Cristiano Ronaldo continued from where he stopped before claiming the FIFA ballon d'or by scoring a superb long-range goal, his 400th career goal, to justify his Ballon d'Or to spark Real Madrid's 5-0 rout at Real Betis , to atleast momentarily lift his team to level with the leaders of La Liga on Saturday.
Ronaldo topped his free kick in the Copa del Rey on
Wednesday with a 25-meter blast taken on the run
that sailed past goalkeeper Stephan Andersen and
into the roof of the net in the 10th minute in
Seville. Gareth Bale followed Ronaldo's rocket with
a delicately placed free kick in the 25th for his first
goal since Nov. 30, leaving the hosts demoralised
and in tatters at the back.
The shot increased Ronaldo's league-leading tally
to 21 goals in 20 rounds. He has 31 goals in 26
appearances overall for Madrid.
Luka Modric then set up Karim Benzema late in the first half to slot his 100th goal in his fifth season at Madrid.
Andersen denied Ronaldo one-on-one after
halftime, but he couldn't stop Angel Di Maria from
sending a rebound from outside the area skidding
just inside the upright in the 62nd minute.
Substitute Alvaro Morata scored the fifth in the
90th.
Elsewhere, Espanyol beat Celta Vigo 1-0 in
Barcelona thanks to Sergio Garcia's late goal to
move into the upper half of the standings.
Garcia plucked a high ball out of the air, evaded the
challenge of Gustavo Cabral and despatched an
emphatic left-footed finish into the bottom-left
corner.
Elche earned a first win in six rounds by beating
10-man Rayo Vallecano 2-0 at home.
The outcome of the game was never in doubt once
the visitors went a goal and a player down after 19
minutes, Raul Baena shown a red card for bringing
down Coro in the area and Edu Albacar scoring
from the spot.
Paco Jemez's side could only seek to limit the
damage for the remainder of the game and did a
good job of it until Javi Marquez doubled the lead
on 79 minutes.
Osasuna were outplayed at Granada but held on to
draw 0-0 and stay undefeated in five rounds.
TOP SCORERS
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid 21
Diego Costa
Atlético Madrid 19
A. Griezmann
Real Sociedad 12
A. Sánchez
Barcelona 11
Ike Uche
Villarreal 11
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