La Liga: Real Madrid drop points, Barca and Atletico win
Real Madrid dropped two points in the race for the La Liga title, being held to a 1-1 draw away to Rayo Vallecano.
Real Madrid dropped two points in the race for the La Liga title, being held to a 1-1 draw away to Rayo Vallecano.
The defender had to leave the pitch in the 39th minute of the game, and the tests carried out on Sunday confirmed he will be out of action until at least August.
La Liga wastes no time in kicking off the New Year with the 19th round of matches to be played over the coming three days.
Interestingly, Girona FC play in the final fixture of Matchday 14, on Monday night, so their title rivals will look to put the pressure on before the leaders are back in action.
Global sports brand Puma and La Liga on Monday unveiled Orbita Yellow Ball, a high-visibility ball designed specifically for La Liga and La Liga Hypermotion matches to be played from Monday till April 27, 2024.
After interacting with Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, Areola agreed to the loan move to Real. However, he should be aware that getting match time might still be difficult at Real Madrid.
Real Madrid want him to stay with them since they are aware that he will not be able to recover in time to play for Belgium.
Simeone has dismissed any talk of winning La Liga title after his side preserved their 100 per cent win record with a superb comeback win against Eibar.
The striker, at the age of just 16 years and 304 days, now leads the list of most precocious goalscorers in a Barca shirt.
It was less than a week ago that Barcelona had, in fact, sent a delegation team to Paris to try and finalise the deal concerning the Brazilian.