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 LONDON (AP) - The seemingly never-ending soccer season in Spain is playing right into the hands of Real Madrid. And that means David Beckham, the soon-to-be Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder who has not won a trophy in four seasons with Madrid, has a chance to leave Spain with something other than a bad taste in his mouth.
The 29-time league champions took over sole possession of first place Saturday for the first time this season, and they did it by scoring three second-half goals in a 4-3 win over Espanyol. The win was the team's seventh in its last eight games. If Madrid can hang on over the final four games, it would end its worst slump since the early 1950s.
"We now depend on ourselves to win," said Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain, who scored the winning goal against Espanyol in the 89th minute. "We are on the right path to become champions."
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