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Real Betis relegated after tense final day
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 01 - 06 - 2009

Real Betis was relegated from the Spanish league on Sunday after drawing 1-1 with Valladolid.
Victories by Osasuna and Sporting Gijon coupled with Getafe's 1-1 draw at Racing Santander in the final round ensured Betis will plays in the second division for the first time since 2001.
Getafe and Betis both finished with 42 points but Getafe stayed up because it had scored one more goal this season.
Many of the 55,150 spectators at Ruiz Lopera stadium wept openly as Betis joined Recreativo Huelva and Numancia in the second division.
Betis was still safe until Osasuna and Sporting both rallied from 1-0 deficits with second-half winning goals. Juanfran Torres volleyed a long-range strike beyond Iker Casillas in the 60th as Osasuna beat 10-man Real Madrid 2-1, and Luis Moran's 68th-minute goal completed a 2-1 win over Recreativo. Sporting finished 14th with 43 points, the same as Osasuna and Valladolid.
On Saturday, Barcelona drew 1-1 at Deportivo La Coruna having already clinched its 19th league title. Barcelona racked up a record 87 points from 38 games, scoring 105 goals – two short of Real Madrid's record tally of 107 scored during the 1989-90 season.
Madrid's fifth straight loss – at the same ground where it clinched its second straight league title last season – meant it finished with 78 points in second place.
Sevilla finished third with 70 points after a 2-0 win at Numancia on Sunday.
Atletico Madrid clinched the final Champions League spot on Saturday thanks to a 3-0 win over Almeria.
Villarreal and Valencia were both winners Saturday to finish fifth and sixth and will play in next season's Europa League alongside Athletic Bilbao.
Atletico's Diego Forlan finished the season as top scorer with 32 goals in 34 games. The Uruguay striker became the eighth player to win the Pichichi award twice, after also scoring 25 goals during the 2004-05 season with Villarreal.
Earlier, captain Raul Tamudo scored a hat trick as Espanyol beat 10


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