The La Liga title race in Spain remained tight over the weekend as Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona all won their respective games. Atleti earned its first win at the Mestalla in nearly11 years when a solitary goal from Raul Garcia was enough to see off Valencia, 1-0. Second-place Real thumped Osasuna 4-0 at the Bernabeu in a game thatfeatured a pair of thunderbolt strikes from 2013 Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Third-place Barca kept its title hopes alive after coming from 2-0 down to beatVillarreal, 3-2, with Lionel Messi hitting home the decisive third goal.

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