La Liga - Sevilla secure Champions League spot

Eurosport - Sun, 24 May 09:04:00 2009

Sevilla secured third place in the La Liga and automatic qualification for the Champions League when a last-minute header from Diego Perotti earned them a 1-0 home win over Deportivo Coruna.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 La Liga Sevilla-Deportivo Luis Fabiano Albert Lopo / Foto: EFE - 0

Atletico romped to a 4-1 victory away to Athletic Bilbao , with Diego Forlan netting a hat-trick in the last 17 minutes to move top in the scoring charts with 31 goals.

Atletico only need a point from their last game at home to Almeria to make sure of the final Champions League slot.

Barcelona, with the title wrapped up and one eye on the Champions League final, fielded a weakened side and lost 1-0 at home to Osasuna.

Walter Pandiani headed Osasuna in front from a first-half corner and Barca were reduced to 10 men when youth team player Marc Muniesa was sent off nine minutes from time.

Barca coach Pep Guardiola was sent from the bench as he disputed the decision. After the match, Barca were presented with their second trophy of the season. The Catalans have 86 points, eight ahead of second-placed Real Madrid who host Real Mallorca on Sunday.

Villarreal climbed to fifth, two points behind Atletico, after two goals from Joseba Llorente and one from Cani gave them a 3-1 victory over near neighbours Valencia, who slipped to sixth on 59 points.

Llorente's turn and shot and back-post header had Villarreal two-up before David Villa pulled one back for the visitors. But Cani produced a great near-post finish from a Robert Pires pass in the 67th minute.

At the foot of the table, Recreativo Huelva and Numancia were relegated. Bottom-placed Recreativo lost 1-0 at home to Racing Santander, while Numancia fell 1-0 at Getafe .

Osasuna's victory did not manage to drag them out of the bottom three. They remain 18th with 40 points behind Sporting Gijon on the head-to-head rule, after Sporting won 2-1 at Valladolid .

Five teams - Osasuna, Sporting, Real Betis, Getafe and Valladolid - will be battling to avoid the last relegation spot in the final round of matches next weekend.

Reuters

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  1. hehehe, I thrive on the envy of the stupid and­ unfortunare!

    From Teddy T, on Sun 24 May 6:28PM

  2. getachew44...u can go fu'ck yourself...this is btwn­ the culers and the red devils...white muppet­ fa'ggots should check out mallorca game instead of­ sticking ur as's in other pplz business

    From Abby, on Sun 24 May 2:01PM

  3. See how messi will hide without iniesta eto and­ henry
    see him in wednsday
    he will be paralise

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:53PM

  4. i always respect xavi but last night he show the world­
    even angels become devil when they go barca
    real shame­ no one was little educated
    the red card was well­ DESERVED

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:51PM

  5. ribery and villa are good for barca but they are very­ close to real for better payment
    who will be in­ eto'o and henry's place?

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:48PM

  6. for next season
    is eto'o and henry leaving?
    that­ would cause alot.

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:43PM

  7. the start 11 of barca in CL
    valdez ????
    puyol?? pique­ emm o..k! caseres ops! silvinho ehhhm!
    tore ok!
    xavi­ tiered but ok! keita ohhh!
    messi tiered too and alone­ so will be evera's diner. gudjonson ohh no! bojan­ oooff!
    god helps you.
    i'll pray because you­ represent la liga.

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:41PM

  8. manchister is closer to the title
    if both teams play­ with best 11, barca is better but that wouldn't­ happen, so man u is in better posission.­ why?
    because
    gudjonson, hleb, silvinho, bojan, and­ caseres will take the places of alves eto'o henry­ iniesta and abidal
    i don't think this team would do­ anything even if there is messi and xavi with them

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:32PM

  9. save it getachew44...y don't u check out r.madrid­ pages more often...we culers r tired of envious fouls­ commenting on barca walls...nd plz stop stating the­ obvious coz one parker at eurosport is enough...

    From Abby, on Sun 24 May 1:26PM

  10. barcelona are in bad moment to face united
    barca have­ iniesta henry and marquez injured while abidal and­ alves suspended
    other problem is eto messi and xavi are­ tiered alot
    on other side manchister have only fletcher­ suspended
    the rest are ready without any injuries and­ are better physicaly more than barca

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:22PM

  11. shame on barca fans, pep, xavi and the couching staff­
    all were inogrant
    they were acting like animal when­ the ref show well deserved red card to 16 years young­ player
    i was wondering how they would react if they­ were in chelsea's posission in CL semi final

    From getachew44, on Sun 24 May 1:10PM

  12. reddevil155
    You are afraid... you should be...

    From DaGringo, on Sun 24 May 3:13AM

  13. hiddink dont want to stay at chelsea he wants a proper­ club ha ha ha ha

    From liverwill0803, on Sun 24 May 2:47AM

  14. SO man u finally caught up up with us liverpool and­ equalled the league titles Took them long enough to do­ so so so shut up reddevil155 hopefully youll win the­ champions league and bring the cup backk to england­ again

    From liverwill0803, on Sun 24 May 2:45AM

  15. *Sings*­ Barcelonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­ aaaaaaaaa!!

    Atleti fan, but 'mon the Barca :P

    From Lorri Welsh, on Sat 23 May 11:18PM

  16. united

    From rising3214, on Sat 23 May 11:01PM
  17. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Well Messi,
    and Co Please Stop Bragging­ How good you are.
    Wait until the NIGHT IN ROME AND SEE­ HOW GOOD YOU ARE.

    INVITE THE FAT SPANISH WAITER ALONG­ FROM LIVERPOOL SO HE CAN SEE HOW REAL SPORTSMEN BEHAVE­ WITH PRIDE AND DIGNITY. IF YOU WANT TOO AS HE IS AN­ EMBARASMENT TO OUR COUNTRY
    YOU COULD ASK FOR HIM TO BE­ GIVEN A DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT.

    IF NOT TAKE HIM HOME IN A­ DIPLOMATIC BAG.

    From reddevil155, on Sat 23 May 10:30PM
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