Domestic Leagues
La Liga – Round Fifteen
December 9, 2016
Malaga 1-1 Granada
Ignacio Camacho 24’ Artem Kravets 82’
Struggling Granada scored late to secure an a away point against Malaga.
December 10, 2016
Osasuna 0-3 Barcelona
Luis Suarez 59’
Lionel Messi 73’ 90’+2’
Messi scored a brace as three second half goals over Osasuna brought FC Barcelona back to their winning ways in the La Liga. The return of Andres Iniesta from injury might already be paying dividends.
Real Sociedad 3-2 Valencia
Willian Jose 2’ 24’ Daniel Parejo 36’(pen)
Juanmi 90’+1’ Zakaria Bakkali 90’+3’
It was a good thing for Real Sociedad to score a late goal to give themselves a two-goal cushion. Valencia would have gotten a point from this match had it not been for Juanmi goal in additional time for Real Sociedad.
Valencia looks to be getting back to their winless streak after going a second match without a win after breaking their 5-match winless run against newly-promoted Leganes.
Las Palmas 1-1 Leganes
Marko Livaja 21’ Guerrero 76’(pen)
A second half penalty allowed Leganes to leave Las Palmas with a point.
Real Madrid 3-2 Deportivo La Coruna
Alvaro Morata 50’ Joselu 63’ 65’
Mariano Mejia 84’
Sergio Ramos 90’+3’
Scoring a late goal with your head might be forever associated with Sergio Ramos.
For the second match in a row, Ramos scored a late header to impact the shape of the league standings for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid had to come from behind to win against Deportivo La Coruna in a second half that produced 5 goals.
Just when it was beginning to look like the league leaders were going to drop points to allow room for the rest of the league to catch up, Sergio Ramos did the routine and headed in a late goal to give Real Madrid the maximum points and kept the team undefeated in La Liga.
Zinedine Zidane and his team set a new @realmadriden record for the longest unbeaten run in the club’s history! ??#RealMadridDepor pic.twitter.com/88Uc4SZIzX
— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) December 10, 2016
Real Madrid is unbeaten in 35 consecutive matches.
December 11, 2016
Eibar 0-0 Alaves
It wasn’t the most eventful match. It finished a goalless draw between Eibar and Alaves.
Celta Vigo 0-3 Sevilla
Vicente Iborra 51’ 84’ 90’+2’
Vicente Iborra hattrick got Sevilla back to their winning ways in La Liga. Sevilla left Celta Vigo with three additional points and three goals additional goals to their league statistics.
Espanyol 2-1 Sporting Gijon
Felipe Caicedo 54’ Duje Cop 90’+2’
Leo Baptistao 90’
It became very important that Leo Baptistao scored to double Espanyol’s lead late in the match when Duje Cop scored just under two minutes later to for Sporting Gijon to cut Espanyol lead in half.
Real Betis 1-0 Athletic Club
Ruben Castro 18’
Athletic Club was held by Real Betis.
Ruben Castro scored the only goal to give Real Betis an undeserving home victory over Athletic Club.
December 12, 2016
Villarreal 3-0 Atlético Madrid
Manuel Trigueros 28;
Jonathan dos Santos 38’
Roberto Soriano 90’+3’
Villarreal put three goals in the net against Atletico Madrid while denying Atletico a goal.
Their form in the 2016/17 La Liga season does not make this as shocking as it would have been in recent seasons.
Villarreal strengthened their chances of finishing amongst the elites in Serie A with a victory over one of the pre-tournament favorites, Atletico Madrid.