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Raul hits 200th Goal
Associated Press
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 10 - 03 - 2008

Raul scored his 200th league goal to move Real Madrid eight points clear in the Primera Liga after a 2-1 comeback win over Espanyol on Saturday.
The visitors went ahead in the first half through Valdo. Gonzalo Higuain leveled before the break and Raul converted a penalty in the second half to earn Bernd Schuster's side a morale-boosting three points.
Barcelona is second with 54 points and Villarreal third (47).
Atletico Madrid stayed fourth on 44, two ahead of Espanyol, after Real Zaragoza came back to win 2-1 at home. Inter bouncs back
Serie A leader Inter Milan bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 2-0 win over Reggina on Saturday to celebrate the club's 100th anniversary.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his return from injury by converting a controversial penalty in the 14th minute and Nicolas Burdisso scored with a header in the 34th for his first goal of the season.
After the game, there was an elaborate celebration at the San Siro in anticipation of Inter's 100th birthday on Sunday.
Inter leads with 64 points. AS Roma is second with 55 points.
Also Saturday, Palermo and Udinese drew 1-1.
Fabio Simplicio put Palermo in front in the 32nd minute and Udinese defender Felipe equalized in the 64th with a header off a free kick.
Udinese is sixth with 40 points and Palermo is tied with Sampdoria for seventh with 36 points.Nancy beats Monaco 2-0
Youssouf Hadji scored and Francois Modesto had an own-goal Saturday to help third-place Nancy beat Monaco 2-0 in the French league.
The win kept Nancy in contention for a spot in next season's Champions League with 48 points from 28 rounds - four behind Bordeaux and seven adrift of leader Lyon. Rennes beat struggling Paris Saint-Germain 2-0. PSG has lost 11 of 28 games this season and is one place above the relegation zone with 31 points.
Toulouse lost 2-1 at home to Sochaux. In other games, it was: Auxerre 0, Lens 0; Caen 0, Lorient 0; Nice 0, Le Mans 0; Strasbourg 2, Metz 3; and Valenciennes 0, Lille 0.Stuttgart stuns Bremen
Mario Gomez scored three goals to lead VfB Stuttgart to a 6-3 win over second-place Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Cacau added to more goals for Stuttgart, which dealt a serious blow to Bremen's title race, dropping them to seven points behind leader Bayern Munich, which beat Karlsruher SC 2-0.
Bremen's loss tightened the race for European berths. The club has 43 points, with Bayern at 50 from 23 rounds.
Hamburg is at 41 and Leverkusen at 38, both with a Sunday game in hand.
Schalke also has 38, Karlsruhe 36 and Stuttgart at 34.
Schalke coach Mirko Slomka's job looked more secure after his team beat Arminia Bielefeld 2-0.
In other games, Frankfurt and Bochum drew 1-1, Duisburg and Hansa Rostock also played 1-1 and Wolfsburg beat Cottbus 3-0. On Friday, it was: Dortmund 1, Hertha Berlin 1. __


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