Sunday, September 22, 2013

Ronaldo steals Bale's headlines on matchday 4 in La Liga

World record signing Gareth Bale scored on his Real Madrid debut on Saturday night, but had the limelight taken from him on Sunday.Bale scored Madrid's opening goal in their 2-2 draw in Villarreal on Saturday night on a night the club had to thank goalkeeper Diego Lopez for keeping them in the game with a series of fine saves as Villarreal were the better side on the night. Cani and Geovani Dos Santos scored for the home side to ensure a share of the points.However by Sunday,Wholesale Kids cheap Kids Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored Madrid's second in the El Madrigal stadium with a lucky rebound, had captured the headlines with the confirmation he had signed a contract extension which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2018.Madrid and Villarreal had both gone into their game with 100 percent records and as such both said goodbye to their perfect starts, meaning just two teams now have 12 points from their first four matches.One of those is FC Barcelona, but there was plenty of drama in their 3-2 win over Sevilla,China Balance Battery Forklift which came thanks to a 93rd minute strike from Alexis Sanchez.Led by a brilliant Neymar, Barca had looked to be cruising as Dani Alves and Leo Messi gave them a 2-0 lead before poor defending allowed Sevilla to get back into the match thanks to Igor Rakitic with 10 minutes remaining and Coke, who leveled from a corner in the last minute.Messi then set up Alexis at the death for Barca to win the game, but the league champions were far from convincing.Atletico Madrid had far fewer problems as they maintained their perfect start with an easy 4-2 home win against Almeria. 

The result never looked to be in doubt after David Villa scored a volley after 16 minutes to put Atletico ahead and Diego Costa slot home a penalty to double the lead before the break and although Rodri gave Almeria hope with a goal at the end of the first half, further goals from Thiago Cardoso and Raul Garcia sealed the win and Vidal's late consolation for Almeria merely made the result look less convincing that it actually was.kadifashionMeanwhile 90 minutes of tedium in Levante's Ciudad de Valencia Stadium ended in a 0-0 draw which just about sums up both sides' merits in the game.Sunday kicked off with Lanzarrote's free kick deciding an even game in Granada in Espanyol's favor and Javier Aguirre's side are unbeaten this campaign, while Granada were angry at the free kick which was given for a supposed backpass.Osasuna's miserable start to the campaign continued with a 2-1 defeat in Getafe.Buy Cheap Ralph Lauren Women's Skirts Two goals from Miku cancelled out Roberto Torres' opener for the visitors and Osasuna have not suffered their worst start to the season in the Spanish top flight.Malaga's season got going with a 5-0 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano. El Hamdaoui scored a hat-trick to finally turn the home side's good play into points, while Rayo must worry about their second 5-0 away defeat this season.Valencia are also struggling in the start to the season as they lost 3-1 away to Buy Cheap Moncler Scarve and Cap-MC2001Betis. Jorge Molina and to goals from Salva Sevilla had sealed the game after just 35 minutes and Ricardo Costa's second half goal did little to change things.The round of games ends on Monday as Elche entertain Valladolid, but the highspot of the week comes after afterwards when Athletic Club Bilbao inaugurate their spectacular new San Mames Stadium at home to Celta.

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