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Football: Real Madrid takes the lead in Spain's La Liga

Spanish La Liga leaders Real Madrid makes a comeback against Cordoba, while Portuguese star Ronaldo is shown a red card in the match.

27.01.2015 - Update : 27.01.2015
Football: Real Madrid takes the lead in Spain's La Liga

MADRID, Spain 

Real Madrid led Spain’s highest football division La Liga at the end of Match Day 20 Monday night despite having a postponed match.

Real Madrid barely won against Cordoba, 2-1, in an away match Saturday. The home team took the lead with an early penalty kick that was converted successfully by Algerian striker Nabil Ghilas.

Away team Real Madrid equalized the level with their French striker Karim Benzema in the first half. "Los Blancos" (The Whites) Welsh star Gareth Bale brought glory to his team in the nick of time as he found the net from penalty through the end of the game.

In 82nd minute, Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was directly sent off after punching his opponent.

Meanwhile, runners-up Barcelona smashed Elche, 6-0, in an away game Saturday. Argentine star forward Lionel Messi and Brazilian flamboyant forward Neymar each scored two goals. Other scorers for "Barca" were Spanish center-back Gerard Pique and his fellow citizen Pedro Rodriguez.

Coming in third in the league table, Atletico Madrid won against Rayo Vallecano, 3-1, in Madrid on Saturday. French winger Antoine Griezmann shone out as he scored two goals.

- Results of Match Day 20 are:

Cordoba 1-2 Real Madrid

Elche 0-6 Barcelona

Atletico Madrid 3-1 Rayo Vallecano

Villarreal 1-0 Levante

Real Sociedad 1-0 Eibar

Deportivo La Coruna 2-2 Granada

Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Malaga

Espanyol 3-0 Almeria

Valencia 3-1 Sevilla

Getafe 2-1 Celta Vigo

- La Liga's league table is:

 Rank TeamsP  W  D  L  GF   GA  +/-  Pts    
  1   Real Madrid 19 16 0 3 64 16 48 48  
  2   Barcelona 20 15 2 3 54 9 45 47  
  3   Atletico Madrid 20 14 2 4 40 19 21 44  
  4   Valencia 20 12 5 3 38 18 20 41  
  5   Sevilla 19 12 3 4 31 20 11 39  
  6   Villarreal 20 11 5 4 33 17 16 38  
  7   Malaga 20 9 5 6 23 21 2 32  
  8   Eibar 20 7 6 7 24 26 -2 27  
  9   Espanyol 20 7 5 8 25 29 -4 26  
  10   Rayo Vallecano 20 7 2 11 21 36 -15 23  
  11   Real Sociedad 20 5 7 8 20 24 -4 22  
  12   Celta Vigo 20 5 6 9 19 23 -4 21  
  13   Athletic Bilbao 20 5 5 10 16 26 -10 20  
  14   Getafe 20 5 5 10 16 28 -12 20  
  15   Cordoba 20 3 9 8 16 30 -14 18  
  16   Deportivo La Coruna          20 4 6 10 16 33 -17 18  
  17   Elche 20 4 5 11 18 41 -23 17  
  18   Almeria 20 4 4 12 17 33 -16 16  
  19   Levante 20 3 7 10 13 35 -22 16  
  20   Granada 20 2 9 9 13 33 -20 15

 - Top scorers:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 28 goals

Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 21 goals

Neymar (Barcelona) 14 goals

- Next matchday's fixtures in La Liga are:

Friday

Rayo Vallecano vs Deportivo La Coruna

Saturday

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad

Eibar vs Atletico Madrid

Granada vs Elche

Celta Vigo vs Cordoba

Sunday

Levante vs Athletic Bilbao

Almeria vs Getafe

Sevilla vs Espanyol

Barcelona vs Villarreal

 

Monday

Malaga vs Valencia

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