Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from June 17, 2007

Real Madrid win Spanish football title

Real Madrid win Spanish football title after nail-biting finale 06-17-2007, 21h15 MADRID (AFP) photo Real Madrid's Antonio Reyes (C) celebrates with Roberto Carlos (R) and Sergio Ramos after scoring against Mallorca during the final Spanish league football match of the season, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Real Madrid won the Spanish league title on Sunday after beating Real Mallorca 3-1. (AFP) Real Madrid captured a record 30th Spanish League title on Sunday with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Real Mallorca. They finished equal on 76 points with bitter rivals Barcelona, who won 5-1 at bottom club Gimnastic Tarragona, but finished ahead of the Catalan club thanks to their better head-to-head record. "To win we had to suffer. We always seem to have to suffer for our victories, but I'm very happy," said Real coach Fabio Capello. The victory also sent David Beckham away to Los Angeles with a league championship medal although the former England skipper was...