The Top 3 of La Liga remained intact but the race for 4th place and the final Champions League spot got a bit tighter.
Villarreal gave up a 2-0 lead at the Vicente Calderon to Atlético Madrid and lost 3-2 with Antonio Lopez scoring the game winner in the 83rd minute. The win vaulted Los Colchoneros into 5th place just 2 points behind Villarreal and ahead of Malaga on goal differential.
Malaga started the make or break stretch of their season with a 2-2 home draw vs. Sevilla. Malaga had a 2-0 lead at halftime but could not seal the 3 points and fell victim to the goal scoring talents of Frederic Kanoute & Luis Fabiano in the 2nd half. Malaga’s murderous stretch continues next week with a trip to the Camp Nou and 1st place, Barcelona.
The other team battling for that last Champions League spot is Deportivo La Coruna. El Depor lost a tough 3-2 contest to Sporting Gijon on the road. Sporting was one team that was able to hold on to a 2-0 lead and win. The loss put Deportivo in 7th place and out of a Europa League spot. With 11 weeks of football left a lot can change especially when only 5 points separates 4th place from 8th place.
Here are the results from Week 27 & Standings:
Saturday, March 14
Valencia 1 – 1 Recreativo Huelva
VAL: Pablo (83′)
REC: Camuñas (54′)
Athletic Bilbao 2 – 5 Real Madrid
ATH: Heinze (og 36′) & Llorente (45′)
RMA: Robben (22′), Heinze (34′), Huntelaar (47′ & 61′), Higuaín (pen 85′)
Sunday, March 15
Espanyol 3 – 3 Mallorca
ESP: Callejón (56′), De la Peña (71′), Nené (82′)
MAL: Arango (39′), C. Santana (60′), Jurado (70′)
Malaga 2 – 2 Sevilla
MAG: Salva (19′ & 32′)
SEV: Kanouté (74′) & Luis Fabiano (84′)
Racing Santander 5 – 0 Numancia
RAC: Óscar Serrano (16′ & 45′), Luccin (27′), Zigic (33′ & 40′)
Valladolid 1 – 0 Getafe
VAL: Cannobio (86′)
Real Betis 0 – 0 Osasuna
Sporting Gijon 3 – 2 Deportivo La Coruna
SPG: Luis Morán (48′), Barral (pen 52′), José Ángel (71′)
DLC: Sergio (67′) & Riki (85′)
Atlético Madrid 3 – 2 Villarreal
ATM: Agüero (53′), Forlán (80′), Antonio López (82′)
VIL: Matías Fernández (19′) & Cani (52′)
Almeria 0 – 2 Barcelona
BAR: Bojan (53′ & 56′)
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