Several weeks ago police raided the Marbella town hall as well as the offices of Athletico Madrid.

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Atletico and Espanyol lie eighth and ninth in the table respectively, a point behind seventh-placed Athletico Bilbao -- who slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna.

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In football, he consistently insults referees, other football club chairmen and even the manager and players at his own club, Athletico Madrid, one of the biggest in Spain.

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The former Athletico Madrid star and the rest of the Middlesbrough team produced few clear-cut opportunities and it was left to full-back Curtis Fleming to force a fine tip-over save from Steve Harper in the second-half.

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