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quarta-feira, 2 de dezembro de 2015

Real Madrid find relief at Eibar, Bilbao win

Real Madrid find relief at Eibar, Bilbao win
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Real Madrid got their Spanish La Liga title challenge back on course despite an underwhelming performance as goals from Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo handed them a 2-0 win at Eibar on Sunday.

In front of a capacity 6,000 crowd at Ipurua, Madrid did little to dispel the doubts caused by their 4-0 thrashing by Barcelona last weekend but Bale's first-half header and a late penalty from Ronaldo were enough for all three points. Madrid remain in third, but victory takes Rafael Benitez's men back to within six points of league leaders Barca and two points of city rivals Atletico Madrid.

Elsewhere, Sevilla mounted the pressure on under-fire Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo with a 1-0 win to bounce back from the disappointment of crashing out of the UEFA Champions League in midweek. Sevilla dominated from the off and were handed a huge boost when Joao Cancelo was sent off for a second bookable offence ten minutes before half-time.

Sergio Escudero finally opened the scoring when he connected brilliantly with Ever Banega's clever cross five minutes into the second-half. Valencia ended with nine men as Javi Fuego also picked up a second yellow card to leave Los Che still five points off the top four with Barcelona to come at home next weekend.

Villarreal missed the chance to move back into the top four as their awful form continued with a 2-0 defeat at Getafe. Angel Lafita and Alvaro Vazquez struck for the hosts to leave Villarreal still in sixth having won just one of their last seven league games. Meanwhile, Aritz Aduriz became the first Spanish striker to score 20 goals in a season before December this century as he netted a hat-trick in Athletic Bilbao's 3-0 romp at Rayo Vallecano.
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