Real Madrid clinches second place in the Spanish League from Barcelona
Real Madrid snatched second place in the Spanish Football League from its traditional rivals Barcelona after defeating its host Celta Vigo 3/1 on Saturday in the twenty-eighth stage of the competition, which also witnessed today a tie between Athletic Bilbao and Eibar 1/1.
Real Madrid raised its score to 60 points to occupy second place, three points behind Atletico Madrid, who meets Deportivo Alaves on Sunday, and one point against Barcelona, who plays their match in the stage tomorrow against Real Sociedad, while Celta Vigo stagnates at 34 points in eleventh place. .
Real Madrid took the lead with two goals scored by Karim Benzema in the 20 and 30 minutes, then Celta Vigo responded with a goal scored by Santi Mina in the 40th minute.
In the final moments of the stoppage time of the match, substitute Marco Asensio made his mark in the match and added Real Madrid's third goal following a pass by Benzema.
Karim Benzema raised his score to 17 goals in third place in the list of scorers in the Spanish League, four goals behind Barcelona's Lionel Messi and one goal behind Luis Suarez of Atletico Madrid.
Athletic Bilbao continued to waste points and drew with its guest Eibar 1/1, to be the second tie for Bilbao against a defeat during its last three matches in the league, and the team raised its tally to 35 points in ninth place and Eibar raised its score to 23 points in the eighteenth place.
Yuri Birchich opened the scoring for Athletic Bilbao in the ninth minute, then Eibar equalized with a goal by Enrique García Kiki in the 17th minute.
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