Even if they win their last game, Atletico, with 85 points are out because Barcelona have a vast goal advantage.
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“I’m always positive”, he said in quotes published on Real Madrid’s website after their 3-2 win over Valencia.
Levante fought hard to give their fans a fine farewell in their last home game of the season and Victor Casadesus levelled the scoring just past the half-hour mark.
“The first thing is to win our game”.
With a Champions League final against Atletico on the horizon, Zidane was asked whether he will consider shuffling his pack at the Riazor. Barcelona will play in the Copa del Rey final against Sevilla on May 22.
Rayo Vallecano also remain in the bottom three after losing 2-1 at Real Sociedad.
“We’ve accomplished the goal we set, which was to be second”.
Madrid was comfortable for much of the game at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Valencia indebted to goalkeeper Diego Alves for restricting Ronaldo and co to three goals.
Ronaldo was then withdrawn for Alvaro Arbeloa, making his final Madrid appearance at the Bernabeu, before Gomes pulled one back and Rodrigo saw red for dissent in an eventful ending to an entertaining match.
Substitute Rafinha Alcantara and Neymar wrapped up the victory with strikes in the closing stages as Barca eased to a fourth straight win, in which they have scored 21 goals without conceding.
Atletico surprisingly lost 2-1 at already-relegated Levante, but Simeone has refused to criticise his team and claimed that he can take “joy” from the fact that his team continue to “compete with the best”.
Atletico paid for their exertions in setting up a second all-Madrid Champions League final against Bayern Munich in midweek, despite getting off to a brilliant start when Fernando Torres opened the scoring from Koke’s pass after two minutes.
He said, “Valencia is a great team, with good players and Parejo has a great command over the midfield”. “I can just congratulate them. They defended well, didn’t let us combine beyond chances for Antoine Griezmann and Stefan Savic”, Simeone argued, AS reports.
The Catalans knew how important the fixture was because they could lose the title if they drop points.
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At the bottom, Sporting Gijon remain out of the relegation zone thanks to their superior head-to-head record with Getafe after the two drew 1-1.
