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REST OF EUROPE: ANOTHER FAIRYTALE FINISH FOR LEVANTE....

La Liga’s great fairytale continued when Levante, one of the Spanish league’s most impoverished clubs, won their third successive match to go level on points with Barcelona.

 Having already beaten Real Madrid, Levante easily overcame Espanyol in the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in a game that saw the visitors reduced to nine men before the finish. Levante took the lead through two penalties converted by Ruben Suarez and, although Hector Moreno pulled a goal back for Espanyol ,the game was finished when Jose Barkero scored Levante’s third.

The crisis surrounding Real Mallorca’s manager, Michael Laudrup, eased when his side recovered from an early setback to overcome Real Sociedad 2-1 at La Anoeta. Sociedad had taken an early lead on their own ground through Imanol Agirretxe against a Mallorca side that had lost their last three games without scoring a goal.

 Another defeat might have made Laudrup’s position untenable. However, they recovered through Victor Casadesus and scored the winner through Gonzalo Castro five minutes into the second half, although Mallorca needed the crossbar to stop Agirretxe from equalising.

 Elsewhere in Europe Helsingborg became champions of Sweden for the seventh time, although they needed a fightback by their bitter rivals Malmo to secure their first title since 1999. Having beaten GAIS 3-1, Helsingborg went 11 points clear of second-placed AIK Stockholm who had four matches remaining and were facing Malmo in the late kick-off on Sunday night. Stockholm looked to have secured the win at Malmo that would have kept the championship alive but conceded a late equaliser to Malmo’s Mathias Ranegie.

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