First division - day 37
An extraordinary night of
football in La Liga, where the title race was turned upside down in the last
few seconds of the penultimate round of games. Barcelona appeared to be
cruising towards their third league championship in a row, leading city
neighbours Espanyol with their main rivals Real Madrid losing at
Zaragoza. But in a period of just eighteen seconds Van Nistelrooy
equalised for Capello's side, and then Tamudo levelled the scores in the Nou
Camp. Both matches ended a couple of minutes later at 2-2, meaning that Real
Madrid stay top of the table thanks to a better head-to-head goal average over
the Catalans. With Sevilla picking up a point as well in a 0-0 draw at
Mallorca to stay two points behind the leaders, everything will now be
decided next Sunday.
It was not just the league
title which was at stake though, and four teams will be battling it out next
week to avoid the two remaining relegation spots after today's results. Real
Sociedad have an uphill fight though after they could only draw 0-0 against
Racing Santander, Savio missing a late penalty which would have put them
within a point of safety. The Basque side now have to win at Valencia next week
and hope Betis lose and Celta at best draw to avoid the drop. Betis
themselves had a disastrous night, losing 0-5 to Osasuna, but they will
be safe if they can win at Santander next weekend.
Celta kept their
hopes alive with a 2-3 win at Atlético Madrid, and they are now
only a point behind Betis and Athletic Bilbao. The Galicians play Getafe at
home in their last match. The result left Atlético outside of the EUFA
cup spots, two points now behind Zaragoza and also Villarreal, who came
back from a goal down to beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1. Athletic themselves
ended the day just a point above the drop zone, and their last game is at home
to Levante, who made sure of another season in the top flight with a 4-2
win over city rivals Valencia. All in all a thrilling night, but it was
just a curtain raiser for next Sunday! (09.06.07)
A couple of games with
nothing at stake on Sunday evening, with already relegated
Gimnàstic winning 0-1 against a Getafe side who are
already thinking about the cup final, and Recreativo beating a poor
Deportivo 2-5, Cazorla getting two of the goals for the visitors.
(10.06.07)
Saturday's
scoreboard: 89. Barcelona 2 - Espanyol 2. Tamudo. 89. Zaragoza 2 - Real
Madrid 2. Van Nistelrooy. 88. Betis 0 - Osasuna 5. Sola. 87. Levante 4 -
Valencia 2. Baraja. 75. Betis 0 - Osasuna 4. Sola. 74. Levante 4 -
Valencia 1. Courtois. 71. Betis 0 - Osasuna 3. Valdo. 70.
Atlético Madrid 2 - Celta 3. Maxi. 67. Atlético Madrid 1 -
Celta 3. Baiano. 64. Zaragoza 2 - Real Madrid 1. D. Milito. 61. Betis 0
- Osasuna 2. Webó. 57. Zaragoza 1 - Real Madrid 1. Van Nistelrooy.
56. Barcelona 2 - Espanyol 1. Messi. 51. Villarreal 3 - Athletic Bilbao
1. Ustaritz (OG). 48. Levante 3 - Valencia 1. Riga. 47. Atlético
Madrid 1 - Celta 2. Yago. 42. Barcelona 1 - Espanyol 1. Messi. 38.
Villarreal 2 - Athletic Bilbao 1. Forlán. 36. Villarreal 1 -
Athletic Bilbao 1. Forlán (pen). 32. Zaragoza 1 - Real Madrid 0. D.
Milito (pen). 31. Betis 0 - Osasuna 1. M. Flaño. 30. Barcelona 0
- Espanyol 1. Tamudo. 30. Atlético Madrid 1 - Celta 1. Baiano (pen).
27. Atlético Madrid 1 - Celta 0. Maxi. 21. Villarreal 0 -
Athletic Bilbao 1. Iraola. 15. Levante 2 - Valencia 1. Joaquín.
11. Levante 2 - Valencia 0. Salva. 03. Levante 1 - Valencia 0. Riga.
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