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Two goals from Brazilian Ronaldinho in the second half of the match brought victory to the "Barcelona" team at home against Santander "Racing" and allowed them to increase the lead in the Spanish championship to three points before Saturday's match with "Sevilla" footballers.
"Racing" missed a great opportunity in the middle of the first half to take the lead when the referee awarded a penalty for a foul by Juliano Belletti in the penalty area against Juanjo. However, Victor Valdes successfully saved Ezequiel Garay's shot.
The second half started tragically for the away team - just five minutes into the half, Brazilian Ronaldinho disarmed the "Racing" goalkeeper with a signature penalty kick to the top corner of the goal. In the middle of the second half, Ronaldinho doubled the score after a penalty kick - this time directing the shot with his head.
In the 69th minute, Argentine Lionel Messi returned to the field after a long injury break. The young forward was greeted with applause from the fans.
The successful "Valencia" footballers are struggling against weaker teams - on Sunday, the Valencia team, which did not lose hope of fighting for the title, suffered a crushing defeat in Madrid to the "Getafe" footballers. However, the opportunity to move closer to the top four was not taken advantage of by the "Zaragoza" team, who lost to the "Mallorca" footballers in an away match.
"Getafe" had already crushed the "Valencia" team this year in the King's Cup. This time, the Madrid footballers took the lead at the start of the second half, when Mario Cotelo scored after a pass from Daniel Gueiza. D. Gueiza, in great form, scored his seventh goal of the season after ten minutes, and the crushing goal was scored by Nacho with ten minutes left to play.
After this victory, "Getafe" rose to seventh place, which until now was occupied by the Huelva "Recreativo" team, who lost 2-1 away to the Valencia "Levante" footballers on Sunday.
"Zaragoza" remained in sixth place, despite losing 2-1 to the "Mallorca" team. The guests took the lead after the 14th goal of the season by Argentine Diego Milito, but the Balearic Island players managed to score two goals and win the match.
The "Celta" coach Fernando Vazquez's seat is shaking heavily, as his team lost 0-2 at home to Barcelona's "Espanyol" on Sunday.
The last round of matches took place on Sunday evening in Madrid, where the "athletes" derby was played - in a fierce struggle, "Atletico" overcame the Bilbao "Athletic" footballers with a goal from the only Argentine Sergio Aguero in the middle of the second half. This victory allowed "Atletico" to rise to fourth place in the standings due to a better goal difference than "Valencia".
