Spain’s record champions Real Madrid are marching towards their 35th championship title in the club’s history. The Blancos won the small city derby against FC Getafe 2-0 (1-0) on Saturday evening and are twelve points ahead of FC Sevilla.
Sevilla had already won 4-2 against FC Granada on Friday. The most likely pursuer is FC Barcelona, who is third with 15 points but has played two games fewer than arch-rivals Real. Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League opponents take on UD Levante three days after the 1-1 draw in Hessen on Sunday.
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti gave ex-national player Toni Kroos a break after the 3-1 win in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at Chelsea. Casemiro (38th) and Lucas Vazquez (68th) were successful for the home side.
FC Villarreal had previously missed a successful dress rehearsal for the quarter-final second leg in the Champions League at Bayern Munich with a B-Elf. Coach Unai Emery exchanged all eleven players in the 1-1 (0-1) against Athletic Bilbao after the 1-0 first-leg win against the German record champions.
Raul Garcia (43rd) gave the guests the lead. Alfonso Pedraza (60th) equalized for the Europa League winner, who is visiting Munich on Tuesday.