FC Barcelona players didn’t have any difficulty to achieve victory in Zaragoza. They won 2:0 mostly due to the efficiency of a double scorer Lionel Messi. Two hours later, Real Madrid was back in first place in the standings. Real has beaten Racing Santander 6-1and Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals. Sevilla players won against Athletic Bilbao 4-3 in a thrilling match, and the players of Osasuna and Getafe were also in the mood for scoring goals and won 3-0. Villarreal showed that they are in a good shape by beating Atletico Madrid 2-0. The surprise was Mallorca that beat Valencia 2-1 in away match.

From the very beginning of the match, Barcelona, led by Messi, imposed their style of play. After a couple of unused chances, Barcelona leads 1-0 in the 42nd minute, and the scorer was The biggest team star Leo Messi. . The match got even more easy for Barcelona players when Ponzio got the red card t the very beginning of the second half-time and twenty minutes later Messi scored another goal

Real Madrid has already provided victory after thirty minutes of playing by scoring three goals. The host was in the lead in the 10th minute and the scorer was Higuain.
Then, the most expensive player in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Real Madrid in the 15th minute and then in 27th he scored another goal.

As the second half-time began, Ronaldo scored two more goals, the first one in the 47th minute with the assistance of Di Maria and the second in the 55th from the penalty spot when Di Maria was fouled. Ozil scored the last goal for Real Madrid and by the end of the match, guests achieved a consolation goal thanks to the scorer Diop.

After one hour of playing Sevilla reached the result 3-0 but this encouraging rhythm was ruined when Navarro got his second yellow card in the 64th minute. Fernando Llorente pretty much scared the domestic audience because he scored two goals in four minutes, while at the same time he failed to score from the penalty spot. For the second time Kanoute soon scored a penalty and that was the fourth goal for Sevilla. Everybody thought that this would be the final result, but Gabilondo hit the ball in the last minute and the final result was 4-3.

Speaking of surprises, Mallorca led in the 7th minute when Castro scored a penalty. Only 22 minutes later the same player scored another goal.
Valencia managed to score in the 36th minute thanks to a new penalty. Soldado was accurate, so it seemed that had good chances to prevent the surprise.
However, Valencia failed to score in the second half thanks to excellent defence of Mallorca and the game finished 2-1 for the away team.

Primera Division, 8th Round:

Saturday 23-10-2010

Real Zaragoza vs FC Barcelona 0:2
Scorers: Messi 42′, 66′

Real Madrid vs Racing Santander 6:1
Scorers: Higuain 10′, Cristiano Ronaldo 15′, 27′, 47′, 55′, Ozil 63′ – Diop 73′

Valencia vs Mallorca 1:2
Scorers: Soldado 36′ – Castro 7′, 29′

Sunday 24-10-2010

Almeria vs Hercules CF 1:1
Scorers: Ulloa 84′ – Valdez 38′

Espanyol vs Levante 2:1
Scorers: Datolo 13′, Callejon 81′ – Stuani 84′

Getafe CF vs Sporting Gijon 3:0
Scorers: Boateng 9′, Colunga 51′, Marcano 60′

Osasuna vs FC Malaga 3:0
Scorers: Nekounam 2′, Masoud 37′, Aranda 56′

FC Sevilla vs Athletic Bilbao 4:3
Scorers: Luis Fabiano 35′, Kanoute 45′, Luis Fabiano 62′, Kanoute 80′ – Llorente 73′, 77′, Gabilondo 90′

CF Villarreal vs Atletico Madrid 2:0
Scorers: Cani 9′, Rossi 52′

Monday 25-10-2010

Real Sociedad vs Deportivo La Coruna 3:0
Scorers: Llorente 17′, Griezmann 70′, Agirretxe 86′