Villarreal was eliminated on penalties by third-division club Unionistas on Monday in a Copa del Rey match which had been hit the day before by a power outage. The only other topflight club to lose to a lower-division club in this round was Las Palmas, which lost 2-0 to second-division team Tenerife on Sunday. Defending champion Real Madrid advanced past …
MADRID — Red-hot Álvaro Morata scored yet another goal and Atletico Madrid beat Alaves 2-1 for its 14th straight Spanish league victory at home on Sunday, tying its longest winning home streak. “It’s no coincidence that we’ve achieved this streak at home, where our fans make us feel stronger and more comfortable,” said Rodrigo Riquelme, who also scored for Atletico …
But the result flattered Madrid, who struggled to break down Alaves until Asensio unleashed from distance at the Santiago Bernabeu, where the disgruntled fans had whistled with the score goalless at half-time. Pamplona: Real Madrid put their defeat by Paris Saint-Germain behind them on Saturday by beating Alaves 3-0 in La Liga as Marco Asensio’s stunning goal helped send Carlo …
Joao Felix scored twice in his first match back from injury as Atletico Madrid ended its winless streak with a 5-0 thrashing of Osasuna on Wednesday. Marcos Llorente, Alvaro Morata and Yannick Carrasco also scored for Atletico, which had dropped outside the Champions League places following its slump. The win which came after three straight draws helped Diego Simeone's men …
La Liga may have suffered a problematic time off the pitch having struggled to sell the UK TV rights and to establish a full fixture list, but the action on it returns tonight. LA LIGA ON TV IN THE UK ITV4 are showing matches from the opening three weeks of the new season, starting on Friday night: Athletic Bilbao v …