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Real Madrid closes in on league leaders

Karan Ieet Singh
TECHNEWS WRITER

With Barcelona only earning a draw,
and Real Madrid getting three points off their
match, the difference between Barcelona and
Real Madrid drops to only two points, and La
Liga gets more and more interesting.

Ronaldo scored his first free kick
of the season to orchestrate Real Madrid for
a win over Eibar. Madrid hosted the 14th-
placed Eibar for a comfortable win with their
makeshift front three. Bale and Benzema were
swapped for Chicharito and Iese, and all three
attackers got on to the scoring sheet. Ronaldo
scored a long ranged free kick straight down
the middle, dipping perfectly to confuse the
keeper enough. Midway through the first half,
Chicharito headed into the far post, making it
his first goal in five months. Late into the second
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took it perfectly to drive the ball past the keeper,

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earn three points. The win takes them just two
points behind the league leaders, Barcelona,
with a final score of Real Madrid 3, Eibar 0.
Barcelona lets a two—goal lead slip as
Sevilla maintains their unbeaten home record.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring when he
received a pass right outside the box and went
one-on-one with the defender and scored a
fantastic curled shot past the keeper. Neymar
soon doubled the lead with an exquisite direct
free kick, bamboozling the keeper into just
watching him let the ball go into the net. But
Banega lifted the home fans just before halftime
as he blasted the ball goal wards, which Claudio
Bravo couldn’t stop even though he got his
hands on it. Then in the second half, a misplaced
pass from Pique created the vital chance Sevilla
was looking for and they punished Barcelona
severely, eliminating the two-goal lead. With

  
 
       
 
 
       
 
      
 
      
 
    
     
   
  

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Real Madrid earning three points in their match
and Barcelona only one, the league leaders are
now only 2 points ahead of Real Madrid, which
could go south anytime, considering the form
Madrid is in. Sevilla 2, Barcelona 2.

Antoine Griezmann nets a brace
to rescue Atléti from a loss and into a draw.
Atléti opened the scorebook with Griezmann
capitalizing on an embarrassing slip up by
the Malaga goalkeeper, but the goal by Torres
brought them back together at 1-1 within a
few minutes. With a few minutes remaining
in second half, Malaga took lead in style as
Garcia chipped the ball over the keeper and
into the far post. Atléti translated this goal into
an ultra-offensive mode “turn on” switch and
they started pressing high up in the opponent’s
box. The constant attack only meant one thing,
that Malaga would slip once again, but this
time it was the assistant referee who did not
call an offside, giving Griezmann another shot

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at the goal, and like before he did not miss.
Both teams earn a point that will leave them in
their current positions for this week: Malaga 2
Atletico Madrid 2.

Teenage striker Santi Mina scored
four goals as Celta Vigo thwarted Rayo,
crushing them with six goals to one. The Spanish
under—21 international hadn’t scored any goal
this season, but this was his night. He took home
the match ball as all the shots taken by him were
converted into goals. Even though Rayo scored
in the first minute, the equalizer by Larrivey a
few minutes later riled them up. Both Marina
and Larrivey then came to the score sheet again
and took Celta Vigo for a cruising win over
Rayo: Celta Vigo 6, Rayo Vallecano 1.

Almeria keeps its hopes alive for not
relegating out of the La Liga as they push the
strugglers Granada further down the table with
a score oflmeria 3, Granada 0.

        

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