euro round-up

Gareth Bale scored twice as REAL MADRID warmed up for their Champions League clash against Juventus with a 3-0 win at struggling LAS PALMAS, where Cristiano Ronaldo was rested.

With one eye on next week’s Champions League quarter-final first leg in Turin, Los Blancos coach Zinedine Zidane opted to leave in-form Ronaldo behind for the trip to Gran Canaria. However, Real never looked in any real danger of not getting the job done as Bale (below) fired them in front after 26 minutes, before Karim Benzema converted a penalty and the Wales forward added another spot-kick early in the second half.

The win moves Real to within a point of secondplaced Atletico Madrid. Goals in the 88th and 89th minutes gave

BARCELONA a 2-2 draw at SEVILLE. The hosts earlier led through Franco Vazquez (36) and Luis Muriel (50). n SCHALKE prevented Bayern Munich from sealing the Bundesliga title by beating FREIBURG 2-0. Had second-placed Schalke dropped points, Bayern knew they would have been crowned champions with a victory over Borussia Dortmund later yesterday evening.

Yet that possibility was taken off the table thanks to goals from Daniel Caligiuri and Guido Burgstaller.

BAYERN hit form as they humiliated rivals BORUSSIA DORTMUND 6-0 in Der Klassiker.

Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick against his former side, while Thomas Muller, James Rodriguez and Franck Ribery also netted.