| Europa League | Round of 16, first leg | 11 Mar |
| First division | Day 26 | 13-15 Mar |
| Champions League | Round of 16, second leg | 16/17 Mar |
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)
First division match round-up, day 25
Third placed Valencia extended their lead over Sevilla to four points after drawing 0-0 with Racing Santander in the Monday night game, although they will be ruing the fact that they could not take the three points against a rival struggling to avoid the relegation spots. The Chés started well, David Villa shooting at Coltorti when free on goal and then hitting the post. But after that the visitors dominated, Tchité shooting wide and Canales bringing a good save out of Moyà before the break. The local keeper was in action again after the restart to stop Tchité, and after David Navarro was sent off for a second bookable offence, Canales wasted a good chance to win the match for the Cantabrians in the final minute. (08.03.10)
Friendly international
France 0 - Spain 2
Spain added to their reputation as one of the strong favourites for this summer's World Cup after beating France 0-2 in this friendly international in Paris. Vicente Del Bosque called up a squad of 23 players which, subject to injury, will almost certainly be his first choice for South Africa, with Casillas making his 102nd appearance to equal Raúl as Spain's second most capped player. And after a period of pressure in which Busquets headed wide, David Villa ran on to open the scoring after Iniesta and Silva combined to set him up. After that Sergio Ramos added a second on the stroke of half time with a shot which took a deflection off Escudé to wrong-foot Lloris. And substitutes Fernando Torres and Jesús Navas both had chances to increase the lead after the restart. Henry did test Casillas in the second half, and Cissé headed a Malouda cross against the post a few minutes later, but otherwise the locals disappointed, and there were whistles from their fans after the match ended. (03.03.10)
Under 21 European qualifier: Spain 3 - Liechtenstein 1
Europa League, round of 32, second leg
Better results in the Europa League on Thursday, with Atlético Madrid going through to the last 16 after beating Galatasaray 1-2. Diego Forlán got the winner in the last minute after Keita had equalised an earlier strike by Simao. Valencia are also through to the next round after a 3-0 victory over Club Brugge. Mata cancelled out the Belgian side's first leg lead with less than a minute gone, but it was not until extra time that two goals from Pablo Hernández settled it. Athletic Bilbao are out though after a 4-0 defeat at Anderlecht, and Villarreal are also eliminated after losing 4-1 at Wolfsburg. (25.02.10)
