"Atletico" beat "Deportivo" in intriguing matches © EuroFootball.com

"Atletico" fans in Madrid hope that their team finally climbs out of the streak of failures - on Saturday, the Madrid club they support at home defeated La Coruna's "Deportivo" 3-2 and won their second consecutive victory.

"Atletico" broke through in the middle of the first half with a goal from Argentine national team defender Maxi Rodriguez, but the guests, who played without the injured leader Juan Carlos Valeron, managed to equalize at the beginning of the second half, when substitute Ruben Castro scored a penalty.

In the middle of the second half, "Atletico" again took the lead after a successfully converted penalty by Antonio Lopez, but the guests managed to equalize again when former "Atletico" defender Joan Capdevila scored with a header after a corner kick.

However, "Atletico" managed to secure their third home victory of the season - less than ten minutes before the end of the match, the first goalscorer Maxi Rodriguez scored after a pass from Bulgarian Martin Petrov from the left flank.

In other Saturday matches, Athletic Bilbao, trying to climb from the bottom of the table, defeated Madrid's Getafe 1-0 at home, with midfielder Pablo Orbaiz scoring the only goal in the 74th minute from the penalty spot. The penalty was awarded for a foul on Francisco Yeste. Although Getafe crushed Barcelona's Espanyol at home 5-0 in the previous round, on Saturday they suffered their seventh consecutive defeat away.

The third Saturday match between the teams "Cadiz" and "Racing Santander" ended in a 1-1 draw. "Racing Santander" took the lead in the middle of the second half when Felipe Melo successfully converted a penalty from eleven meters, but eight minutes later the hosts rightfully equalized when left-back Raul Lopez sent the ball into the visitors' net with a strong shot.

Saturday statistics:

Madrid 3 - 2 La Coruna

33` [1 - 0] Maxi Rodriguez

47` [1 - 1] Ruben Castro

54` [2 - 1] Antonio Lopez

58` [2 - 2] Joan Capdevila

81` [3 - 2] Maxi Rodriguez

1 - 0 Madrid

74` [1 - 0] Pablo Orbaiz (pen.)

1 - 1

66` [0 - 1] Felipe Melo (pen.)

75` [1 - 1] Raul Lopez

Sunday matches:

Valencia - Zaragoza

Sevilla - Villarreal

Osasuna - Betis

Espanyol - Malaga

Alaves - Real Sociedad

Mallorca - Barcelona

Celta - Real

Top scorers:

1. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) - 18 goals;

2. David Villa (Valencia) - 13;

3. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) - 11;

4. Diego Tristan (Deportivo) - 10.

Standings