Real Madrid recorded its fourth consecutive Spanish League victory with a 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano on Sunday despite playing for 72 minutes with 10 men.
Alvaro Morata and Sergio Ramos got the goals in the opening 12 minutes but Ramos’ night took a turn for the worse just six minutes later when he saw two harsh yellow cards in quick succession.
The results:
Spanish League: Real Sociedad 1 (Vela 18-pen) drew with Levante 1 (Herrero 29-pen); Valencia 2 (Ricardo Costa 60, Soldado 81) bt Real Mallorca 0; Valladolid 0 lost to Atletico Madrid 3 (Falcao 11, Diego Costa 53, Cristian Rodriguez 90); Espanyol 1 (Sergio Garcia 7) bt Real Betis 0; Real Madrid 2 (Morata 3, Ramos 12) bt Rayo Vallecano 0.
Italian League: Napoli 0 drew with Sampdoria 0; Torino 2 (Cerci 42, Birsa) bt Atalanta 1 (Denis 75-pen); Catania 1 (Almiron 42) bt Bologna 0; Pescara 0 lost to Cagliari 2 (Sau 53, 61); Genoa 1 (Kucka 33) bt Udinese 0; Fiorentina 4 (Ljajic 13, 65, Jovetic 33, 55) bt Inter Milan 1 (Cassano 87).
