On Sunday, four matches of the 4th round of the Spanish "La Liga" championship were played.
The defending champions' title, Madrid's "Real", clashed with San Sebastiano's "Real Sociedad" away. Zinedine Zidane's players ended the streak of draws and celebrated victory with a 3-1 result.
"Real" has not been very successful lately - playing two consecutive draws, and in these matches, they were missing four starting lineup players: Cristiano Ronaldo, Toni Kroos, Marcelo, and Karim Benzema.
However, the "Whites" started the match confidently - in the 19th minute, young Borja Mayoral scored the first goal in this match after a great play by Sergio Ramos.
Still, in the 28th minute, "La Real" equalized - a great goal by Kevin Rodrigues. But "Real" had an answer to that as well - the same B. Mayoral made a great run, during which K. Rodrigues accidentally scored an own goal after the striker's shot.
In the second half, there was continued fierce competition, but Gareth Bale was the one to finish the game, demonstrating his impressive speed and finishing with a great touch for the third goal.
"Real" now has two wins and the same number of draws. They are four points behind "Barca".
The remaining matches ended with victories for the clubs "Sevilla", "Las Palmas", and "Villarreal".
Results:
"Real Sociedad" 1 - 3 "Real Madrid"
19' [0 - 1] B. Mayoral
28' [1 - 1] K. Rodrigues
36' [1 - 2] K. Rodrigues (own goal)
61' [1 - 3] G. Bale
"Las Palmas" 1 - 0 "Athletic"
87' [1 - 0] L. Remy
"Girona" 0 - 1 "Sevilla"
69' [0 - 1] L. Muriel
"Alaves" 0 - 3 "Villarreal"
32' [0 - 1] C. Bakambu
52' [0 - 2] C. Bacca
62' [0 - 3] C. Bakambu
Tournament table:
