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In Spain, Atletico Madrid strengthened their defence with the capture of Domingo Cisma from Racing Santander.
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The victory put Pep Guardiola's side seven points ahead of Real Madrid, who won 3-1 at Racing Santander.
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In other action on Sunday, Nikola Zigic came off the bench to earn Valencia a 1-0 win at Racing Santander.
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Villarreal, who finished fourth last season, will be joined in the second tier by Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander, who placed 19th and 20th respectively.
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Monday, Klinsmann left off central defender Carlos Bocanegra from the roster because the former U.S. captain has barely played for Racing Santander in Spain's second division.
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Xerez remained second from bottom after losing 1-0 at Tenerife, while Racing Santander needed a last-gasp equalizer from Manuel Arana to earn a 1-1 draw at home to Osasuna.
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In Saturday's other La Liga fixtures Malaga fought back from a goal down to beat Getafe 3-1, while Rayo Vallecano clawed back a two-goal deficit to beat 10-man Racing Santander 4-2.
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Once cast adrift at the foot of the table, Zaragoza are now level on 25 points with Sporting Gijon and Racing Santander, who both drew 1-1 away from home on Sunday.
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In earlier matches, European-chasing Getafe were held to a 0-0 by a Racing Santander side who played almost the entire second half with 10 men after Jose Moratan was dismissed for two bookings.
CNN: Valverde dismissed as Villarreal coach
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The 45-year-old becomes the sixth coach to lose his job in the Spanish top flight this season following the departures of Abel Resino (Atletico Madrid), Juan Carlos Mandia (Racing Santander), Marcelino Garcia Toral (Real Zaragoza), and Hugo Sanchez and Jose Angel Ziganda (both Xerez).
CNN: Valverde dismissed as Villarreal coach
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They play teams like Racing Santander (capacity 22, 400) twice a year, and yet only occasionally get to play against the biggest teams in Europe (in the last 5 seasons they have played Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Inter four times each, Bayern Munich and Liverpool twice and AC Milan zero times).
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