{"id":15169,"date":"2020-06-15T13:21:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T08:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=15169"},"modified":"2020-06-15T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T08:21:27","slug":"real-madrid-beat-eibar-to-hang-on-in-spanish-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/15169","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid beat Eibar to hang on in Spanish title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANKARA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid toppled Eibar 3-1 in the Spanish league on Sunday to pursue leaders Barcelona in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>This season of the top-tier La Liga saw a relentless race between the giants as Barcelona were ahead with 61 points and their bitter rivals, second-placed Real Madrid, increased their points to 59 over the home win against Eibar.<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla came third as they earned 50 points in 28 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid finished the job in the first half, scoring all three goals to clinch the victory.<\/p>\n<p>German midfielder Toni Kroos scored the opener in the fourth minute to give Real Madrid a 1-0 lead against Eibar.<\/p>\n<p>Kroos had the ball in the penalty box to missile it into the top corner.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s Spanish defender Sergio Ramos doubled the gap in the 30th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian star Eden Hazard beat offside on a counter attack to create a chance as he was one on one with Eibar goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Hazard assisted to Ramos as the Spanish captain, who was unmarked in the penalty box, scored an open goal.<\/p>\n<p>In the 37th minute of the match, Real Madrid&#8217;s Brazilian left back Marcelo made the score 3-0 for his team, firing a low shot towards the left corner of the Eibar goal.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro Bigas netted the ball into the Real Madrid net in the 60th minute, a consolation goal for Eibar. The ball in motion was deflected by Bigas to deceive Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no better way to come back than with a win,&#8221; Ramos said in a post-match interview.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Real Madrid&#8217;s Welsh star Gareth Bale tallied 250 appearances for his team.<\/p>\n<p>One of the team&#8217;s sensational signings, Bale has been playing for Real Madrid since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>La Liga is being held behind closed doors over the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sunday&#8217;s results:<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Bilbao &#8211; Atletico Madrid: 1-1<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid &#8211; Eibar: 3-1<\/p>\n<p>Real Sociedad &#8211; Osasuna: 1-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA Real Madrid toppled Eibar 3-1 in the Spanish league on Sunday to pursue leaders Barcelona in the standings. This season of the top-tier La Liga saw a relentless race between the giants as Barcelona were ahead with 61 points and their bitter rivals, second-placed Real Madrid, increased their points to 59 over the home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15171,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15169\/revisions\/15171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}