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Once again the top three in La Liga all registered wins at the weekend. Despite making hard work of beating Levante, Barcelona remain 13 points clear of Real Madrid with only 18 more points to play for.

With their impending Champions League semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich on his mind, Barca coach Tito Vilanova again rested key players and his depleted side struggled to break down a stubborn Levante at Camp Nou.

FC Barcelona kept on with their march to the La Liga title with a 1-0 victory at home against Levante. We did left it pretty late with the deciding goal from Cesc Fabregas coming in the 84th minute. The scoreline did not exactly tell the story of the game as we dominated it from the beginning. We were sloppy in the second half, but Vilanova was smart enough to make the necessary substitution in order to secure the important three points.

"Ho?geldiniz!" You're looking at the lavish 'Sultan-esque' bedrooms of the Real Madrid players who arrived in Istanbul earlier to face Galatasaray in the second-leg of their Champions League encounter tomorrow. Indeed, Jose Mourinho and his players will be resting their million-euro feet at the Ciragan Palace hotel ahead of their "visit to hell", as dubbed by the Turkish media.

Real Madrid turned things around at home and crushed Levante 5-1 after Michel gave the visitors an early lead. Gonzalo Higuain scored a magnificent goal to bring things level before Kaka gave the home side a 2-1 lead from the spot. Substitute Ronaldo made it 3-1 before Mesut Ozil scored the fourth and fifth goals to secure all three points.

Former Inter and Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins has reportedly paid €3 million to buy out his contract with Levante so he can join the Seattle Sounders. Martins joined Levante in September on a free transfer and signed a two-year deal before becoming the club's leading scorer this season with seven La Liga goals in 21 appearances.

La Liga Stadiums: As seen from above - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

There are a total of 88 football stadiums being used in Spain by clubs in all leagues. 59 of those have been used in the La Liga since its inception in 1929.

Out of those, only two are not used by any club: Estadio Olimpico La Cartuja in Seville and Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Barcelona.

Unsurprisingly Barcelona and Real Madrid dominated Spanish football in 2012. Barca accumulated over 100 points, whilst Real Madrid were ten points behind their bitter rivals. Interestingly during 2012 Valencia and Rayo Vallecano picked up the same number of points as each other, however Valencia drew 10 of their games, Vallecano drew just one a goalless game with Sevilla in September.

• Barca scored four goals against Levante
• Iniesta scored one and assisted all three other goals of the night.

FC Barcelona kept their three point lead on top of the league with a brilliant 4-0 victory against Levante. The three point lead is brilliant but many Barca fans had another statistics in their mind - 11 points.

Barcelona v Levante Highlights: Cesc Fabregas scored in the 83rd minute to give Barcelona a 1-0 victory over Levante and three more crucial points in La Liga. The victory keeps Barcelona 13 points clear of Real Madrid on top of La Liga. David Villa missed a penalty in the first half but Fabregas was able to make up for the chance after he combined with Alexis Sanchez and found the back of the net himself.

Europa League Round of 16: Inter host Spurs while Chelsea & Newcastle can't concede goals - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The Round of 16 of the Europa League will conclude today. Only three teams have an greater advantage than one goal.

Inter Milan have the biggest deficit to overcome as they conceded three goals at White Hart Lane from a Tottenham side that is still unbeaten in this season's competition.

Europa League Round of 16 First Leg Review: Spurs beat Inter, Newcastle hold out Eto'o as Chelsea stunned by Steaua - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The first leg of the Europa League Round of 16 was played last night. There were three teams from Premier League and the Russian Premier League each, two from Serie A and one each from eight other European leagues.

Europa League Round of 16 Preview: Newcastle, Chelsea head east; Spurs host Inter - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Shakhtar Donetsk was brushed aside by Borussia Dortmund as a 10-man Manchester United conceded two goals within ten minutes of the sending off. Celtic did not cause much trouble for Juventus while PSG's two away goals were too much to cope for Valencia and the final four fixtures of the Champions League Round of 16 will be played next week.

Europa League: A look back at the Round of 32 - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

As the second leg of the Round of 32 matches of the Europa League have been played, we now know which teams have progressed to the Round of 16 and which have crashed out of the tournament.

There were four results that standout from the rest.

Europa League Round of 32: Players to watch - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Final preparations are underway for the second leg of the Europa League Round of 32 matches. Here are the players to watch in each of the 32 teams participating:

The unpredictable Uruguay international has been in prime form this season in the Premier League.

Europa League: The Round of 32 Review - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

In the Round of 32 of the Europa League, we saw some straightforward results while some were just unbelievable.

After Joe Allen hinting that Liverpool will be focusing on the competition as their Premier League campaign is far from their own standards, we saw them succumb to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Zenit St.

Both Sounders GM Adrian Hanauer and Coach Sigi Schmid talked briefly about the potential Designated Player signing of former Levante player Obafemi Martins when practice at Starfire wrapped up today. While neither was willing to confirm the deal, their words make the deal seem quite close to being done.

Obafemi Martins has confirmed over Twitter that he is leaving Levante and signing with the Seattle Sounders. This comes on the heels of Levante announcing that Martins had paid his exit fee and been released by the team. The last piece of the puzzle is for the Sounders to confirm the move themselves.

Depending on how you choose to interpret the information leaking out of Spain, it's either just a matter of time before Obafemi Martins joins the Seattle Sounders or the deal is completely dead. The onus seems to be entirely with the Sounders at this point, as they've reportedly come to personal terms with Martins and only need to decide if they are willing to pay his approximately $4 million exit fee plus about $800,000 in VAT.

The Obafemi Martins-transfer saga looks like it will drag on for at least a few more days, as the latest reports suggest nothing will be finalized until Monday at the earliest. Nothing from the Seattle Sounders' end suggests they are preparing to walk away, but it does appear as though Levante is doing everything in their power to drag this out as long as they can.

Former Serie A and English Premier League star Obafemi Martins is rumored to be on the Sounders FC radar. He hasn’t dipped much in form since his peak, as he plays for Levante in La Liga right now.

Seattle Sounders FC has been recently linked to a number of current and former stars playing in Spain.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of being soft many times over the years, but in Real Madrid's match against Levante, he showed that a little blood in his eye can't keep him from scoring.

In the opening minutes of the match, Cristiano took an elbow to the eye from Levante's David Nevarro.