Coming fixtures
First division Day 26 14/15 Mar
Champions League Round of 16, second leg 16/17 Mar
Europa League Round of 16, second leg 18 Mar

First division match round-up, day 26

Sevilla hold on to fourth spot for another week at least after drawing 1-1 with Deportivo on Saturday night. A win for the visitors would have taken them above their opponents, but it was the Andalusians who took the lead in the twentieth minute when Fazio got above the defence to head a long Perotti free kick past Aranzubia. Three minutes later though Depor equalised, Valerón and Guardado combining to set up Adrián to score from close to goal. Perotti hit the post and Aranzubia was lucky to be let off a red card when he stepped outside of the area to deflect a Navas shot past the post with his arm just before the break. And Luis Fabiano came on in the second half to head against the bar and then test Aranzubia a couple of times. But the Galicians could have won it themselves as well had Palop not kept out Juan Domínguez late on. (13.03.10)

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Second division, day 28


Europa League, round of 16, first leg

Spain's two remaining representatives in the Europa League could only draw at home on Thursday evening, and both will have uphill battles to remain in the competition in next week's second legs. Atlético Madrid were held to a scoreless draw by Sporting Lisbon, who played for an hour with ten men after Grimi was sent off for a second bookable offence. The closest anyone came to scoring was when Liedson hit the bar early on, and the Portuguese side ended with nine men when Tonel was also sent off near the end. And Valencia drew 1-1 against Werder Bremen, with Mata equalising in the second half after Frings had given the German side the lead from the penalty spot midway through the first half. The Chés were relatively happy with the result though after Banega was sent off just a few minutes after the restart. (11.03.10)


Champions League, round of 16, second leg

Real Madrid 1 - Olympique Lyon 1

Real Madrid are out of the competition after a 2-1 aggregate defeat against Olympique Lyon! With the final at the Bernabeu stadium this year, Pellegrini's side were confident of overturning the one goal deficit from the first leg. And within six minutes Cristiano Ronaldo levelled the tie after running on to Guti's long pass to fire an angled shot under the legs of Lloris, the first goal the keeper had let in in over ten hours of football. Higuaín should have scored again after that, in particular when he rounded Lloris only to fire a shot against the post, and then when the keeper got a hand to another short shortly before half time. Two changes at the break though by Claude Puel revitalised the French side, and after the visitors wasted a couple of good chances, Pjanic beat Casillas to dump Madrid out at the first knock-out stage for the sixth year in a row. (10.03.10)


First Division
Villarreal Xerez
Tenerife Espanyol
Sevilla 1-1 Deportivo
Valladolid R Madrid
Sporting 0-0 Athletic
Getafe 3-0 Mallorca
Atlético 15 Mar Osasuna
Racing Zaragoza
Barcelona Valencia
Almería Málaga
Day 26 - Mar 14

First Division
Málaga 2-4 Xerez
Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal
Deportivo 3-1 Tenerife
R Madrid 3-2 Sevilla
Athletic 2-0 Valladolid
Mallorca 3-0 Sporting
Osasuna 0-0 Getafe
Zaragoza 1-1 Atlético
Valencia 0-0 Racing
Almería 2-2 Barcelona
Day 25 - Mar 7

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