First Division - Day 36

Granada 0 - Real Madrid 4

Granada: Ochoa; Foulquier, Hongla, Ingason, Gastón Silva; Angban, Khrin (Lombán 46’); Isaac Cuenca, Andreas Pereira (Entrena 81’), Aly Mallé (Uche Agbo 18’); Adrián Ramos. 4-2-3-1.
Madrid: Kiko Casilla; Danilo, Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Coentrao; Casemiro (Isco 69’), Kovacic; Lucas Vázquez (Mariano 77‘), James, Marco Asensio (Benzema 59‘), Morata. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
0-1. 03. James. Got on the end of Vázquez cross to turn ball past Ochoa.
0-2. 11. James. Ran in to head long Coentrao centre down past keeper.
0-3. 30. Morata. Fired shot in off crossbar after Danilo laid ball across.
0-4. 35. Morata. Picked up Asensio pass and cut past Hongla to score.

Yellow cards: Ingason 88’.

Real Madrid responded to Barcelona’s win earlier in the day with a 0-4 victory at the already relegated Granada on Saturday evening. Zidane again rested most of his first choice players after the midweek Champions League tie against Atlético, but with only ten minutes gone James had already scored twice, the first with his knee from a Lucas Vázquez cross, and the second with his head from a Coentrao centre. Soon afterwards Tony Adams made his first substitution to try and turn things around, but with half an hour on the clock Morata fired the third in off the crossbar after Danilo laid the ball back, and five minutes later the Spanish international striker made it four with an angled shot past Ochoa after Marco Asensio put him through to beat Hongla. Before the half time whistle Lucas Vázquez and Casemiro also came close to scoring, and only some good saves by Ochoa from Sergio Ramos, Vázquez and Benzema prevented the scoreline from increasing further after the interval. Madrid’s game in hand against Celta will be played on the Wednesday before the last round of fixtures of the season, and they need seven points from their last three matches to take the league title.