Nerja recorded a good 3-0 home win against Martos at the weekend in the Third Division Group 9, keeping them in 15th place in the division.
Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Bilbao
Real Madrid moved back to a five point lead at the top of the table on Sunday night after a 4-1 win against Athletic Bilbao.
Málaga 1-4 Barcelona
Málaga were no match for Lionel Messi as the Barcelona forward bagged his fifth hat-trick of the season to give the Catalans an easy 1-4 win at La Rosaleda. Sanchez scored Barcelona’s other goal and Rondón got his name on the scoresheet late on for the Blue and Whites.
Betis 1-1 Sevilla
Espanyol have moved up to fifth in La Liga pending Sunday’s matches with a 3-0 win over Granada, Raúl Baena, Verdú with a penalty and Rui Fonte the scorers.
Valencia 4-1 Levante
First half goals from Jonas, Roberto Soldado and Pablo Piatti put Valencia firmly in the driving seat. although Arouna Kone found the net for Levante. Tino added a last-minute goal to give Valencia a 4-1 first leg victory and they now head into the second leg with a great chance of a semi-final meeting with either Barcelona or Real Madrid.
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Mallorca
Athletic Bilbao have one foot firmly in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after a 2-0 first leg win over Mallorca. Llorente scored in the first half, Mouriain in the second, both headed goals.
Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona
Matches between Real madrid are always emotive affairs and tonight’s Copa del Rey encounter was no different, marred only by the disgraceful behaviour of Pepe.
Barcelona 4-2 Real Betis
Sporting Gijón were too strong for Málaga on the day and emerged victorious, winning 2-1 at the Estadio El Molinón.
Mallorca 1-2 Real Madrid
Real Madrid came from a goal down to beat Mallorca 1-2 on Saturday night and, at least temporarily, increased their lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga to eight points.
Málaga 0-1 Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey
Real Madrid are through to a probable quarter-final meeting with arch-rivals Barcelona after a 0-1 win over Málaga. The only goal of the match came 20 minutes before the end when Málaga keeper Caballero let an innocuous shot from substitute Benzema through his hands. Real won the first leg 3-2.