According to Tasnim news agency, following the matches of the eighth week of the Spanish La Liga competitions, today (Sunday) the football teams of Real Madrid and Espanyol met at the Cornia Elprat Stadium, which ended in a 2-0 victory over Espanyol.
In this game, Raul Detomas in the 17th minute and Alex Vidal in the 60th minute scored Espanyol’s goals. Karim Benzema made up for one of Real Madrid’s goals in the 71st minute, but it was not enough to save the Galatasaray from defeat.
This was Real Madrid’s third straight win after a goalless draw at home to Villarreal and a home defeat to Sharif in the Champions League, which prevented Carlo Ancelotti’s side from increasing their safety margin at the top of the table.
Espanyol also gained 9 points with its second victory this season and climbed to twelfth place.
Following the games of the eighth week of La Liga, three more games will be played tonight, in the first two simultaneous games from 20:00 Tehran time, Getafe will host Real Sociedad and Villarreal will host Real Betis. In the last match, Granada will face Sevilla at home from 22:30.