| First division, day 26 | Atlético Madrid v Osasuna | 15 Mar |
| Champions League | Round of 16, second leg | 16/17 Mar |
| Europa League | Round of 16, second leg | 18 Mar |
First division match round-up, day 26
Advance report. Real Madrid stay ahead of Barcelona on goal difference after beating Valladolid 1-4 in the last match on Sunday evening. Cristiano Ronaldo started things off with a free kick, and Higuaín added a hat-trick for the final result. A couple of hours earlier Barcelona had beaten third placed Valencia 3-0, thanks to a spectacular second half hat-trick from Messi. (14.03.10)
Europa League, round of 16, first leg
Spain's two remaining representatives in the Europa League could only draw at home on Thursday evening, and both will have uphill battles to remain in the competition in next week's second legs. Atlético Madrid were held to a scoreless draw by Sporting Lisbon, who played for an hour with ten men after Grimi was sent off for a second bookable offence. The closest anyone came to scoring was when Liedson hit the bar early on, and the Portuguese side ended with nine men when Tonel was also sent off near the end. And Valencia drew 1-1 against Werder Bremen, with Mata equalising in the second half after Frings had given the German side the lead from the penalty spot midway through the first half. The Chés were relatively happy with the result though after Banega was sent off just a few minutes after the restart. (11.03.10)
Champions League, round of 16, second leg
Real Madrid 1 - Olympique Lyon 1
Real Madrid are out of the competition after a 2-1 aggregate defeat against Olympique Lyon! With the final at the Bernabeu stadium this year, Pellegrini's side were confident of overturning the one goal deficit from the first leg. And within six minutes Cristiano Ronaldo levelled the tie after running on to Guti's long pass to fire an angled shot under the legs of Lloris, the first goal the keeper had let in in over ten hours of football. Higuaín should have scored again after that, in particular when he rounded Lloris only to fire a shot against the post, and then when the keeper got a hand to another short shortly before half time. Two changes at the break though by Claude Puel revitalised the French side, and after the visitors wasted a couple of good chances, Pjanic beat Casillas to dump Madrid out at the first knock-out stage for the sixth year in a row. (10.03.10)
