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On Sunday evening, there was no shortage of emotions in the Spanish "Primera" football championship. After Barcelona's 2-3 loss at home on Saturday, both Madrid clubs had the opportunity on Sunday to push the defending champions, the Catalans, into third place.
Atletico did their job, but Real did not. Their team leader Cristiano Ronaldo was hindered by a red card.
Atletico crushed Real Sociedad from San Sebastian 4-0 on their home field and became the sole leader of "La Liga" for the first time since 1996. After this match, Real took the field, visiting the city of Bilbao to play against Athletic.
The fighting Basques put up a great fight against the visitors in the first half and sometimes seemed to be the better team. After the break, Jese put "Los Blancos" ahead in the 65th minute, but Ibai Gomez, just stepping onto the field in the 73rd minute, equalized the score.
Emotions flared and a scuffle broke out in the "Athletico" penalty area a few minutes later.
A.Itturaspe was shown a yellow card, and C.Ronaldo saw a red card against himself.
"Cristiano's red card is unfair. It is very unpleasant to lose a player unfairly. I will not judge the referee's performance during the match, but the card was unfair," said Real defender Marcelo after the game.
