Can Real Madrid win the Spanish La Liga on Sunday?

As far as Real Madrid is concerned, a win against Real Mallorca on Sunday will guarantee them the Spanish La Liga title.

Yep, the battle for the 2007 Spanish La Liga championship has come down to this huge fixture between Real Madrid and Real Mallorca on Sunday. Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are tied atop the Spanish La Liga standings with 73 points each and if Madrid beats Mallorca, they'll win the title no matter what Barcelona does.

In La Liga, a team is awarded three points after every win. If Real Madrid can beat the visiting Real Mallorca team on Sunday, that will guarantee them the 2007 Spanish La Liga title with 76 points in the championship standings. And it won't matter what FC Barcelona does when they visit Gimnastic Tarragona on the very same day.

Yeah sure, a Barcelona win over Gimnastic Tarragona will ALSO earn Barca three more points to score 76 in the season but with Real Madrid holding the advantage in their head-to-head results, Barca will just lose to Madrid if their season ended in a tie for the title. Too bad eh?

Of course, if Real Madrid loses and Barcelona wins, THAT is an entirely different story. Although I won't be counting on that to happen.

And to make matters worse for FC Barcelona, Brazil forward Robinho, the same guy who was rumored to be joining the Brazil national team for the 2007 Copa America tournament, will play for Real Madrid on Sunday to clinch their 30th league title.

Though clubs are required to release their players 14 days before the start of a major tournament, Madrid will not have to after the Spanish football federation received word from soccer's world governing body allowing Robinho to play against Mallorca on Sunday.

As for David Beckham, yeah, it's a possibility he'll be playing too. Becks was hurt in England's 3-0 win over Estonia in qualifying for the 2008 European Championship last week, but played in Madrid's 2-2 draw at Zaragoza in the Spanish league last Saturday.

You can bet your ass he'll be suiting up for Real Madrid in probably his last game for the Spanish side before he transfers to the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.

Can David Beckham win his first major trophy for Real Madrid? Bodog has the odds on this huge La Liga fixture this Sunday.

Real Madrid -850

Real Mallorca +1100

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