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(CNN Spanish) - Real Madrid continues to move closer to a new title in La Liga, despite Barcelona's thrashing of Villarreal on Sunday. The victory of the merengue team in the early Sunday hours against Athletic Club allowed it to maintain its four-point advantage in the table, with four dates remaining for the end of the tournament.
Those led by Zinedine Zidane won the victory at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao thanks to a penalty goal from their captain, Sergio Ramos, who has been winning for two consecutive games from Madrid from the 12 steps. He had already done it on Thursday, 1-0 against Getafe.
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The penalty that gave Madrid the victory this Sunday came from a foul in the area over the Brazilian Marcelo. The referee José Luis González González had to resort to video arbitration to grant the maximum penalty to the visiting team. After the match, Zidane defended this determination by the central judge.
“I am tired because in the end we always talk about the same thing. It seems that we won the games because of the referees and this is not the case. We are on the field and you have to respect Real Madrid and the players. This is not going to change. We are fighting and as always the referee has gone to see the play and has called a penalty because there is a penalty, "said Zidane, as quoted by Realmadrid.com.
Real Madrid's winning streak now extends to seven straight games, and their table lead over Barça is four points. This is the panorama that remains for the two greats of Spain in the final stretch of the championship:
Real Madrid:
- vs. Alavés (at home)
- vs. Granada (away)
- vs. Villarreal (home)
- vs. Leganés (as a visitor)
Barcelona:
- vs. Espanyol (at home)
- vs. Valladolid (away)
- vs. Osasuna (home)
- vs. Alavés (as a visitor)
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