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Mallorca gatecrashes Barcelona title party
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 18 - 05 - 2009

Juan Arango and Cleber Santana scored second-half goals on Sunday to help Mallorca come from a goal down to beat champion Barcelona 2-1 its first game since winning the Spanish league title.
Barcelona, which won the title for the 19th time on Saturday after its closest rival Real Madrid lost 3-2 at Villarreal, was applauded onto the Ono Estadi field by Mallorca players in recognition of its success.
Samuel Eto'o gave a depleted Barca side a 10th-minute lead with a looping header from Bojan Krkic's cross, the league-leading scorer's 29th goal of the season.
Arango equalized with a fierce free kick in the 73rd minute and Santana headed home from Jose Manuel Jurado's cross five minutes later to inflict Barcelona's fourth defeat in 36 games this season – and its first since March 1.
La Sexta TV reported that Martin Ferguson, brother of United manager Alex Ferguson, attended the game with a view to checking on Barcelona's form and tactics. Barcelona has 86 points – another Spanish record – and is eight clear of Madrid. Sevilla is next with 64.
Diego Forlan scored the only goal of Sunday's late game as Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 1-0 and leapfrogged its opponent into fourth place.
In other matches, Real Betis, Espanyol and Racing Santander all gained victories which boosted their chances of remaining in the league next season.
Betis beat 10-man Almeria 2-0, Espanyol edged Athletic Bilbao 1-0, while Santander beat Valladolid 3-2. Numancia defeated Recreativo Huelva 1-0, while Sporting Gijon finished up 2-1 winners over Malaga.
Inter crowns title with win
In Milan, newly-crowned champion Inter Milan provided the display its fans wanted by beating Siena 3-0 at the San Siro on Sunday.
AC Milan's 2-1 loss to Udinese on Saturday night ensured Inter would begin the match with the title already won, but goals from Esteban Cambiasso, Mario Balotelli and Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave the supporters a result to celebrate.
With Siena safe from relegation and out of contention for Europe, there was a carnival feel to events, but it took Inter till just before halftime to open the scoring. Balotelli swung over a freekick, Siena failed to clear adequately and when Gianluca Curci could only parry Dejan Stankovic's shot, Cambiasso slotted home the rebound. Luis Figo then picked out Balotelli and the 18-year-old ran beyond the Siena defense, rounded Curci and tapped into the empty net. Ibrahimovic put the result beyond doubt with his 22nd league goal of the season.
Earlier attention was on the teams at the bottom. Goals in the second half from Rolando Bianchi and Alessandro Rosina gave Torino a 2-1 victory over Napoli.
Bottom side Reggina clambered out of the relegation places with a 2-1 win at home to Cagliari, whilst Bologna midfielder Sergio Volpi scored a late goal to send Lecce bottom with a 2-1 win.
Torino is 17th with 34 points, Bologna 18th on 33, Reggina 19th on 30 and Lecce bottom with 29.
At the top end of the table, Torino's city rival Juventus drew 2-2 at home to Atalanta. Inter has 78 points, Milan has 71 and Juventus is on 68, with Fiorentina just a point behind. The match was played in an empty stadium as punishment for Juventus fans racially abusing Inter striker Balotelli, who is of Ghanaian descent.
Also Sunday, it was: Fiorentina 1, Sampdoria 0; Genoa 2, Chievo Verona 2; and Palermo 2, Lazio 0.


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