Four second half goals, one from Sergio Ramos and three from Cristiano Ronaldo, one from the penalty spot, saw Real Madrid cruise past Getafe on Sunday evening. That keeps them comfortably in third place in La Liga, although 15 points behind the leaders, Barcelona.
Deportivo 2-3 Valencia
Valencias are up to fifth place in La Liga after fighting back to win 2-3 at bottom club Deportivo.
Málaga 2-4 Barcelona
Barcelona will play Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Copa del Rey after eventually overcoming Málaga 2-4 on Thursday night in their quarter-final second leg match. The first encounter had ended in a 2-2 draw.
Valencia 0-5 Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid closed the gap on the leaders at the top of La Liga to a mere eight points after a 2-0 win against Levante, Adrian and Koke doing the damage.
Copa del Rey quarter-finals, first leg
Málaga, reduced to ten men after Monreal was ordered from the field, held Barcelona to a 2-2 draw at the Neu Camp. Messi and Puyol were the scorers for Barcelona, Iturra and Camacho for the Blue and Whites.
Málaga 1-3 Barcelona
Málaga slip down to fifth place after Betis beat Levante 2-0 and the Blue and Whites went down 3-1 to runaway leaders Barcelona. Messi, Fabregas and Thiago were the scorers for Barcelona, Buonanotte curling a late free kick into the top corner of the net for a consolation goal.
Good win for Ferrer
World number five David Ferrer geared up for the Australian Open by winning a record-equalling fourth Auckland Open. Ferrer beat Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 to equal the four Auckland wins of Australian Roy Emerson. Ferrer is seeded four in Melbourne and will play Olivier Rochus in round one.
Osasuna 0-0 Real Madrid
La Liga looks pretty much like a one-horse race at this stage, roughly the midpoint of the season. Real Madrid did themselves no good with a 0-0 draw at Osasuna and could find themselves 18 points adrift of their arch-rivals by the end of the weekend.
Real Madrid 4-3 Real Sociedad
Real Madrid made a bright start, Benzema scoring after two minutes, but were reduced to ten men after just six minutes of their match against Real Sociedad after goalkeeper Adán was dismissed for bringing down Carlos Vela inside the area.
Deportivo 1-0 Málaga
Pizzi scored the only goal of the match, picking up a bad back pass, to condemn the Blue and Whites to defeat although they are still holding on to fourth place in La Liga.