Madrid ease past Sociedad to overcome league blip

Posted: Sep. 14, 2017 8:00 am Updated: Sep. He went on to help the team secure the Champions League and La Liga title.

Bale’s 61st-minute goal helped Madrid to kill the game against unsafe opponents who had been unbeaten this season.

Isco has not always had everything his own way at Madrid, however, with James Rodriguez’s arrival in 2014 providing him with competition and forcing the Spaniard to accept a squad role.

Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad in both meetings last season by 3-0 scores.

Bale, 28, scored in Real’s win over Deportivo La Coruna in the opening weekend of the La Liga season but has not found the back of the net since. Barcelona plays at Getafe on Saturday.

It remains to be seen how fans and players adapt to the trip across town from the Vicente Calderon and how the still unfinished infrastructure around the ground copes, but there is no turning back now for Atletico, who welcome back Antoine Griezmann after suspension.

Geronimo Rulli has been solid in goal, while Asier Illarramendi has been key at handling the first line of defense in the midfield.

Former Chelsea striker Loic Remy scored the winning goal three minutes from time as Las Palmas edged past Athletic Bilbao 1-0.

Mayoral was a Madrid youth player who made a handful of appearances with the first team before playing on loan at German club Wolfsburg previous year.

MY pre-season column was about “troubled” Barcelona in the wake of their humiliating 5-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup and how they would cope after Neymar’s departure and Luis Suarez’s injury. “We must not think that Gareth must step up without Karim and Cristiano”. “He has given me a lot of confidence in hard moments, and I’ve responded to that”.

La Real enjoyed plenty of possession towards the end and piled men forward in the hope of a late comeback, but the visitors produced a professional display and had little difficulty keeping their two-goal lead intact. It remained in the top 10 every year until 1988-89, finishing second twice.

“Everyone wants to be a Real Madrid player”.

He said that “maybe” Barcelona had tried to contact him, but he ignored it as his intention was to stay at Real Madrid and keep improving.