Madrid, Jan 5 (IANS) La Liga returned this weekend with FC Barcelona and Real Madrid both winning, albeit in different ways. Real defeated Betis 5-1 while Barcelona won 2-0 over Espanyol in an away match this weekend.With these results, Barcelona maintained their four-point advantage over Real Madrid, leading the standings with 49 points, as against Madrid’s 45 points. Villarreal are third with 38 points, followed by Atletico Madrid, who are fourth with the same number of points but are placed l…
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Madrid, Jan 5 (IANS) Young striker Gonzalo Garcia scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid kept track of FC Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a comfortable 5-1 home win over Real Betis.Garcia, who started due to Kylian Mbappe’s knee injury, opened the scoring with a far-post header in the 20th minute and doubled the lead with a volley early in the second half, reports Xinhua.Raul Asencio was left unmarked to make it 3-0 with a header, before Cucho Hernandez pulled a goal back for Betis. Garcia then …
Madrid, Jan 2 (IANS) La Liga returns to action this weekend, with a Barcelona derby, two coaches making their debuts, but without Kylian Mbappe. In such a situation, Barcelona will look to further extend their lead over archrivals Real Madrid. The Catalans currently enjoy an advantage of four points over Real Madrid, leading by 46 points to 42. They have so far won 15 matches out of 18, so far while Real have taken full points from 13 wins from 18 matches.Atletico Madrid are placed third with 37…
Madrid, Jan 1 (IANS) La Liga returns to action after a one-week Christmas hiatus this weekend with a full round of matches, which come ahead of the Spanish Supercup between Athletic Club Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Real Madrid to be played in Saudi Arabia the following week.The round of games gets underway on Friday night when Rayo Vallecano are at home to Getafe in a Madrid derby between two sides in need of a positive result, with Rayo’s last league win at the end of October, wh…