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During the matches of the seventh round of the Spanish championship that took place on Saturday, victories were achieved by "Zaragoza", demonstrating impressive form this year, and the heavily rejuvenated "Deportivo" from La Coruña, while "Villarreal" and "Levante" played to a draw.
"Zaragoza", strengthened significantly in the summer, defeated Seville's struggling "Betis" 2-1 at home, with a trio of Argentinians - Pablo Aimar, Andrés D'Alessandro, and Diego Milito - shining on the field. D.Milito quickly reacted and scored the first goal after P.Aimar's penalty kick was saved by the goalkeeper, putting the hosts ahead in the 13th minute. The loaned forward from "Genoa" doubled the lead after half an hour following a pass from P.Aimar on the right. The situation for "Betis" worsened towards the end of the first half as Brazilian Edu was sent off for elbowing Juanfran.
Although Robert managed to pull one back with an individual effort early in the second half, it was all Seville could do, with only ten men on the field.
Meanwhile, the injury-plagued "Villarreal" fell behind in the match against Valencia's "Levante". The visitors took the lead when Diego Camacho scored following a penalty kick from Frenchman Kapo, with the ball deflecting off a "Villarreal" goalkeeper.
The hero of the match was the young Jonathan, who appeared on the field in the 65th minute and scored the equalizer shortly after.
In the last matches of the eventful Saturday, the rejuvenated "Deportivo" from La Coruña secured an important home victory, celebrating a goal from Angelito Arizmendi in the middle of the second half against the ambitious Madrid "Atletico". The former Madrid "Atletico" forward scored after Cristiano's penalty kick. However, the hero of the match should be considered "Deportivo" goalkeeper Dudu Auoate from Israel, who saved the team from conceding at least three times.
Statistics:
"Zaragoza" 2 - 1 Seville "Betis"
13' [1 - 0] Diego Milito
30' [2 - 0] Diego Milito
52' [2 - 1] Robert
44' Edu sent off("Betis")
"Villarreal" 1 - 1 Valencia "Levante"
49' [0 - 1] Diego Camacho
66' [1 - 1] Jonathan
La Coruña "Deportivo" 1 - 0 Madrid "Atletico"
66' [1 - 0] Arizmendi
