The day began with Espanyol winning 3-2 away to Deportivo Coruna to chalk up its first points of the season.
The visitors opened the scoring after 19 minutes through Jose Callejon and although Adrian Lopez levelled after 27 minutes, but Espanyol was back in front before the break thanks to new signing Joan Forlin.
Former Deportivo player Joan Verdu made it 3-1 in the second half, before Lassad Nouioui gave the home team some hope with 15 minutes remaining.
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Barcelona's Leo Messi celebrates after scoring his second goal against Atletico Madrid during their Spanish First Division soccer match at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona Spetember 19, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters Photo]
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Meanwhile Mallorca's excellent start to the campaign continued with a 4-0 thrashing of newly promoted Tenerife.
Mauro Suarez, Aritz Aduriz, Julio Alvarez and Webo scored Mallorca's goals in a comfortable win, while the visitors had defenders Marc Beltran and Luna both sent off in the last 15 minutes of the match.
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Barcelona's players celebrate after scoring a goal past Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez during their Spanish First Division soccer match at Camp Nou stadium September 19, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters Photo]
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Elsewhere, Sevilla ended a good week with a 2-0 win away to Osasuna.Alvaro Negredo's first goal for his new club and a second half strike from Freddy Kanoute were enough to give Manolo Jimenez's side its third win in seven days.
Finally Racing Santander pulled off a shock to win 2-1 in Malaga. Manuel Arana and Nasief Morris were the heroes for Racing.
(Xinhua News Agency September 21, 2009)
