Real Madrid, Barcelona Won La Liga Matches on Saturday

Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona won their respective La Liga matches on Saturday. In fact, both the teams clinched comfortable victories thanks to their recently signed stars. Barcelona’s 2-0 win came at Getafe, while Real Madrid thrashed Espanyol 3-0 on the road.

Getafe was defending well until Ibrahimovic scored in the 65^th minute to put Barcelona ahead in the game. Barcelona’s victory was ensured when Lionel Messi scored the second in the 79^th minute.

Real Madrid dominated throughout the game against Espanyol. Midfielder Granero gave the visitors a lead after 39 minutes. Real was leading 1-0 at the half time. The lead was doubled when Guti scored in the 77^th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the third goal in the 90^th minutes after coming off the bench.

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Esteban Granero: My Goal is to be Regular for Real Madrid

You know that Real Madrid has spent a fortune this summer to strength their squad and their midfield has some of today’s best players like Ronaldo, Kaka, Alonso and some others. Naturally, it is pretty much understandable that clinching a regular place in Real Madrid midfield would not be an easy task for others.

However, Spanish midfielder Esteban Granero is daring to do the same task in Real Madrid. He was impressive in Real’s recent 3-0 victory over Espanyol last weekend. Granero, who spent the last two seasons Getafe, thinks that he had a very good communication with Kaka on the field.

Esteban Granero has revealed that his goal this season is to be regular for Real Madrid as much as possible and he admits that he needs to improve on his game in order to achieve that. He wants to be important to the team and becoming a regular starter in Real Madrid squad is the only goal of Esteban Granero this season. We will know if he could achieve that goal or not at the end of the season.

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