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05/17 15:26 CDT Sevilla avoids relegation despite 1-0 home loss to Real Madrid,
Mbapp starts
Sevilla avoids relegation despite 1-0 home loss to Real Madrid, Mbapp starts
By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
MADRID (AP) --- Sevilla avoided relegation despite a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid at
home in La Liga on Sunday.
Vincius Jnior scored for Madrid, which had already sealed second place.
Barcelona clinched its second-consecutive league title two rounds ago. The
Catalan club hosts fifth-place Real Betis later Sunday in what will be Robert
Lewandowski's last game at Camp Nou.
Kylian Mbapp started for Madrid three days after saying coach Alvaro Arbeloa
had made him the team's fourth-choice striker. He came off the bench in the win
at Oviedo on Thursday in what was his return from an injury layoff.
It was a tight relegation fight coming into Sunday's matches and Sevilla
secured its salvation thanks to other results. Alaves also guaranteed more
top-tier soccer next season with a 1-0 win at already relegated Oviedo.
Five teams will enter next weekend's final round looking to avoid the drop:
Levante, Osasuna, Elche, Girona and Mallorca.
Levante moved closer to safety with a 2-0 win over Mallorca and is 15th with 42
points, the same number of points as 16th-place Osasuna and 17th-place Elche.
Osasuna lost 2-1 to Espanyol at home, while Elche beat 10-man Getafe 1-0.
Inside the relegation zone are 17th-place Girona (40 points), second-to-last
Mallorca (39) and Oviedo (29).
Girona lost 1-0 at Atletico Madrid in what was a farewell match to home fans
for Atletico forward Antoine Griezmann.
The France forward, who is Atletico's all-time leading scorer, played his last
home game before he joins Orlando City in Major League Soccer next season.
"Griezmann is possibly the best one to have ever played here," Atletico coach
Diego Simeone said. "He's an extraordinary guy, a genius. He's the most
game-changing player that we've coached here."
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