Madrid hit 100-points mark, Villarreal relegated

Mesut Ozil scored twice while Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema also hit the target as Jose Mourinho39s Real yesterday smashed Barcelona39s previous record of 99 points from the 200910 seasonu00a0The Santiago Bernabeu was given the first chance to celebrate Mourinho39s maiden Spanish title with 39los blancos39 and resonated with a celebratory atmosphere to see skipper Iker Casillas lift the trophy after the match In the celebrations that followed Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain indicated he may be about to leave Madrid with recent speculation linking him with a move to Paris SaintGermainu00a0 Real Madridu00a0AFPPhoto quotThey have been almost six great years here in which I have had to fight for everything I39m very grateful to the club and I39ve always tried to show this whenever I39ve taken to the pitch I hope everything turns out wellquot he said Mallorca needed a win to qualify for next season39s Europa League and battled hard against a Real side who claimed their 32nd Spanish title two games ago Ronaldo headed home an 18thminute opener and two minutes later Benzema finished off a swift passing move after receiving a Ronaldo pass to double the lead Ozil produced a delightful chip for the third on 50 minutes before Chori Castro pulled one back for the side from the Balearics German international Ozil added his second when he guided home a long cross from Marcelo eight minutes lateru00a0Jose Rondon scored the goal that beat Sporting Gijon 10 and guaranteed Malaga their first ever qualification for the Champions League Defeat for Sporting means they drop into the second division after four successive seasons in the top flight The Andalusian side started the stronger and Juan Pablo in the visitors39 goal had to make an acrobatic save from Eliseu on 17 minutes Then Rondon hit the post with a powerful header and with the game goalless at the interval Malaga39s dream was on hold However it was Rondon who headed home a corner on 49 minutes to ease the nerves and send the packed Rosaleda crowd into celebration Algerian striker Abdelkader Ghezzal scored twice to help Levante to a 30 win over Athletic Bilbao and reward their magnificant season with a Europa League place He raced onto a long ball from centrehalf Gustavo Cabral to lob over the advancing Bilbao goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz on the stroke of halftime for his first Jose Barkero supplied him for the second and Francisco Farinos got a last minute penalty to send Levante into European competition for the first time At the bottom Villarreal were relegated along with Sporting in a dramatic 90 minutes in which any two of five teams were facing the drop Villarreal lost 10 at home to Atletico Madrid for whom Radamel Falcao scored with two minutes remaining to condemn last season39s Europa League semifinalists to the secondtier for the first time since 199899 Coach MiguelAngel Lotina who suffered a similar fate last season with Deportivo La Coruna was distraught quotIt39s difficult to explain what has happened After winning in Gijon we had it in our hands but last week we conceded a late goal and tonight again with a header from a corner Football has been very unfair with Villarrealquot he said Marco Ruben and Marcos Senna went close from distance in a firsthalf in which the team battling relegation were the stronger All seemed under control until Falcao headed home and almost immediately a goal from Raul Tamudo for Rayo Vallecano at home to Granada turned things around completely Until that stage Rayo Vallecano were in the relegation zone and 60 seconds from the drop Veteran striker Tamudo came off the bench to prod home a header from close range to send Villarreal to the second division and save the tiny club from the south of Madrid Antonio Galdeano 39Apono39 and Hector Postiga gave Zaragoza the 20 win they needed at eightman Getafe and finish a miraculous end of season in which they won eight out of the last 11 games to guarantee safety The home side had Pablo Sarabia sentoff for two yellow cards within seconds for protesting on 25 minutes Zaragoza also had cause to complain when the referee denied them a penalty when it seemed Postiga had been wrestled to the ground just before the interval On 56 minutes Miguel Torres was also sentoff for a handball in the area and Apono hit home from the spot Zaragoza lost a man late on when substitute Tomislav Dujmovic was dismissed before Miku left the home side with eight players and Postiga scored a last minute second to seal their survival u00a0