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Sevilla keeps pace with crucial win

Madrid: Sevilla beat Real Zaragoza 3-1 on Sunday to stay within two points of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at the top of the Spanish first division.

Luis Fabiano, Alexandr Kerzhakov and Frederic Kanoute scored for UEFA Cup winner Sevilla.

Fabiano hit a powerful shot in the 25th minute, which Zaragoza goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez parried, but Fabiano then scored with his second attempt.

Andres D'Alessandro equalised when he hit a direct free-kick straight into goal in the 74th minute though Sevilla goalkeeper Andres Palop got his fingertips to it.

Earlier, Kanoute hit a penalty kick high in the 52nd minute before Russia forward Kerzhakov scored in the 83rd and Kanoute added a third goal in injury time.

Zaragoza's Carlos Diego was sent off in injury time.

Fernando Torres scored two goals for Atletico Madrid against Gimnastic to boost its chances of securing a berth in next season's UEFA Cup.

The loss, combined with other results, means Gimnastic was relegated to the second division.

Torres scored in the 11th minute from Maxi Rodriguez's assist and also converted a penalty in the 55th after Maxi Rodriguez was fouled.

Real Madrid leads with 72 points, FC Barcelona is second on head-to-head results and Sevilla third with 70. There are two rounds left.

Final round in Italy

In Italy, Marco Materazzi and Luis Figo converted penalties and Maicon also scored as Inter Milan beat Torino 3-0. After the game, Inter celebrated the Serie A title, which it clinched with five rounds remaining.

At the other end of the table, Chievo Verona became the third and final team relegated in the Serie A.

The results: Spanish La Liga: Sevilla 3 (Fabiano, Kerzhakov, Kanoute) bt Real Zaragoza 1 (D'Alessandro); Athletic Bilbao 1 (Urzaiz-pen) bt Mallorca 0; Celta Vigo 2 (Lopez, Baiano-pen) bt Real Betis 1 (de Souza); Osasuna 2 (Lopez, Nekounam) bt Real Sociedad 0; Racing Santander 2 (Zigic, Melo) lost to Levante 3 (Ettien, Mustapha 2); Recreativo 0 lost to Espanyol 1 (Tamudo); Gimnastic 0 lost to Atletico Madrid 2 (Torres-pen 2).

Italian Serie A: Ascoli 2 (Soncin, Paolucci) bt Cagliari 1 (Mancosu); Catania 2 (Rossini, Minelli) bt Chievo 0; Fiorentina 5 (Mutu, Montolivo, Pazzini, Reginaldo 2) bt Sampdoria 1 (Quagliarella); Inter Milan 3 (Materazzi-pen, Maicon, Figo-pen) bt Torino 0; Livorno 4 (Lucarelli-pen 2, Morrone, Paulinho) bt Atalanta 2 (Zampagna, Bombardini); Parma 3 (Muslimovic, Budan, Gasbarroni) bt Empoli 1 (Saudati); Reggina 2 (Amoruso, Amerini) bt AC Milan 0; Roma 4 (Totti 2, Mancini, Rosi) bt Messina 3 (Rigano 2, Cordova); Siena 2 (Maccarone-pen, Negro) bt Lazio 1 (Rocchi-pen); Udinese 1 (Sivok) lost to Palermo 2 (Caracciolo, Corini). — Agencies

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