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Spain sport news.
On Saturday 18 March, Frank Rijkaard's men put last weekend's disappointing loss behind them with an uncomplicated win against Real Sociedad. Ronaldinho unpicked the home side's defence with a clever lobbed pass into the path of Larsson, who is in a rich vein of form at the moment. Victor Valdes was fortunate not to deflect a fierce drive from Mark González that was going wide back into his own net, but the ball bounced back to him off the post. Samuel Eto'o completed the scoring six minutes into the second half, latching onto a rebound after Mark von Bommel's shot struck the upright. A 2-4 away victory for Osasuna against Espanyol puts the Navarran side level on points with Valencia and just one point behind Real Madrid, who are now eleven points behind leaders Barcelona. The race for the title looks to be over after the leaders comfortably disposed of Real Sociedad 0-2 on Saturday, and Real Madrid failed to maintain the pressure with a listless goalless draw with Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabeu yesterday afternoon. Later yesterday evening, Valencia went down to a surprise 2-1 away defeat against Racing Santander. With Beckham, Ronaldo and Gravesen dropped, Real Madrid failed to create a goal and were once again reliant on Casillas to deny Robert in the final minutes to prevent further disappointment for the new presidential team.
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