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THE MALTA INDEPENDENT Monday 14 September 2009 SPORT 23 Powerboats P1 Aaron Ciantar wins title for 2nd consecutive time The Ukrainian Spirit tle-man Angelo Tedeschi title at the 10th and final (Seagull Chaudron) with and navigator Viktor round of the Powerboat P1 driver Aaron Ciantar, throt- Shemchuk won the overall World Championships yes- terday in Syracuse, Sicily. Obtaining second place in the final Endurance Race in the Supersport Class yes- terday afternoon, and with Baia Attolini managing only third, Seagull Chaudron secured the title with 927 points against Baia Attolini’s 907. Baia Attolini needed to finish two posi- tions better than Seagull Chaudron. But with Team SW1 Capital taking another win and Seagull Chaudron taking second Baia Attolini’s hopes were distin- Team Seagull Chaudron with Aaron Ciantar, Angelo Tedeschi and Viktor guished. Shemchuk celebrating on the podium yesterday after winning this year’s Meanwhile Parliamentary Supersport title Photo Roberto Runza Secretary for Sports Clyde The Seagull Chaudron team in action yesterday in the Supersport Class Puli congratulated the win- ambassador in the sport the second consecutive title Endurance race Photo Roberto Runza ning driver and Maltese Aaron Ciantar for winning in the Supersport Class. Football – Spanish Liga Valencia beat Valladolid 4-2 HAROLD HECKLE Villa appeared to have scored again when But Leon secured the win by sending a AP writer he chested in a cross but referee Undiano rocket past goalkeeper Ricardo Lopez, and Spanish Liga Mallenco disallowed it for offside, although Osasuna couldn’t respond after midfielder Saturday David Villa scored twice yesterday as television replays showed Villa behind the Javad Nekounam was sent off in the 72nd At. Madrid-Rac. Santander . 1-1 Valencia beat Valladolid 4-2 in the Spanish defenders when the pass was delivered. for a foul on Roman Martinez. Getafe-Barcelona . 0-2 league. Valladolid came close to equalising again The match at Villarreal was marred by Espanyol-Real Madrid. 0-3 Valencia went ahead in the 10th minute shortly before the break, when chaotic heavy rain which water-logged much of the Sevilla-Zaragoza . 4-1 through David Silva. The Spain midfield- defending saw Jonathan Sesma just failing field. Giuseppe Rossi struck the post for Yesterday er fed a pass down the left wing to Juan to beat Moya with a close-range volley. An Villarreal with a free kick in the 10th, and Dep. La Coruna-Malaga . 1-0 Sporting Gijon-Almeria . 1-0 Manuel Mata, who sent a cross back for immediate counterattack by Banega sent then set up Santiago Cazorla with a pass Tenerife-Osasuna . 2-1 Silva to head in from close range. the unmarked Juan Manuel Mata down from just outside the area in the 35th, but Villarreal-Mallorca . 1-1 Also yesterday, Tenerife beat Osasuna 2- the left wing and he coolly shot between the Spain international shot wide. Valladolid-Valencia . 2-4 1, Deportivo La Coruna beat Malaga 1-0, advancing goalkeeper Jacobo Ovejero’s The rain made play increasingly difficult Xerez-Athletic Bilbao . 0-1 Villarreal drew 1-1 against Mallorca, legs. and many supporters started leaving the Sporting Gijon beat Almeria 1-0 and Villa scored again in the 56th, after Luis Madrigal stadium as halftime approached. Standings Athletic Bilbao beat host Xerez 1-0. Miguel Brito’s long pass put him through But Rossi gave the host the lead in the Barcelona leads the standings on goal dif- to shoot past Ovejero. 54th with a left-foot shot after Israel goal- P W D L F A Pts ference ahead of Real Madrid and Valencia, Valencia looked to be heading for a com- keeper Dudu Aouate failed to clear. Barcelona 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 with all three clubs having the maximum fortable win in Valladolid’s Jose Zorrilla Villarreal seemed to have the game Real Madrid 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 six points after two rounds. stadium, but the hosts cut the deficit to 4- under control Mallorca equalised in the Valencia 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 Silva was at the heart of most of 2 in the 66th when Angola striker Mateus 75th when Borja Valero slotted home a Athletic Bilbao 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 Valencia’s attacks and was a constant “Manucho” Contreiras scored with his left long-range free kick that Aouate at full Real Mallorca 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 threat in the midfield. His shot hit the post foot. stretch. Malaga 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 in the 21st and moments later his cross Ricardo Leon scored in the 63rd minute Sporting clinched its first win of the sea- Sevilla 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 found Pablo Hernandez only for the winger to give Tenerife the win over nine-man son, after winger Diego Castro scored from Getafe 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 to shoot wide. Osasuna. a pass by Alberto Lora in the sixth. Dep.La Coruna 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Despite Valencia’s early dominance After a scoreless first half, Tenerife took A late winner by Brazilian midfielder Tenerife 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 through rapid counterattacks, Nauzet control after Osasuna’s Ignacio Monreal Filipe gave Deportivo La Coruna the win Real Zaragoza 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 Aleman found the net for Valladolid after was sent off for picking up his second yel- over Malaga. Sporting Gijon 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 half an hour, scoring after Valencia goal- low card in two minutes when he handled On Saturday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Villarreal 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 keeper Miguel Angel Moya failed to clear the ball. Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 2-0 win at Osasuna 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Nestor Cannobio’s shot. Juan Francisco Martinez gave the host Getafe while Real Madrid beat Espanyol Almeria 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Valencia struck back in the 33rd as Ever the lead from Ricardo Leon’s free kick after 3-0 after record signing Cristiano Ronaldo Real Valladolid 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 Banega sent a long pass over the Valladolid the ball bounced off Osasuna’s defensive came on as a second-half substitute to Racing Santander 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 midfield, finding Pablo Hernandez on the wall, but Uruguay striker Walter Pandiani score. Also it was: Atletico Madrid 1, Atletico Madrid 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 right, who set up David Villa to tap in his equalized for Osasuna with a header from Racing Santander 1 and Sevilla 4, Xerez 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 first goal of the season. a corner just four minutes later. Zaragoza 1. Espanyol 2 0 0 2 0 4 0.