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As the match started in Madrid, the away defender Cesar Navas was shown a red card for a last hope foul, and "Gimnastic" remained with ten men. However, "Real" managed to take advantage of the numerical superiority only at the beginning of the second half when Robinho, who appeared on the pitch as a substitute, put the hosts ahead, and as the match approached the end, David Garcia directed Raul's shot into his own goal.
After this victory, "Real" with 48 points moved up to third place in the standings, trailing the leaders "Barcelona" by five points, who on Saturday crushed Huelva's "Recreativo" footballers 4-0 in an away match.
Two matches on Sunday ended in draws of 1-1: "Villarreal" vs. San Sebastian's "Real Sociedad" and Barcelona's "Espanyol" vs. Valencia's "Levante".
"Deportivo" from La Coruna achieved an important victory against Madrid's "Getafe" footballers. They won 1-0 and slightly improved their chances to fight for a spot in at least the Intertoto Cup.
In the last Sunday matches, "Sevilla" at home defeated Vigo's "Celta" 2-0 and continued to share the first place with Barcelona's footballers.
Statistics:
"Sevilla" 2 - 0 Vigo "Celta" 52' [1 - 0] Frederic Kanoute (penalty) 90' [2 - 0] Alexander Kerzhakov 74' Fabian Canobbio sent off from the field ("Celta")
Madrid "Real" 2 - 0 Taragona "Gimnastic" 56' [1 - 0] Robinho 81' [2 - 0] David Garcia (own goal) 6' Cesar Navas sent off from the field ("Gimnastic")
La Coruna's "Deportivo" 1 - 0 Madrid's "Getafe" 80' [1 - 0] Antonio Barragan 35' Arizmendi sent off from the field ("Deportivo")
Barcelona's "Espanyol" 1 - 1 Valencia's "Levante" 13' [0 - 1] Gustavo Reggi 19' [1 - 1] Luis Garcia
"Villarreal" 1 - 1 San Sebastian's "Real Sociedad" 40' [0 - 1] Savio 59' [1 - 1] Josico 79' Cani sent off from the field ("Villarreal")
"Zaragoza" 1 - 0 Madrid "Atletico" 20' [1 - 0] Diego Milito
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