Verona’s Simeone shoots four past Lazio
Junior perhaps felt a little forced, but both players have become symbols of hope.
Madrid made Barcelona pay in the 32nd minute with a wonderful goal. Alaba tackled Memphis Depay on the edge of his own box and kept going, at first wanting it down the line from Vinicius, who instead switched forward to Rodrygo.
This time Alaba would get it back, his space opened up by the curving run of Benzema, and from the edge of the area he swerved the ball inside the far post.
Then on the counter-attack, Madrid made it two, Marco Asensio’s shot swept in by the sliding Vazquez in the 93rd minute.
There was still time for an Aguero goal in the 97th, a sharp finish from Dest’s cross, but not for a comeback.
OTHER RESULTS
Sunday: Sevilla 5 Levante 3. Saturday: Elche 2 Espanyol 2, Athletic Bilbao 2 Villarreal 1.
Milan, Italy - Giovanni Simeone struck all four goals as Verona hammered Lazio 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday, while Fiorentina closed in on the Champions League places with a 3-0 win over Cagliari.
Simeone, the son of former Lazio player and long-time
Atletico Madrid coach Diego, struck twice in each half to sink Maurizio Sarri's Lazio, who briefly threatened when Ciro Immobile halved the deficit seconds after the break.
Verona move up to 11th on 11 points after starting the day hovering above the drop zone, while Lazio drop to eighth.
OTHER RESULTS
Sunday: Atalanta 1 Udinese 1, Fiorentina 3 Cagliari 0. Saturday: Bologna 2 AC Milan 4, Sassuolo 3 Venezia 1.
Sunday: Nice 3 Lyon 2, Lens 4 Metz 1, Lorient 1 Bordeaux 1, Reims 1 Troyes 2, Rennes 1
Strasbourg 0, Monaco 3 Montpellier 1. Saturday: Nantes 2 Clermont 1, Lille 1 Brest 1.
Sunday: Cologne 2 Bayer Leverkusen 2, Stuttgart 1 Union Berlin 1.
Saturday: Arminia Bielefeld 1 Borussia Dortmund 3, Hertha Berlin 1 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0.
St Mirren 1 Rangers 2.
Celtic 2 St Johnstone 0, Aberdeen 1 Hibernian 0, Hearts 1 Dundee 1, Ross County 2 Livingston 3, Dundee United 2 Motherwell 1.