29th stage: "Real" reduces the gap from the leaders © EuroFootball.com

Despite the holidays in Spain, fierce matches of the 29th round of "La Liga" took place on Sunday. On the occasion of overtaking the "Barcelona" team that stumbled on Saturday and becoming the leader of the championship, "Sevilla" did not take advantage of, as they were unable to defeat Santander's "Racing" at home, while Madrid's "Real" achieved victory and closed the gap from the leaders. "Villarreal" moved closer to the top five by defeating Madrid's "Atletico" away, "Recreativo" rose to seventh place by winning a "thriller" against "Celta", victories at home were achieved by "Deportivo", "Espanyol" and "Mallorca", while "Levante" and "Betis" played a draw.

Results of the 29th round matches on Sunday:

"Deportivo" 1 - 0 Gimnastic" 58' [1 - 0] Iago Castro 90' Julian de Guzman ("Deportivo") sent off

"Espanyol" 1 - 0 "Real Sociedad" 58' [1 - 0] Ferran Telechea Coro

"Mallorca" 2 - 0 "Getafe" 64' [1 - 0] Jose Carlos Nunes 90' [2 - 0] Oscar Trejo

"Sevilla" 0 - 0 "Racing Santander"

"Recreativo" 4 - 2 "Celta" 36' [1 - 0] Antonio Jesus Munoz (penalty) 75' [1 - 1] Anderson Luis de Carvalho Nene (penalty) 86' [2 - 1] Laurentio Rosu 88' [3 - 1] Laurentio Rosu 90' [3 - 2] Anderson Luis de Carvalho Nene 90' [4 - 2] Jose Manuel Cheli

"Levante" 1 - 1 "Betis" 35' [1 - 0] Inaki Descarga 79' [1 - 1] Robert

"Real Madrid" 2 - 0 "Osasuna" 24' [1 - 0] Raul 80' [2 - 0] Robinho

"Villarreal" 0 - 1 "Atletico" 32' [0 - 1] Fabiano Eller 86' Robert Pires ("Villarreal") sent off