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Sociedad reclaim top-spot from Madrid
Saturday, 07 June 2003
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By James Bryan
Real Sociedad reclaimed top spot in the Spanish first division from title rivals
Real Madrid after a 2-0 victory over 10-man Malaga in a tense encounter at the
Rosaleda stadium on Sunday. The win meant the Basque side re-established their
one point advantage over Real, who had taken over at the top on Saturday with a
2-1 win over Valencia.
Malaga were reduced to ten-men on the hour mark when Sandro was given his
marching orders for a second bookable offence. Fifteen minutes later, Gabilondo
latched onto a cross from Aitor Lopez Rekarte to head his side in front before
Darko Kovacevic doubled the advantage with two minutes remaining.
At the other end of the table Alaves and Recreativo Huelva look destined to drop
out of the top flight after the two sides suffered comprehensive defeats against
Catalan sides Espanyol and Barcelona. Alaves lost 3-1 away to fellow relegation
strugglers Espanyol, while Recreativo went down by the same scoreline at home to
Barcelona.
Spanish La Liga section
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