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Real slams six past Zaragoza
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December 21, 2009, Monday
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Gonzalo Higuain and Rafael van der Vaart scored two goals apiece as Real Madrid tore apart struggling Real Zaragoza to win 6-0 in La Liga on Saturday.
Manuel Pellegrini's second-placed side climbed to 37 points from 15 games, two short of leader Barcelona which was in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, winning the Club World Cup.
Sevilla lost ground in third place after a double by Getafe's Roberto Soldado condemned it to a 1-2 home defeat.
Zaragoza arrived at a freezing Bernabeu with caretaker Jose Aurelio Gay standing in after coach Marcelino was sacked last weekend but the league's leakiest defense put up little resistance, conceding four goals in the first half.
Argentine striker Higuain burst clear to score after three minutes and Dutchman Van der Vaart, playing in place of the injured Kaka, made it 3-0 with a quickfire double.
In the 34th, Higuain also claimed a second goal, turning under pressure to lob a spectacular shot into the top corner for his 10th of the campaign.
Cristiano Ronaldo had tried his luck with a number of free kicks and finally got on the score-sheet in the 50th, twisting and turning in the area before slotting in the fifth goal.
Real was utterly dominant and Karim Benzema came off the bench to slot away its sixth goal in the 71st. Zaragoza remains in the relegation places with 12 points.
An opportunist early double from Getafe striker Soldado was enough to hold off a Sevilla side which dominated the game.
Sevilla turned to substitute Alvaro Negredo and he pulled one back in the 51st, bundling the ball into the net at the far post to end his six-week goal drought.
Earlier, Fernando Llorente powered Athletic Bilbao to a 2-0 home victory over Osasuna, lifting his side to sixth in the standings on 26 points.
In France, two David Bellion goals helped champion Girondins Bordeaux outclass Lorient 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday, ensuring it ends the year in top spot.
Bordeaux, which has won seven successive games in all competitions, is eight points clear of second-placed Olympique Marseille, which drew 0-0 at 10-man Saint-Etienne.
Third-placed Montpellier dropped 10 points off the pace after a 0-2 home defeat by Nancy. The game was played behind closed doors because Montpellier received a belated punishment after its fans threw firecrackers on the pitch at Nice in August, forcing the match to be halted for 20 minutes.
The Boulogne-Sochaux game was postponed because of a frozen pitch but all the other games went ahead, with the scores being: Valenciennes 0, Lens 0; Rennes 1, Paris Saint-Germain 0; and Grenoble 1, Nice 1.
Manuel Pellegrini's second-placed side climbed to 37 points from 15 games, two short of leader Barcelona which was in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, winning the Club World Cup.
Sevilla lost ground in third place after a double by Getafe's Roberto Soldado condemned it to a 1-2 home defeat.
Zaragoza arrived at a freezing Bernabeu with caretaker Jose Aurelio Gay standing in after coach Marcelino was sacked last weekend but the league's leakiest defense put up little resistance, conceding four goals in the first half.
Argentine striker Higuain burst clear to score after three minutes and Dutchman Van der Vaart, playing in place of the injured Kaka, made it 3-0 with a quickfire double.
In the 34th, Higuain also claimed a second goal, turning under pressure to lob a spectacular shot into the top corner for his 10th of the campaign.
Cristiano Ronaldo had tried his luck with a number of free kicks and finally got on the score-sheet in the 50th, twisting and turning in the area before slotting in the fifth goal.
Real was utterly dominant and Karim Benzema came off the bench to slot away its sixth goal in the 71st. Zaragoza remains in the relegation places with 12 points.
An opportunist early double from Getafe striker Soldado was enough to hold off a Sevilla side which dominated the game.
Sevilla turned to substitute Alvaro Negredo and he pulled one back in the 51st, bundling the ball into the net at the far post to end his six-week goal drought.
Earlier, Fernando Llorente powered Athletic Bilbao to a 2-0 home victory over Osasuna, lifting his side to sixth in the standings on 26 points.
In France, two David Bellion goals helped champion Girondins Bordeaux outclass Lorient 4-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday, ensuring it ends the year in top spot.
Bordeaux, which has won seven successive games in all competitions, is eight points clear of second-placed Olympique Marseille, which drew 0-0 at 10-man Saint-Etienne.
Third-placed Montpellier dropped 10 points off the pace after a 0-2 home defeat by Nancy. The game was played behind closed doors because Montpellier received a belated punishment after its fans threw firecrackers on the pitch at Nice in August, forcing the match to be halted for 20 minutes.
The Boulogne-Sochaux game was postponed because of a frozen pitch but all the other games went ahead, with the scores being: Valenciennes 0, Lens 0; Rennes 1, Paris Saint-Germain 0; and Grenoble 1, Nice 1.
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