{"id":241747,"date":"2016-08-22T10:31:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=241747"},"modified":"2016-08-22T10:31:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T10:31:17","slug":"bale-scores-twice-in-real-madrid-win-at-sociedad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/bale-scores-twice-in-real-madrid-win-at-sociedad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bale scores twice in Real Madrid win at Sociedad"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wales forward Gareth Bale scored twice as Real Madrid opened their La Liga season with a win at Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old scored with a header after 72 seconds before Marco Asensio chipped in a brilliant finish for 2-0.<\/p>\n
Bale rounded Sociedad keeper Geronimo Rulli to score again in the final minute for last season’s runners-up.<\/p>\n
Sociedad fans applauded throughout the ninth minute as a tribute to their former striker Dalian Atkinson, who died on Monday.<\/p>\n
Atkinson wore the number nine shirt when he played for the club during the 1990-91 season.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid<\/b> – who finished third in May – started their season with a 1-1 draw at home to promoted Alaves.<\/b><\/p>\n
The hosts looked to have won it with an injury-time penalty from debutant Kevin Gameiro, after Fernando Torres had been pulled down in the area.<\/p>\n
However, the visitors, who had previously shown little ambition, gained a point thanks to Manu Garcia’s fine strike in the final seconds.<\/p>\n
There were unpleasant scenes during Sporting Gijon’s<\/b> home game againstAthletic Bilbao.<\/b><\/p>\n
The referee had to halt the match briefly because of racist chants being aimed at visitors’ forward Inaki Williams by some home fans.<\/p>\n
Sporting won the match 2-1.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wales forward Gareth Bale scored twice as Real Madrid opened their La Liga season with a win at Real Sociedad. The 27-year-old scored with a header after 72 seconds before Marco Asensio chipped in a brilliant finish for 2-0. Bale rounded Sociedad keeper Geronimo Rulli to score again in the final minute for last season’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":241748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n