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Almeria holds Barca
Associated Press
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 18 - 03 - 2008

minute equalizer Sunday to give Almeria a 2-2 draw against 10-man FC Barcelona in the Spanish league.
The Nigeria striker got in front of defender Eric Abidal and headed in a corner that could damage Barcelona's title hopes.
Barcelona failed to take advantage of Real Madrid's 1-0 loss at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, only moving within seven points of its rival instead of five.
Madrid leads the league with 62 points, followed by Barcelona with 55 with 10 games remaining.
Villarreal continued its good form with a 2-0 win over Zaragoza. Villarreal is third with 53 points, unbeaten in seven games. Atletico Madrid beat last-place Levante 3-0.
Also Sunday, it was: Getafe 2, Racing Santander 1; Espanyol 2, Mallorca 1; and Valladolid 0, Osasuna 0. Bremen falls again
In Berlin, Grafite scored a breakaway goal Sunday to cap a disastrous week for Werder Bremen and lift VfL Wolfsburg to a 1-0 win in the Bundesliga.
The Brazilian forward scored in the 50th minute as Bremen blew a chance to take advantage of Bayern Munich's shock 2-0 loss to last-place Energie Cottbus on Saturday. Instead of closing within four points, Bremen tumbled from second to fourth.
Bayern leads the league with 50 points, followed by Hamburg with 45, Bayer Leverkusen with 44 and Bremen with 43.
Leverkusen moved ahead of Bremen with a 4-1 win over FC Nuremberg after the young team experienced a good week.
Also, it was: Schalke 2, Duisburg 1; Hamburg 1, Borussia Dortmund 0; Karlruher SC 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 1; Bochum 1, VfB Stuttgart 1; Hansa Rostock 0, Hertha Berlin 0; and Hannover 96 2, Arminia Bielefeld 2. __


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