La Liga Round-Up: Sevilla Edge It, Depor Thrash Athletic

Saturday 12 April 2008 (all times local)
20:00 Valencia - Racing (live, report)
22:00 Recreativo - Barcelona (live, report)
Sunday 13 April
17:00 Valladolid 1 - 1 At. Madrid (live, report)
17:00 Betis 0 - 1 Levante
17:00 Getafe 0 - 0 Zaragoza
17:00 Espanyol 0 - 1 Osasuna (report)
17:00 Deportivo 3 - 0 Athletic
17:00 Mallorca 2 - 3 Sevilla (report)
19:00 R. Madrid L - L Murcia (live)
21:00 Almería L - L Villarreal (live)

Real Valladolid 1 - 1 Atlético Madrid

Atlético Madrid wasted a chance to cement fourth place as Valladolid capitalised on their sloppiness to seal a point.

In actual fact, the Pucela were marginally the better side in the first half, but very little troubled Abbiati in the visitors' goal.

This lack of cutting edge came home to roost when a resurgent Atleti took a second-half lead. Maxi Rodríguez fired home 70 minutes in with a fine, Forlán-inspired counter-attack.

But right at the end, Ogbeche hit a close-range volley, entirely unmarked, to even the scores.

Real Betis Balompié 0 - 1 Levante UD

Levante pulled off a shock win in front of a hugely disappointment crowd in Seville.

Within ten minutes, Xisco had a header off the post, but Levante soon roared back into life through the likes of Pedro Leon.

Odonkor had the last chance of the half for the hosts, but right after the break, Pedro León made it 1-0 to the visitors after good work from Javi Fuego and Geijo.

The Béticos had trouble creating any chances after that, and the granota side had a fine away win - although it's clearly still too little, too late.

Getafe CF 0 - 0 Real Zaragoza

Getafe, still weary from their midweek exploits, couldn't quite find the winner against Zaragoza despite being a man up for a considerable spell.

The hosts just about had the best of the first period, but the likes of Zapater were defending well, and fine finishing was at a premium.

Diego Milito had a fine chance at the other end soon after the restart, while De la Red couldn't finish from a yard out as he spurned a miraculous opportunity at the other.

Matuzalem was sent off 20 minutes from time for dissent with a somewhat harsh second booking, but despite being a man down the lions held on.

RCD Espanyol 0 - 1 CA Osasuna

Osasuna had managed to hit the post within 2 minutes of play, and the Pamplonans went on to dominate the early stages.

Still, Espanyol, patient in their play, had a shot from Valdo 15 minutes in, although Raul Tamudo then passed up two great chances.

He was punished half an hour in when Astudillo took advantage of a dreadful Kameni error to scoop the ball into an empty net after a Puñal free-kick.

Kike and Juanfran had a number of chances early in the second half, but Espanyol might have felt aggrieved when Jarque appeared to be held back in the box during a corner, only for no penalty to be given.

Still, the Pamplonans were by far the better side for most of it, and eventually took all three points.

Deportivo La Coruña 3 - 0 Athletic Club Bilbao

Depor took another giant leap towards safety with a resounding win over hapless Athletic.

After a slow start, Armando was called into action by Xiasvo 25 minutes in, and soon afterwards he was picking the ball out of the net.

Coloccini opened the scoring with a fine header after Sergio and Pablo Amo had linked up to switch the ball.

Athletic had plenty of the ball, but were completely unable to break down Depor's back line of five, meaning that the Galicians were able to break and find a second on the hour mark.

Sergio netted from the spot after Riki appeared to be taken down in the box by Amorebieta - much to the visitors' disgust.

Then twelve minutes from time, Felipe Luis buried a third after a great through ball from Riki.

RCD Mallorca 1 - 3 Sevilla FC

Sevilla endured a late scare to emerge as winners in an exciting game at San Moix.

The hosts were actually the better side for the first half, but nonetheless went in 1-0 down after Renato took advantage of an awful error from Moya to shoot home.

Straight after the break, though, Güiza capitalised on a mistake from Fazio to draw the team's level.

But twenty minutes later, Kanouté re-established the visitors' advantage with a fine header after a Daniel Alves corner, and Alves himself seemed set to wrap it up with a sensational long-range effort.

Webó fired back a header one minute from time after Arango's free-kick, but that wasn't enough to spur the Barralets on for a point.