Spain's involvement in the Champions League this season ended when Valencia lost to Chelsea. Morientes gave the Chés hope with a first half strike, but the English club turned the scoreline around later on to join Manchester United, Liverpool and AC Milan in the semis. If the English teams dominate that competition though, Spain rules in the UEFA Cup. All three sides qualified for the last four, Werder Bremen the odd one out. Sevilla got off to a great start at Tottenham, an own goal and a Kanouté strike putting them ahead before Spurs came back to draw 2-2. Espanyol held the mighty Benfica to a 0-0 draw, and Osasuna finished off Bayer Leverkusen, Juanlu getting the goal to add to the three the Pamplona based side scored in the first leg.

Another quiet weekend in the league, with only 18 goals in all. David Villa got two, including one from the penalty spot, to close the gap on Sevilla, and Raúl's strike was not enough to prevent Real Madrid losing 2-1 to Racing Santander. Garay got both goals for the Cantabrians from controversial penalties late on, making him the highest scoring defender in the league this season. Elsewhere there were goals for Fernando Torres, Sinama-Pongolle, Portillo and Baiano, his strike giving Celta's new coach Hristo Stoichkov a win over local rivals Deportivo in his first game in charge. (16.04.07)