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On Sunday the Uruguayan Diego Forlan set his team Atletico Madrid in the Champions League after scoring the next goal in the 1-0 win against Deportivo La Coruna in the 37th minute in the day before last in the Spanish Soccer League while at Mallorca at Camp Nou Barça won 3-2.

Forlan goal was his 16th of the season, he scored in the Estadio Vicente Calderon, basically, a stunning achievement as Atletico Madrid will participate in the Champions League for the first time since the 1996-1997 season.

Forlan Atletico acquired (and the Mexican coach Javier “Basque Aguirre”), a year ago in exchange from Fernando Torres, Forlan, who was the Villarreal player was purchased by the amount of $ 21 million price that now is certainly worth it.

“I received a great pass from Maxi Rodriguez and we are very happy to be back in the Champions League where we wanted to be, we achieved the goal of being in the Champions League and I’m happy for the fans who have waited so long, “Forlan said after the victory.

By contrast, the Barca added a new defeat in Mallorca that enables the round the marker in the second half for a final result 2-3. Barca have lost the Spanish League and second place overall, location, benefiting Villarreal, which is currently based at Atletico Madrid at 64 points each.

Initially the blue team, red-headed the scoring with Goals from Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto’o, but within three minutes and managed Mallorca drew 3-2 victory over the point of finishing the game with goals from Dani Guiza, which has scored a total of 26.

The last game for Frank Rijkaard at Camp Nou supporters held a ceremony for the 45 years of Dutch coach of age due to two consecutive Spanish Barca League trophies (2005 and 2006) and a victory for the Champions League in 2006. FC Barcelona B coach Josep Guardiola will be to replace Rijkaard for the new season.

In other games, Sevilla FC defeated Real Betis 2-0 but the result is not sufficient to achieve the Athletic, which currently has three points, and is in fourth place. Zaragoza drew 2-2 with Real Madrid in La Romera but continued its descent. Real Madrid Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robinho were the scoring for his team out of Zaragoza in the eighteenth place a point behind Osasuna and Recreativo Huelva. Osasuna can thank the Royal Madrid for their help because of recent results. Recreativo also remains a point ahead after winning 2-0 at Almeria. Finally, Levante and Murcia have already dropped but will play each other for a final place.

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