Juve grab San Siro win
Second-half goals by Mauro Camoranesi and David
Trezeguet gave Juventus a 2-1 win at Serie A leaders Inter Milan on
Saturday, while second-placed AS Roma beat Empoli 2-1 to move
within four points of the champions.
Portugal midfielder Maniche pulled one back for Inter seven
minutes from time to set up a tense finish after Brazilian Maicon
had danced through the Juve defence.
Earlier on Saturday, Christian Panucci headed 10-man Roma to
victory shortly after Simone Perrotta was sent off in the 57th
minute, giving them 64 points from 30 games, six more than
third-placed Juve.
Real Madrid 2 Valencia 3
Barcelona 4 Valladolid 1
Barcelona closed to within four points of Real Madrid at
the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday after the leaders lost 3-2 at
home to Valencia while the Catalans beat Valladolid 4-1 at the Nou
Camp.
Real slipped to only their second home defeat of the season when
former Atletico Madrid forward Angel Arizmendi struck a dramatic
89th-minute winner in a frenetic encounter which featured two goals
apiece from Raul and David Villa.
Bernd Schuster's side, who have lost five of their last eight
games, lead the table on 62 points, Barca follow on 58, while
Villarreal, 2-1 winners at basement side Levante, are in third spot
on 56.
Atletico Madrid tightened their grip on the final Champions
League berth with a 2-1 win at Sevilla on Saturday, their first win
at the Sanchez Pizjuan in over 15 years.
Valencia were first to strike at the Bernabeu, Villa sweeping
the ball past Iker Casillas 11 minutes from the break after he had
beaten the offside trap to latch on to a clever through ball from
David Silva.
But their celebrations were cut short when Raul equalised just
over a minute later.
The Real skipper scored his 14th of the season when he headed in
from six metres out after getting the better of former club
colleague Ivan Helguera who had came on as a substitute moments
earlier.
Raul struck again early in the second half, squeezing a shot
inside the post after Guti had threaded the ball through the
Valencia defence.
But Valencia, who reached the final of the King's Cup after a
4-3 win over Barcelona in midweek, caused plenty of problems for
the Real defence with their fast-breaking attacks and Fabio
Cannavaro gave away a penalty when he pushed Silva in the back.
Villa sent Casillas the wrong way with his spot kick to make it
2-2 with his second.
Real peppered the Valencia goal with shots in a frantic final
quarter.
But German keeper Timo Hildebrand pulled off a succession of
brilliant reflex saves to deny the home side and Arizmendi complete
a great week for Ronald Koeman's side when he rounded Cannavaro and
beat Casillas at the near post with a pin-point shot.
Barcelona claimed their first win in four outings thanks to an
outstanding display from Spain under-21 forward Krkic.
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