Domestic Leagues
La Liga – Round Ten
October 28, 2016
Leganes 0-2 Real Sociedad
Willian Jose 29’
Xabier Prieto 59’
A goal in each half gave Real Sociedad the win that allowed them to pick up three points away at Leganes.
October 29, 2016
Sporting Gijon 1-1 Sevilla
Moi Gomez 20’ Luciano Dario Vietto 4’
Sporting Gijon was denied Sevilla an opportunity to climb up closer to the summit by holding them with a draw.
Alaves 1-4 Real Madrid
Deyverson 7’ Cristiano Ronaldo 17; 33’ 88’
Alvaro Morata 84’
Another year, same Cristiano.
Despite missing a penalty, Cristiano Ronaldo was able to score a hattrick against Alaves to bring Real Madrid from a goal down to get a win that keeps Madrid in the pole position.
Atletico Madrid 4-2 Malaga
Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco 7’ 87’ Sandro Ramirez 31’
Kevin Gameiro 25’ 44’ Ignacio Camacho 64’
Atletico Madrid bounced from their away defeat against Sevilla with a home win over Malaga.
Ignacio Camacho’s goal for Malaga in the second half brought more interest to the match, but Atletico Madrid looked confident throughout the match
Barcelona 1-0 Granada
Rafinha 49’
Granada’s defensive approach paid off as Rafinha’s second-half goal for Barcelona was the only goal scored in this match enough to give Barcelona the three points.
Going against FC Barcelona, Granada knew that strong defense was their only hope to coming out of the fixture with a point.
Granada remains winless after ten league matches.
October 30, 2016
Eibar 2-1 Villarreal
Ivan Ramis 80’ Bruno Soriano 41’ (pen)
Pedro Leon 87’
Eibar came from a goal down to score two late goals for a home win over Villarreal.
Bruno Soriano’s late first half goal for Villarreal had the home team trailing the match up to the 80th minute.
Athletic Club 1-1 Osasuna
Raul Garcia 28’ Oriol Riera 23’
Osasuna held on to deny Athletic Club a deserved win.
Real Betis 0-1 Espanyol
Diego Reyes 63’
Espanyol became undefeated in five consecutive league matches after an away victory over Real Betis.
It was a victory that brought Espanyol equal on points with Real Betis on the league standings.
Las Palmas 3-3 Celta Vigo
Pedro Bigas 52’ Daniel Wass 6’
Jonathan Viera 66’(pen) Iago Aspas 14’ 21’
Kevin-Prince Boateng 68’
A six-goal thriller saw Celta Vigo blow a three goal lead to allow Las Palmas to finish the match with a point.
Going to the break 3-0 up at the half, not many would have expected Celta Vigo to leave Las Palmas without maximum points. But football is unpredictable.
After the restart, Pedro Bigas scored for Las Palmas to pull one back.
Things then went further south for Celta Vigo when Sergi Gomez was sent off after a second yellow card for a foul that brought about a penalty for Las Palmas to cut the Celta Vigo’s lead to a single goal.
Within two minutes after gaining a numerical advantage, Celta Vigo got the equalizing goal from Kevin-Prince Boateng.
October 31, 2016
Deportivo La Coruna 1-1 Valencia
Emre Colak 45’+2’ Rodrigo 56’
Two teams who are not too far apart on the league table played out a ‘1-1’ draw. Valencia had to come from behind to get an away point against Deportivo La Coruna.