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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