A roundup of Saturday’s action in Spain and Italy’s top flights:
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Sporting Gijon 2-1 Atletico Madrid
If Barcelona weren’t already the champions-elect, they will be with a victory on Sunday after second-place Atletico Madrid fell to 19th-place Sporting Gijon away from home on Saturday. Antoine Griezmann (17th league goal in 30 games) put the visitors ahead on 29 minutes, but an epic Atleti meltdown and a pair of late Sporting goals in the 79th and 89th minutes (below videos) resigned Diego Simeone’s side to defeat. A win on Sunday would put Barca 11 points clear of Atleti with eight games left to play.
GOOOOOAL!@RealSporting get a deserved tie thanks to Sanabria. 1-1. 10 minutes to go. #LaLiga https://t.co/o5Q9TQmDEZ
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 19, 2016
GOOOOAAL!!!
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 19, 2016
REDEMPTION COMES QUICK!!!! Carlos Castro buries this one. 2-1 @RealSporting. #LaLiga https://t.co/idmeapWsZm
Elsewhere in La Liga
Real Sociedad 0-1 Las Palmas
Granada 2-2 Rayo Vallecano
Deportivo La Coruña 2-1 Levante
Real Betis 0-1 Malaga
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Barcelona | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 22 | 62 | 14-1-0 | 10-2-2 | 75 |
| Atlético Madrid | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 14 | 32 | 10-3-1 | 11-1-4 | 67 |
| Real Madrid | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 28 | 55 | 12-1-2 | 7-5-2 | 63 |
| Villarreal | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 11-2-2 | 4-6-4 | 53 |
| Sevilla | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 13-0-2 | 0-9-5 | 48 |
Sunday’s La Liga schedule
Espanyol vs. Athletic Bilbao (7 a.m. ET)
Villarreal vs. Barcelona (11 a.m. ET)
Valencia vs. Celta Vigo (1:15 p.m. ET)
Real Madrid vs. Sevilla (3:30 p.m. ET)
Roma 1-1 Inter Milan
Any hopes Roma may have had of re-entering the Serie A title race went up in smoke when they dropped a pair of points at home against Inter Milan on Saturday. Having done so, the gap between them, in third, to leaders Juventus is now seven points, with the four-time defending champions still to play on Sunday. Ivan Perisic put the visitors ahead on 59 minutes, but Radja Nainggolan managed to steal a point for the Romans with his 84th-minute equalizer. Inter remain five points back of Roma in the race for Italy’s third and final UEFA Champions League place.
GOOOOOAL!
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 19, 2016
Ivan Perišić left alone and slots home opener for @Inter. 0-1. #SerieA https://t.co/GWftLlTNJK
GOOOOOAL!@OfficialRadja shoots home an equalizer for @ASRomaEN. A bit of luck but perhaps deserved. 1-1. #SerieA https://t.co/LQNXBnBY1n
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) March 19, 2016
Elsewhere in Serie A
Empoli 0-0 Palermo
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Juventus | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 36 | 11-2-1 | 10-2-3 | 67 |
| Napoli | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 36 | 11-3-0 | 8-4-3 | 64 |
| Roma | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 10-4-1 | 7-5-3 | 60 |
| Inter Milan | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 10-2-3 | 6-5-4 | 55 |
| Fiorentina | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 10-3-2 | 6-3-5 | 54 |
| AC Milan | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 9-3-2 | 4-6-5 | 48 |
Sunday’s Serie A schedule
Atalanta vs. Bologna (7:30 a.m. ET)
Hellas Verona vs. Carpi (10 a.m. ET)
Sampdoria vs. Chievo (10 a.m. ET)
Frosinone vs. Fiorentina (10 a.m. ET)
Sassuolo vs. Udinese (10 a.m. ET)
Torino vs. Juventus (10 a.m. ET)
Napoli vs. Genoa (1 p.m. ET)
AC Milan vs. Lazio (3:45 p.m. ET)
