"In the Spanish 'La Liga' championship, the penultimate 35th round matches were played on Sunday evening. Playing in the role of Robin Hood, Madrid's 'Real' club gifted another point haul to their humble neighbor. Zinedine Zidane's protégés suffered their first defeat to Madrid's 'Rayo Vallecano' team at their fortress in 22 years. The only goal of these games was scored from the penalty spot when Andri Embarba accurately struck into Thibaut Courtois' goal. 'Real' was empty throughout the match, but that was not surprising at all - they played in these games without Karim Benzema, who has been the only one scoring goals in the team since March 31. 'Rayo' had several good chances to increase their lead, but 'Real' was saved by T. Courtois. After the failure, the 'Whites' lost any chance to catch up with Madrid's 'Atletico'. In turn, 'Rayo' climbed to 19th place and still has theoretical chances to survive in the league. Result: "Rayo" 1 - 0 "Real Madrid" 23' [1 - 0] A. Embarba (11 m. penalty) League table:
