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Atletico Madrid snatched a decisive 2-0 win against hosts Valencia, and thus, managed to take the lead of La Liga football league for the time being on Sunday. Currently, the Rojiblancos are leading the table with 15 points, and will be waiting for the results of the matches between Real Madrid and Eibar, and Barcelona against Celta Vigo on Sunday evening, reports Efe. The match, held in the seventh week of La Liga, ended 2-0, and the two goals were scored by the French Antoine Griezmann in 63 minutes after a pass by his countryman Kevin Gameiro, who scored the second goal in 90+3 minutes. Valencia's Brazilian goalkeeper Diego Alves inspired when he stopped two penalties executed by Griezmann and Gabi Fernandez. This is the first defeat for Valencia under caretaker coach Salvador Gonzalez Marco, who assumed the helm after Pako Ayestaran was fired after a series of defeats, including La Liga's first four rounds. Valencia are currently holding the 16th position with five points, ...

The Leganes record books will record that Lionel Messi was the first player to ever score at their tiny Butarque Stadium when they finally reached the top flight after 88 years. It will also say that Luis Suarez was the second and Neymar the third. The club on the southern outskirts of Madrid have waited a long time for a shot at the big time and they don't come any bigger than that front three who were the difference in a 5-1 win for Barca. But history should also record that Leganes did not deserve to be three-down at half time, never let their heads drop, and that Gabriel Pires' spectacular late free-kick would have raised the roof at Butarque, had their been one on the club's modest open-air stadium. That goal was cheered as if it were the winner, not a late consolation. There were 10 minutes left when Neymar conceded the foul and the Brazilian Gabriel, on loan from Juventus, made it 5-1. Long before Messi, Neymar and especially Suarez had made their mark.Much had been ...