The Spanish cup final took place midweek, with Valencia beating Getafe 3-1 thanks to goals from Mata, Alexis and Morientes. It was Mata's fourth in the competition, making him joint top scorer together with team mates Zigic and Joaquín, as well as Henry (Barcelona) and Kanouté (Sevilla).

Even the cup win was not enough to save the head of coach Ronald Koeman though after Valencia lost 5-1 to Athletic Bilbao at the weekend. David Villa's goal was a drop in the ocean against the Basque floodtide, Llorente getting two to signal the end for "Tintin". That was the last match of another high scoring weekend, with Güiza closing to within two league goals of Luis Fabiano after scoring a hat-trick for Mallorca (and creating a goal for Arango) to set a new club record in the first division.

Real Madrid have virtually tied up the league title, Raúl's early goal at Racing Santander setting them on the way to a 0-2 win. With Barcelona drawing 0-0 against city rivals Espanyol, Villarreal move up to second, Nihat on the scoresheet in a 2-0 victory over Valladolid. The gap at the top is ten points though, and it could all be over by the weekend.

Racing are still in contention for the fourth Champions League spot after surprise home defeats for Atlético Madrid and Sevilla. Strikes by Agüero for the former and Kanouté for the latter were cancelled out by three from Betis and four from Almería (with two from Negredo) respectively. Finally Zaragoza moved out of the relegation zone to the detriment of Recreativo, Oliveira scoring twice in a 3-0 win which takes them above their opponents in the table. (21.04.08)