European roundup: Real Madrid go four points clear after edging past Getafe

European roundup: Real Madrid go four points clear after edging past Getafe

02-Jul-2020 23:24:05 | The Guardian

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Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos kept his nerve to score a late penalty and secure a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Getafe on Thursday for a sixth consecutive La Liga victory to take his side one step closer to winning the title.

Ramos coolly passed the ball into the net to break the deadlock in the 79th minute after Dani Carvajal was felled by the trailing leg of Getafe’s Mathías Olivera, who was earlier denied a penalty after being knocked over by Carvajal.

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