Madrid, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- In the 24th round of the 2023-2024 Spanish Football League, Real Madrid defeated Girona 4-0 at home and led La Liga strongly.
Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham (first from left) breaks through with the ball on February 10. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Gustavo Barrente) After this game, Real Madrid scored 61 points with 19 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, and rode the dust in the standings, 5 points behind Girona, who ranked second.
Just six minutes into the game, Real Madrid opened up when Vinicius Jr. curled a shot from outside the box into the top right corner. In the 35th minute, the home team expanded the score, Bellingham received a pass from Vinicius, shook the opponent's goalkeeper on the left side of the penalty area and pushed the empty goal from a small angle, 2:0.
In the second half, Real Madrid became more and more courageous. Bellingham and Rodrygo scored in the 54th and 61st minutes respectively to make it 4-0.
In the other matches of the day, Real Sociedad lost 1-0 at home to Osasuna, Alaves drew 1-1 at home to Villarreal and Valencia lost 0-2 at Las Palmas.