Malaga and Athletic take valuable wins on Saturday in Spain

 MADRID, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Malaga's exceptional first half to the season continued on Saturday night thanks to a 2-0 win away to Sevilla in the Spanish top league.

Malaga's win in the Andalusian derby came thanks to second half goals from Martin Demichelis and Eliseu, who scored a 70th minute penalty, while Sevilla's problems were made worse thanks to a red card shown to Federico Fazio, who was sent off for committing a foul¹ on Joaquin Sanchez.

The result increases the pressure on Sevilla coach Michel Gonzalez whose side has failed to win in their last four league matches.

Athletic² Club Bilbao took their second league win in a week with a 1-0 victory away to Mallorca.

Aritz Aduriz's 11th minute goal in his 100th game for Athletic decided³ the game, but his side had to ride a lot of luck before taking the points and leave Mallorca without a league win in 11 matches.

Granada took advantage of Mallorca's defeat to climb out of the relegation⁴ zone, although they will be disappointed with just a 0-0 draw at home to Real Sociedad.

Referee⁵ Teixeira Vitienes was a key figure in Osasuna's 1-1 draw away to Getafe. Osasuna were heading for a 1-0 win in a dreadful game thanks to Kike Sola's late goal, before Teixeira made a dreadful decision to give Getafe a penalty for handball that never was.

Diego Costa slotted home the penalty and to add insult to injury Osasuna coach Jose Mendilibar was sent off for his, in this case, justified⁶ protests.

Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, who take on Atletico Madrid, play their respoecitve matches on Sunday, while there are two further games to end the 16th round of games on Sunday.

1 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

2 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 relegation   

n.驱逐，贬黜；降级

参考例句：

• Liaoning team lost this game, is still deeply avoid relegation zone. 辽宁队本场失利后，仍然深陷保级区。 来自互联网
• In society, relegation is based on your income. 社会上的规类是以你的收入为基准。 来自互联网

5 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

6 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。