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In the first part of the season, after leading in several rounds, "Sevilla" players no longer demonstrate the game worthy of leaders in the second part: this time they failed to beat one of the "La Liga" outsiders, San Sebastian's "Real Sociedad", at home. However, luck also did not favor two other teams in the top four: Madrid's "Real" lost at home with a minimal result to Valencia's "Levante", and the leading team "Barcelona", with just one point ahead, played a goalless draw with the local team "Osasuna" in Pamplona. Although "Real" had not only a significant territorial advantage (63-37) but also significantly more attacks in the match against Valencia's team, the only goal decided the victory for the visitors. Frenchman Olivier Kapo was fouled inside the penalty area by Mahamadou Diarra in the tenth minute, and the penalty kick awarded by the referee was successfully converted by Salva Ballesta, recently added to the team. In the other Sunday matches, the last-ranked Tarragona's "Gimnastic" managed to play a 1-1 draw away against Vigo's "Celta" team. Victories were celebrated by Sevilla's "Betis", who beat Bilbao's "Athletic" away, as well as the "Racing" and "Recreativo" teams, who defeated Madrid's "Getafe" and "Villarreal" respectively at home. Meanwhile, defending champions "Barcelona" once again dropped points, failing to beat Pamplona's "Osasuna" team away. Sunday match statistics: Madrid's "Real" 0 - 1 Valencia's "Levante" 10' [0 - 1] Salva Ballesta (11 m.) Bilbao's "Athletic" 1 - 2 Sevilla's "Betis" 18' [0 - 1] Robert 76' [0 - 2] Fabrice Pancrate 90' [1 - 2] Ismael Urzaiz (11 m.) Vigo's "Celta" 1 - 1 Tarragona's "Gimnastic" 50' [1 - 0] Borja Oubina 77' [1 - 1] Javier Portillo Santander's "Racing" 1 - 0 Madrid's "Getafe" 7' [1 - 0] Ezequiel Garay Huelva's "Recreativo" 2 - 1 "Villarreal" 13' [1 - 0] Juanma 46' [2 - 0] Florent Sinama-Pongolle 78' [2 - 1] Jon Dahl Tomasson 89' Rodolfo Arruabarrena sent off from the field ("Villarreal") "Sevilla" 0 - 0 San Sebastian's "Real Sociedad" 90' Duda sent off from the field ("Sevilla") "Osasuna" 0 - 0 "Barcelona" Table will be added later
