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On Saturday, in the 35th round of matches, "Valencia" achieved a tough victory as visitors against "Mallorca", breaking their resistance at the end of the match. "Zaragoza" defeated "Athletic Bilbao" in a seven-goal thriller, while one match ended in a 1-1 draw - Seville's "Betis" failed to beat the tournament's outsider "Gimnastic" from Tarragona at home.
In the match in Mallorca, both teams missed numerous chances until the very end of the match when Joaquin, Spain's national team midfielder, beat the "Mallorca" goalkeeper after a pass from David Villa. After this victory, "Valencia" temporarily moved up to third place in the tournament table.
The other three leaders will play their matches on Sunday. However, all teams will play away.
Meanwhile, in the match in Seville, goals were also scored at the end of the match - in the 89th minute, a penalty was awarded against "Betis" after a foul by Johann Vogel in the penalty area, and the Swiss national team midfielder was sent off the field.
Javier Portillo successfully converted the penalty, but Xisco equalized in the 92nd minute of added time.
The last Saturday match was particularly intriguing - "Zaragoza" celebrated a victory in a seven-goal thriller, defeating "Athletic Bilbao" 4-3.
Statistics:
"Mallorca" 0 - 1 "Valencia" 89` [0 - 1] Joaquin
Seville's "Betis" 1 - 1 Tarragona's "Gimnastic" 89` [0 - 1] Javier Garcia Portillo (penalty) 90+2` [1 - 1] Xisco
Johann Vogel ("Betis") was sent off in the 89th minute.
"Zaragoza" 4 - 3 Bilbao "Athletic" 16' [1 - 0] Diego Milito 19' [2 - 0] Carlos Diogo 36' [2 - 1] Aritz Aduritz 37' [3 - 1] Sergio Garcia 45' [4 - 1] Ander Murillo (own goal) 74' [4 - 2] Aritz Aduritz (penalty) 78' [4 - 3] Aritz Aduritz
Tournament table:
