in these matches could only be filled by six of the strongest players, and who had only won three victories in sixteen matches this season, unexpectedly took the lead in the 21st minute when defender Ayoze Diaz defeated Iker Casillas with a penalty kick. Six minutes later, the 55,000 spectators gathered at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium were even more stunned as Felipe Melo doubled the visitors' lead. Although Ronaldo softened the score with a header in the middle of the second half, and "Real" put pressure on the visitors at the end of the match, the Royal club's players failed to secure a point, despite controlling the ball for 75% of the match time. After their fourth defeat at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium this season, the fans booed the "Real" players. In addition to this failure, Wednesday also saw other unexpected results: the previously struggling La Coruna's "Deportivo" lost 1-2 at home to Barcelona's "Espanyol", Madrid's "Getafe" won again after a long break, this time with a minimal score at home against "Sevilla", and Bilbao's "Athletic" failed to defend their two-goal lead away and lost 3-2 to "Zaragoza". Only "Villarreal" players, who have been excellent this year, were content with a draw away. The "Yellow Submarine", who made it to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, did not break the resistance of "Malaga". The 2004 champions, Valencia, finished in third place this year, crushing "Mallorca" 3-0 on Wednesday. Wednesday's results: Seville 3 - 0 Vitoria La Coruna 1 - 2 Barcelona Madrid 1 - 2 San Sebastian 2 - 0 Cadiz 3 - 2 Santander 0 - 0 Madrid 1 - 0 Valencia 3 - 0 Upcoming matches: Pamplona - Madrid (Thursday) Top goal scorers: 1. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) - 17 goals 2-3. David Villa (Valencia) - 10 goals 2-3. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) - 10 goals 4-5. Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 9 goals 4-5. Diego Tristan (Deportivo Coruna) - 9 goals 6-7. Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal) - 7 goals 6-7. Fernando Baiano (Celta Vigo) - 7 goals League standings
