In the "La Liga" championship in Spain, four matches of the 26th round were played on Saturday.
In the previous round, the Madrid "Real" club, who lost the leader position, encountered the impressive "Eibar" team that has been demonstrating excellent performance this season. Without Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, the "whites" did not have any difficulties - they defeated their opponents with a score of 4-1.
From the beginning of the match, Zinedine Zidane's pupils demonstrated an aggressive game and in the 14th minute, the first goal was scored into the opponents' goal - Karim Benzema defeated the opponents' goalkeeper with his second attempt.
In the 25th minute, the score became 2-0, when after a great penalty shot by James Rodriguez, K. Benzema scored his second goal. Another goal was not long in coming - James Rodriguez started the opponents' destruction after a pass from K. Benzema.
The second half for the guests from the capital also went successfully - in the 60th minute, Marco Asensio finally received the ball in the opponent's penalty area and scored the fourth goal. In the 72nd minute, the hosts managed to score a consolation goal, but it did not have much significance in this match.
In another clash, "Leganes" narrowly defeated "Granada", while "Villarreal" won at home against Barcelona's "Espanyol".
In the last evening match, "Barcelona" played at home against Vigo's "Celta". Luis Enrique's pupils avenged their first-half loss to their opponents with a resounding victory of 5-0.
The standout performers among the winners were the unstoppable Lionel Messi, who scored two goals and provided as many assists. Ivan Rakitic, Samuel Umtiti, and Neymar also contributed with goals to the victory.
"Barcelona" did not allow the Madrid "Real" club to enjoy the leader position for long - the Catalans returned to the first place and have a point advantage. However, the capital's team has played one game less.
Results:
"Eibar" 1 - 4 "Real Madrid" 14' [0 - 1] K. Benzema 25' [0 - 2] K. Benzema 29' [0 - 3] J. Rodriguez 60' [0 - 4] M. Asensio 72' [1 - 4] R. Pena
"Leganes" 1 - 0 "Granada" 83' [1 - 0] D. Machis
"Villarreal" 2 - 0 "Espanyol" 45' [1 - 0] R. Soriano 80' [2 - 0] D. Lopez (own goal)
"Barcelona" 5 - 0 "Celta" 24' [1 - 0] L. Messi 40' [2 - 0] Neymar 57' [3 - 0] I. Rakitic 61' [4 - 0] S. Umtiti 64' [5 - 0] L. Messi
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