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Dortmund Bounce SPORTS Sunday, April 16, 2017 21 Football Scores as of closing Spanish La Liga: Isco takes Real sixMadrid pointsa wonder goal of their own. clear sco struck in stoppage time to Isco received Lucas Vazquez’s send Real Madrid six points pass inside a crowded penalty clearI of Barcelona at the top of area but somehow dribbled past Sporting La Liga after twice coming from two Sporting defenders before went straight behind to beat Sporting Gijon curling the ball into the top up the other Deportivo la Coruna 2 Malaga 0 3-2 yesterday. corner. end to retake the Sporting Gijon 2 Real Madrid 3 Madrid can all but secure a Despite dominating lead as Vesga looped a Atletico Madrid 3 Osasuna 0 first league title in five years with possession for the remainder of measured header into the Barcelona 3 Real Sociedad 2 victory when they host Barca the first half Real had to wait far corner. next weekend. until early in the second period Once again, though, Germany’s Bundesliga: But not for the first time this for another clear chance to take Sporting’s defensive season they needed a late show the lead. deficiencies were quickly after Duje Cop and Mikel Vesga Home goalkeeper Ivan Cuellar exploited by the European put Sporting in front early in somehow turned Nacho’s header champions as Morata both halves. just out of the reach of Morata, towered above his Isco’s fine individual effort w h o was awaiting to marker to head home and a towering header from apply the Danilo’s cross. Alvaro Morata ensured neither final touch Madrid then lead lasted more than a few for a peppered the Sporting minutes. tap-in. goal, but didn’t make And Isco sealed the comeback the breakthrough until when he drilled home from the injury time as Isco’s edge of the box. effort from the edge of the Barca can close the gap back to area had too much power three points when they host Real for Cuellar. Borussia Dortmund 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Sociedad later on Saturday. Defeat means Sporting Mainz 1 Hertha Berlin 0 Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane remain five points from Wolfsburg 3 Ingolstadt 0 made nine changes from the safety in 18th with just Augsburg 2 Cologne 1 side that beat Bayern Munich in six games remaining. Hoffenheim 5 Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 the first leg of their Champions RB Leipzig 4 Freiburg 0 League quarter-final in midweek. Bayer Leverkusen 0 Bayern Munich 0 Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema were left out of the France’s Ligue 1: squad entirely alongside the injured Gareth Bale, whilst Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Marcelo had to settle for a place on the bench. Cop missed a late penalty with the chance to snatch a draw when the sides last met in November. Real However, the Croatian Madrid’s made amends when he French finished off a lovely coach Sporting move Zinedine by volleying Zidane home Vesga’s Nice 3 Nancy 1 scooped pass to Guingamp 2 Toulouse 1 put Sporting in Metz 2 Caen 2 front after 14 Real Madrid’s mid- Montpellier 2 Lorient 0 minutes. fielder Isco cele- Rennes 2 Lille 0 The lead lasted just three brates after scoring Monaco 0 Dijon 1 minutes as Real responded with Berlin also on target in a home played on Wednesday but orussia Dortmund victory which allowed Dortmund lost 3-2, their Bplayers and fans paid Thomas Tuchel’s side to players later admitting they Dortmund tribute to defender Marc all but wrap up a top-four were still shell-shocked by Bartra as they beat Eintracht finish and boost morale at the attack. Frankfurt 3-1 yesterday in the end of a traumatic week. The team was buoyed their first Bundesliga match Three bombs containing before kick-off on Saturday bounce since the midweek bomb pieces of metal rocked the as Bartra was released from attack on their team bus. Dortmund bus on the way hospital following surgery Germany winger Marco to Tuesday’s Champions on a broken wrist. Reus scored on his return League home quarter-final The Dortmund squad after six weeks out and match against Monaco and held his number five shirt Sokratis Papastathopoulos left Spanish international aloft as they celebrated in Dortmund’s players hold the jersey of Dortmund’s and leading scorer Pierre- Bartra hospitalised. front of their home fans back Spanish defender Marc Bartra who was injured during Emerick Aubameyang were The first leg was eventually after the final whistle. the bus attack.
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