half goal gave Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday to leave the Spanish champion as the nearest rival to runaway league leader Barcelona. Raul flicked Lassana Diarra's in-swinging cross beyond Deportivo goalkeeper Gustavo Munua in the 40th minute to move to within one strike of equaling Alfredo di Stefano's club record of 307 goals. The win means that Madrid stays second, 12 points behind Barcelona, which beat Numancia 4-1 on Saturday and tops the standings with 53 points from 20 games. Ten-man Racing Santander beat Sevilla 2-0 and Mallorca upset Valencia 3-1 as both losers fell further out of the league race. The win moved Mallorca ahead of Espanyol and Osasuna and into 18th place with 17 points. Valencia's second straight loss left it 19 points behind Barcelona but in the final Champions League place. At La Rosaleda, John Heitinga scored in the 45th as Atletico Madrid rallied for a 1-1 draw at Malaga, which got its goal from Antonio Galdeano in the 22nd. Both teams moved to 32 points. Also Sunday, it was: Almeria 2, Athletic Bilbao 1; Valladolid 1, Espanyol 1; Recreativo Huelva 1, Real Betis 0; and Getafe 5, Sporting Gijon 1. Beckham, Kaka score In Rome, David Beckham struck his first goal in Italian football on Sunday while Kaka put the Manchester City transfer saga behind him with a brace as AC Milan romped to a 4-1 victory at Bologna. But Milan remain six points off the top after leader Inter Milan won 1-0 at home to Sampdoria. It was Kaka's first match since his proposed world record switch to City collapsed and he responded with a calmly taken penalty and a left-foot rocket. Kaka's contribution deflected somewhat from Beckham's first goal for Milan since joining on loan from the LA Galaxy earlier this month. The former England skipper found the net with his team's fourth goal on the hour mark. It was a also perfect way for Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti to mark 400 games in charge. With Zlatan Ibrahimovic suspended Adriano led the Inter line and scored the vital winner in first-half stoppage time. The other big winner of the day was AS Roma who closed to within three points of fourth, the final Champions League qualifying position, with a stunning 3-0 win at Napoli. It means Roma is fifth and only three points behind Genoa, which was surprisingly held to a 1-1 home draw by Catania. Lazio's own European hopes were hit after a 4-1 loss at home to Cagliari. Also Sunday; Genoa 1, Catania 1; Lecce 3, Torino 3; Palermo 3, Udinese 2; Siena 1, Atalanta 0.
