Madrid draw with Villarreal to retain 2nd place
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Real Madrid played without four regulars and settled for a 0-0 draw with Villarreal yesterday, leaving them nine points behind Spanish league leaders FC Barcelona after 14 games.
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Mariano Garcia Remon refused to criticise his players after an under-strength Real Madrid limped to a fortunate goalless draw at Villarreal.
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MADRID  - Real Madrid bounced back after a pair of poor performances to thrash newly-promoted Levante 5-0 and stay second in the Spanish first division.
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Middlesbrough were denied the point they needed to move into the knockout stage of the Uefa Cup by a classy Villarreal side. A defensive Boro were soon on the back foot and keeper Mark Schwarzer made three fine first-half stops.
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Ronaldo scored two goals Sunday to help Real Madrid trounce lowly Albacete 6-1 and move into second place in the Spanish standings.
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Michael Owen scored his fourth goal in as many games for Real Madrid, who moved up to third in La Liga with a somewhat unconvincing performance in a 2-0 win over Getafe 2-0 in the lesser-known Madrid derby.
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Ronaldo scored only his second league goal of the season to scrape a 1-1 draw for Real Madrid away to Real Betis on Saturday. Real, beaten in their two previous league games, fell
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After leaders Barcelona equalled their best ever start to a season, coming from behind on Saturday night to make it 26 points out of a possible 30 with a 2-1 win over Deportivo, arch-rivals Real Madrid moved up to second in La Liga with a 2-0 victory at
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Substitute Peter Crouch scored two minutes from time after Marlon Harewood's over-head kick and an own goal from Fabio Aurelio cancelled out Yossi Benayoun's opener to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa.
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It was an important win for Real Madrid in Rome as they progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League. They were in third position with just eight points when the match started leveled with Bayer Leverkusen.
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LONDON -- Italian hopefuls Lazio will take on Villarreal, Newcastle United faces Sporting Lisbon and two former winners will meet when Schalke 04 plays Feyenoord after Tuesday&#39;s draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup.
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A lackluster Real Madrid lost further ground to Barcelona at the top of the table after they were held to a 0-0 draw at Villarreal in the Primera Liga on Sunday.
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Tommaso Rocchi scored a late equaliser to help Lazio for a 1-1 home draw with Villarreal while other two Spanish teams won their first-night actions in the new group stage of the UEFA Cup on Thursday.
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Things are getting pretty tight in Group B, after Dynamo Kiev and Real Madrid played out a 2-2 draw in Ukraine. The Spanish giants came from two goals down to earn their point, after goals from Yussuf and Verpakovskis for Kiev.
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Barcelona romped ten points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid, who travel to Villarreal on Sunday. The victory 4-0 against Malaga, Barca&#39;s seventh in seven home games this season.
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England international Michael Owen scored his second goal in two games to earn Real Madrid a morale-boosting 1-0 win at home to champions Valencia in the Primera Liga on Saturday.
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Michael Owen continued his goal-scoring run as Real Madrid beat Primera Liga newcomers Getafe 2-0 at Bernabeu Stadium Sunday to rise to third in the Spanish standings.