Ronaldo slams hattrick, Barca win big
11 Feb 2013 3:05 AM GMT
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 20th hat-trick as a Real Madrid player as the Spanish champions cruised to a 4-1 victory over Sevilla on Saturday.
Ronaldo was even involved in the goal he didn’t score as he squared for Karim Benzema to open the scoring on 18 minutes before smashing in his first of the evening eight minutes later.
And the former Manchester United man warmed up for Wednesday’s meeting with his old club in the Champions League in perfect fashion as he scored twice more from close range in the first 14 minutes of the second-half.
Madrid had to be play the final 24 minutes with 10 men though as Gonzalo Higuain saw a needless second yellow card for a late challenge on Fernando Navarro.
Lionel Messi notched up his 35th league goal of the season as an understrength Barcelona strolled to a crushing 6-1 win at home over Getafe that put them 12 points clear at the top of La Liga on Sunday.
Alexis Sanchez and David Villa made the most of a rare place in the starting lineup with goals either side of Messi’s strike and Andres Iniesta, Cristian Tello and Gerard Pique were also on the scoresheet as Barca racked up a 20th victory in 23 matches this term to move on to 62 points.
Second placed Atletico Madrid play Rayo Vallecano in an away fixture later on Sunday.
Ronaldo was even involved in the goal he didn’t score as he squared for Karim Benzema to open the scoring on 18 minutes before smashing in his first of the evening eight minutes later.
And the former Manchester United man warmed up for Wednesday’s meeting with his old club in the Champions League in perfect fashion as he scored twice more from close range in the first 14 minutes of the second-half.
Madrid had to be play the final 24 minutes with 10 men though as Gonzalo Higuain saw a needless second yellow card for a late challenge on Fernando Navarro.
Lionel Messi notched up his 35th league goal of the season as an understrength Barcelona strolled to a crushing 6-1 win at home over Getafe that put them 12 points clear at the top of La Liga on Sunday.
Alexis Sanchez and David Villa made the most of a rare place in the starting lineup with goals either side of Messi’s strike and Andres Iniesta, Cristian Tello and Gerard Pique were also on the scoresheet as Barca racked up a 20th victory in 23 matches this term to move on to 62 points.
Second placed Atletico Madrid play Rayo Vallecano in an away fixture later on Sunday.
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