From typicallyspanish.com
Spain weekend football round up - Mon Dec 3 2007
By h.b.
Dec 3, 2007 - 7:48 AM
Spain has been drawn in group D for the European Championships next year. Their first match will be against Russia on June 8th, with games against Sweden and Greece to follow.
Spain avoided the most difficult group, which is made up of Holland, Italy, Romania and France.
Real Madrid’s Raul may still be overlooked by Luis Aragones the Spanish Manager, but he’s certainly on form for his club side, now with eight goals in 14 league games. On Saturday he scored twice in the match which ended Real Madrid 3 – Racing 1.
The other scorers were an own goal from Sergio Sánchez after a shot from Sneijder and Munitis.
It means that Real Madrid has recovered lost ground at the top of the Primera Liga.
Villareal, who last week missed the chance to go top for the first time in their history, went down 2-0 in Valladolid and are now four points off the pace.
Barcelona too slipped up with a 1-1 in the derby game against Espanyol.
Athletico are entering into the top of the table following a win at home against Betis with goals from Forlán and Raúl García. They are now in the ‘Champions zone’
Sevilla continued poor form in the league, and suffered their eighth defeat of the season against Almería.
The Captain of Levante, Iñaki Descarga, suffered two impacts to his head durin the game against Getafe, and was rushed to hospital. A scan has shown that it is not thought he is seriously hurt, and he is expected to be allowed home today.
Primera Liga Results
Almería 1 - 0 Sevilla
R.Madrid 3 - 1 Racing
Espanyol 1 - 1 Barcelona
Valladolid 2 - 0 Villarreal
Getafe 2 - 1 Levante
Recre 2 - 1 Zaragoza
Deportivo 1 - 2 Osasuna
Mallorca 1 - 1 Murcia
Betis 0 - 2 Atlético
Valencia 0 - 3 Athletic
Classification
1 R.Madrid 32
2 Barcelona 28
3 Villarreal 28
4 Atlético 27
5 Espanyol 26
6 Valencia 24
7 Racing 23
8 Mallorca 20
9 Zaragoza 18
10 Getafe 18
11 Athletic 17
12 Almería 16
13 Valladolid 16
14 Sevilla 15
15 Osasuna 15
16 Murcia 15
17 Recre 15
18 Deportivo 13
19 Betis 11
20 Levante 7
Second division
Results
Tenerife 0 - 2 Numancia
Granada 74 1 - 0 Sporting
Sevilla At. 0 - 0 R.Sociedad
Hércules 3 - 0 Nástic
Málaga 1 - 1 Celta
Eibar 1 - 0 Ejido
Castellón 1 - 1 L.Palmas
Alavés 0 - 0 Xerez
Salamanca 0 - 1 Albacete
Cádiz 3 - 1 Ferrol
Córdoba 1 - 1 Elche
Classification
1 Málaga 31
2 Numancia 30
3 Sporting 27
4 Sevilla At. 25
5 Hércules 23
6 Elche 23
7 Celta 22
8 Granada 74 22
9 R.Sociedad 21
10 Eibar 21
11 Córdoba 20
12 Salamanca 19
13 Nástic 19
14 Tenerife 19
15 Castellón 18
16 Cádiz 18
17 Ferrol 17
18 Alavés 17
19 Ejido 15
20 Xerez 13
21 Albacete 13
22 L.Palmas 10