Better results for Spanish sides in the Champions League midweek. On Tuesday Barcelona beat Inter Milan 2-0 with goals from Piqué and Pedro to put one foot in the next round, and although Sevilla lost 1-0 to Unirea Urziceni, they had already made sure of a place in the last sixteen a couple of weeks ago. The following day a goal from Higuaín was enough to give Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over FC Zurich, taking them to within a point of qualifying. And Atlético Madrid drew 1-1 in Cyprus against APOEL, Simao's equaliser keeping his side on track for the consolation prize of a place in the Europa League.

David Villa consolidated his position at the top of the Pichichi table with a goal for Valencia against Mallorca on Saturday, but Sevilla's Luis Fabiano went one better against Málaga to draw level with the Spanish international striker on an all-competition basis. Agüero is not far behind either after scoring two for Atlético against Espanyol, Maxi and Forlán also on the scoresheet in a 4-0 win. Elsewhere Soldado netted his second hat-trick of the season, Diego Costa got two for Valladolid and Llorente and Javi Martínez were amongst the goalscorers for Athletic. Undoubtedly though the most important goal of the weekend was the one scored by Ibrahimovic in the big derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the Swedish striker coming on as substitute to win the match for his side. (30.11.09)