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Real Madrid kicked off the match which took place at the Santiago Bernab& 233;u Stadium. This happened to be a crucial match for Real who are in pursue of the title just a point behind Barcelona which are leading the table currently at 96 points.Athletic Bilbao was a 10 man squad from the 20th minute when Fernando Amorebieta was struck on the hand by a shot from Gonzalo Higuaín. The referee made no delays in showing the red card while Cristiano Ronaldo took the penalty and scored when he made goal keeper Gorka Iraizoz make a dive the opposite way. This was just the start Real wanted and what Manuel Pellegrini was hoping for.Then in the 40th minute Athletic Bilbao struck a stunner. It happened when Fran Yeste evaded 4 defenders on the offside line and then shot the ball between two defenders on the way stunning the goal keeper, Iker Casillas. It was an amazing goal by Yeste and this sent Real back to break thinking about their strategy.Real kept quite after the start on the 2nd half but all of a sudden it seemed like they had caught fire as their plays became more aggressive and brought wave after wave of attack. In the 72nd minute Xabi Alonso took a corner which was deflected by a Bilbao defender and the Real player Karim Benzema head it but the ball didn’t go all the way. The ball was flying towards the goal when Iraizoz made a good save but then the ball was found by Higuaín who headed it home.Just 7 minutes later Sergio Ramos came flying in and tried to make a clever pass but failed and the ball landed in his feet. He remained calm dribbling along as he went through 4 Bilbao players and scored an amazing goal in the 79th minute.Just a minute later Ronaldo came running in with the ball and passed it to Kaká on the wing. He dibbled it into ‘D’ while finding a gap for an attempt but being unsuccessful he found Benzema and passed it. Benzema lost no time in reacting and immediately put it in the back of the net in the 80th minute.The last goal of the thrashing came in the 88th minute as the Real side came on to attack and a poor defending lead the ball to Marcelo who made no mistake in producing the goal impeccably. With that the score became 5-1 and Real now have 95 points on the table.Now Barcelona and Real have just a match each to play. Real will be away from home when they pay a visit to Malaga. Barcelona on the other hand are playing host to Real Valladolid. With the title this close both matches will be a must see.
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