Both Real Mardrid and Barcelona won their penultimate home games to the season to remain level on points with two rounds of matches to go in the Spanish Primera Liga. With Valencia's 2-3 loss to Villareal taking them out of the title race mathematically, it is almost certain now that one of these sides will win the coveted title.
Barcelona had earlier been knocked out of the Kings Cup in the semifinals by Getafe, who stunningly overturned a 5-2 first leg deficit by thrashing the La Liga champions 4-0 in the second leg. Barca, however, managed to get a small measure of revenge on Getafe, beating them 1-0 thanks to a Ronaldinho goal after just 2 minutes. Barca looked like scoring many more times, but they failed to do so.
Ronaldinho, however, was sent off after 39 minutes, for kicking an opposition player on his leg as retaliation due to a foul that was done on him. This is worrying for Barca as it most probably would result in his suspension for the final two games of the season.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-1, with Sergio Ramos giving them the lead after 29 minutes. Deportivo equalised through Joan Capdevilla in the 56th minute, but Raul scored just two minutes later to make it 2-1 by heading in a pinpoint cross from David Beckham, who celebrated his return to the England squad with another brilliant performance. The England midfielder is enjoying some great form at the moment.
Real scored a third in the 76th minute with Ruud van Nistelrooy, bought in this season from Manchester United, slotting home his 23rd goal of the season.
The title race is still on as Real keep their lead on a better head-to-head record.
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