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Osasuna or later for Real Madrid and the league title
By h.b. - Apr 28, 2008 - 8:14 AM
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A disastrous performance by Barça , beaten 2-0 by Deportivo on Saturday placed the league title of a plate for the Real Madrid, but despite a 3-0 win against Athletic the league title is still not theirs as Villarreal are still in with a mathematical chance at least – ten points behind with four games to go.
It will probably all be decided next week when Real Madrid play Osasuna, or against Barcelona the following Wednesday. If it happens at Osasuna, the Barça players will have the embarrassment according to protocol of forming a guard of honour for the Real Madrid players. It’s a case of Osa- sooner or later!
Real Madrid goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, has called for the games next week to be played at the same time, to make the end of the season more exciting. As the schedule is now, Real could win the league on Sunday without kicking the ball if Villarreal lose their match which starts at 5pm.
Sevilla hit the defence wall of Murcia and Javier Clemente and their dreams of playing in the Champions league next season are now distant.
Levante are confirmed to be playing in the second division next season.
Primera Liga results:
Deportivo 2 - 0 Barcelona
Murcia 0 - 0 Sevilla
Mallorca 3 - 1 Racing
Valladolid 1 - 0 Almería
Getafe 1 - 1 Atlético
Recre 2 - 0 Levante
Espanyol 1 - 1 Zaragoza
Valencia 3 - 0 Osasuna
Betis 0 - 1 Villarreal
R.Madrid 3 - 0 Athletic
Classification
1 R.Madrid 75
2 Villarreal 65
3 Barcelona 61
4 Atlético 55
5 Racing 53
6 Sevilla 52
7 Deportivo 49
8 Almería 48
9 Espanyol 47
10 Mallorca 47
11 Athletic 46
12 Betis 44
13 Getafe 42
14 Valladolid 42
15 Valencia 42
16 Recre 40
17 Osasuna 40
18 Zaragoza 38
19 Murcia 30
20 Levante 25
Second Division
Granada 74 1 - 1 Numancia
Sevilla At. 2 - 1 Ferrol
Hércules 5 - 1 Eibar
Córdoba 0 - 1 L.Palmas
Nástic 2 - 1 Celta
Málaga 0 - 2 R.Sociedad
Alavés 2 - 0 Elche
Cádiz 0 - 1 Sporting
Castellón 1 - 0 Ejido
Salamanca 2 - 2 Xerez
Tenerife 2 - 2 Albacete
Classification
1 Numancia 68
2 Málaga 61
3 Sporting 58
4 R.Sociedad 56
5 Castellón 53
6 Elche 50
7 Sevilla At. 49
8 Tenerife 48
9 Celta 47
10 Hércules 47
11 Salamanca 46
12 Eibar 46
13 L.Palmas 45
14 Cádiz 45
15 Granada 74 42
16 Ferrol 41
17 Alavés 41
18 Nástic 39
19 Albacete 38
20 Xerez 38
21 Córdoba 37
22 Ejido 33
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