Valencia failed to distance itself from the Spanish league’s relegation zone after losing 2-1 at Cadiz on Sunday. The defeat ended Valencia’s two-game winning streak and left it in 17th place, two points ahead of the bottom three teams with six rounds remaining. Valencia avoided dropping into the relegation zone thanks to Espanyol’s 1-0 win against Getafe, a result that …
MADRID — Goal after goal, Karim Benzema keeps putting his World Cup disappointment behind him. Benzema scored for the sixth time after being dropped from France’s World Cup squad because of an injury, leading Real Madrid to a 2-0 win at Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league on Sunday. “He helps us a lot in attack.” The goal allowed Benzema …
Atlético Madrid got back to winning on Sunday, beating Villarreal 2-0 to halt its slump and restore a five-point lead at the top of the Spanish league. An own-goal by Alfonso Pedraza in the first half and a goal by forward João Félix in the second helped Atlético end a three-game winless streak and rebuild its lead over second-place Barcelona, …
