La Liga, Week 33: Real Sociedad takes a big step towards the Champions League

Depor have not lost in their last six matches -- four wins, two draws -- a run that has moved them from the very bottom of the league back into survival contention. Betis remain in a likely European spot in Malaga remain banned, but are four points out of a guaranteed place.

Riki fired Depor ahead just seven minutes into the match receiving a pass from Bruno Gama and sending a shot top corner past Adrián. Depor continued the pressure and came close twice to doubling their lead but Adrián denied RIki on a shot from the edge of the area and Gama sent a good chance over the crossbar.

Granda earned their first win in ten matches thanks to a 37th mintue free kick goal by Nolito. The midfielder struck the ball from just outside the Espanyol area, curling over the wall and into the upper left corner past a frozen Francisco Casilla.

Granada moves out of the drop zone and will remain there at least until next week’s round of games.

Boosted by the return of leading scorer Iago Aspas from a four match ban, Celta Vigo won their second straight match thanks to 20th minute header from Augusto Fernández.

Zaragoza wont their first match in 2013 and pulled themselves all the way up to 18th with a dramatic win over fellow relegation threatened Mallorca.

Going into the 152nd El Derbi madrileño things looked setup for Atletico Madrid to finally break their near 14 year winless streak against Real Madrid. With Los Merengues resting several starters and Atletico with a nearly first choice lineup, this should have been the day for Atletico to shine. Instead Real Madrid came back from an early deficit for a 2-1 win.

Radamel Falcao got Atletico Madrid off to a wonderful start heading in a cross in the 4th minute and staking Atletico to an early 1-0 lead. Koke”s free kick from 25-yards was saved by Diego Lopez but the keeper unable to control the rebound and Diego Godín was in the right spot, sending the ball back across to Falcao at the far post for the headed finish.

Both sides had chances to take an early lead but neither could convert. Athletic’s Ander Herrera whipped a low ball across the Barcelona box, catching the defense sleeping, to an unmarked Aritz Aduriz who just missed putting the ball in the empty net with a sliding effort. Ten minutes later, Alexis came whisker close for Barcelona sending an off balanced show pinging of the post.

Aduriz missed his second sitter of the game in the 44th minute, heading a beautiful cross from Oscar de Marcos just over the cross bar. The only thing worse than the finishing from Adruiz was the marking by Piqué and Abidal who allowed the Athletic a tremendous amount of space right in front of Victor Valdés.

Ray got off to a fantastic start in the 6th minute when Lass danced around a Osasuna defender before whipping a cross that Andrija Delibasic rose over Damia to meet, powering a header past Andrés Fernández.

The lead lasted roughly a minute as Osasuna earned a corner in the 8th minute and quickly equalized.

“Ronaldo has a muscular problem,” Karanka said. “He has not trained today or yesterday, so he is not in the squad for this game. We will see how he is in training on Sunday and Monday, but in principle he should be fine for Tuesday.”

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Time is running out in Spain as every team will have only five league games left after this week’s action. The league had a tough week after Madrid and Barcelona were hammered by a combined 8-1 score in the Champions League, but there’s plenty of exciting games on the schedule that should help heal some wounds.

Hold on to your butts.