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Spain Weekend Football Round Up - Monday May 5 2008
By h.b. - May 5, 2008 - 12:59 PM
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Goals from Robben and Higaín at the Reyno de Navarra stadium amounted to a dramatic fight back for Real Madrid at Osasuna to win the Spanish league. The score was 1-2 – with Osasuna ahead until seven minutes from the end, with Real Madrid scoring twice in the last five minutes.
It’s the 31st time that Real Madrid have won the Primera Liga, and it means that Barcelona have the embarrassment of forming a guard of honour for them ahead of the match between the Spanish arch-rivals this Wednesday.
Celebrations broke out in Madrid with the Cibeles fountain, as usual, at the centre of the action. It was Raúl who climbed the statue to place a real Madrid scarf and Spanish flag to celebrate the league title.
Valencia are just two points from relegation, with three games left in the season after being pounded 6-0 at Barcelona. The vital relegation clash for Valencia comes at their next match against Zaragoza.
Murcia have been relegated after being beaten 3-2 by Racing Santander. It was a particularly hard defeat for Murcia, given that they were dominating the game 0-2 in the first half.
Primera Liga results
Atlético 3 - 0 Recre
Zaragoza 1 - 0 Deportivo
Sevilla 2 - 0 Valladolid
Almería 1 - 1 Betis
Villarreal 2 - 0 Getafe
Levante 1 - 1 Espanyol
Athletic 1 - 2 Mallorca
Racing 3 - 2 Murcia
Barcelona 6 - 0 Valencia
Osasuna 1 - 2 R.Madrid
Primera Liga Classification
1 R.Madrid 78
2 Villarreal 68
3 Barcelona 64
4 Atlético 58
5 Racing 56
6 Sevilla 55
7 Mallorca 50
8 Almería 49
9 Deportivo 49
10 Espanyol 48
11 Athletic 46
12 Betis 45
13 Getafe 42
14 Valladolid 42
15 Valencia 42
16 Zaragoza 41
17 Recre 40
18 Osasuna 40
19 Murcia 30
20 Levante 26
Second Division
Albacete 2 - 0 Salamanca
Sporting 2 - 1 Granada 74
R.Sociedad 2 - 0 Sevilla At.
L.Palmas 1 - 1 Castellón
Numancia 4 - 2 Tenerife
Ferrol 2 - 1 Cádiz
Celta 1 - 2 Málaga
Ejido 1 - 0 Eibar
Elche 3 - 2 Córdoba
Xerez 3 - 0 Alavés
Nástic 2 - 2 Hércules
1 Numancia 71
2 Málaga 64
3 Sporting 61
4 R.Sociedad 59
5 Castellón 54
6 Elche 53
7 Sevilla At. 49
8 Hércules 48
9 Tenerife 48
10 Celta 47
11 Salamanca 46
12 L.Palmas 46
13 Eibar 46
14 Cádiz 45
15 Ferrol 44
16 Granada 74 42
17 Albacete 41
18 Alavés 41
19 Xerez 41
20 Nástic 40
21 Córdoba 37
22 Ejido 36
Despite not being able to put weight on his foot, Jorge Lorenzo came up with the fourth best time in practice on the official practice session for the Chinese Moto GP. He was also fourth in the race itself, which was won by Valentino Rossi showing a needed return to form and his first win of the season. Spaniard Dani Pedrosa was second and the only once close to the Italian.
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