La Liga Fans’ Top 5: Sociedad keeper Geronimo Rulli top

Sport360 staff 16:37 12/04/2016
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  • Two Real Madrid stars make this week's La Liga Fans' top five.

    Each week, Sport360 will be bring you the best five players from La Liga, as chosen by you the supporters through our ValoraFutbol fan ratings tool.

    YOU have direct influence on who appears in each Top Five so be sure to rate each weekend.

    1) GERONIMO RULLI (REAL SOCIEDAD) – 8.64

    The Argentine goalkeeper was in fine form for Sociedad as they heaped more San Sebastian misery on visitors Barcelona.

    The Catalan giants went down 1-0 at the Anoeta, their fifth defeat in seven outings to that ground, and Rulli ensured his side kept a vital clean sheet to maintain their top-half charge in La Liga.

    Rulli, 23, who is on loan with the Spanish side from Deportivo Maldonado, made a marvellous save to deny Arda Turan on the 30-minute mark, getting a strong right-hand to the ball after a deflected effort.

    The Sociedad star then thwarted Lionel Messi and made a save late on down to his left from Andres Iniesta’s effort to put a big dent in Barcelona’s title challenge.

    2) KOKE (ATLETICO MADRID) – 8.05

    Diego Simeone’s midfield general showed once again why he is so important to Atletico and their La Liga title charge.

    The 24-year-old Madrid-born star scored the Red and Whites’ third goal, combining brilliantly with Fernando Torres to head home, in a 3-1 success over Espanyol which leaves them just three points behind Barcelona with six matches left to play.

    Indeed, it was Koke’s midfield and link-up play with Torres which was the key to the victory – given that Atletico had earlier trailed in the game through Pape Diop’s 29th minute strike.

    Koke assisted Torres with a lobbed pass for the away side’s equaliser before playing his hand in Antoine Griezmann’s second-half strike which put Atleti firmly in control of the match.

    3) CRISTIANO RONALDO (REAL MADRID) – 7.56

    Barely a Valora Futbol week goes by without superstar Cristiano featuring somewhere in our top five players’ ratings.

    The 31-year-old was on target for Real Madrid in the 4-0 home thrashing of Eibar, and in the process, became the first player in La Liga history to hit 30 goals in six consecutive seasons.

    It was yet another record-breaking feat for the Whites legend and a true measurement of his remarkable consistency for the Santiago Bernabeu club.

    Ronaldo assisted both Lucas Vazquez and Jese either side of his comfortable first-half finish, as Zinedine Zidane’s men bounced back comfortably from their disappointing Champions League defeat to Wolfsburg.

    4) JESE (REAL MADRID) – 7.54

    The 23-year-old forward scored in Real’s emphatic home win – and was a live-wire throughout for Zidane’s team.

    Jese, a Los Blancos youth team graduate who has become a regular first-teamer at the Santiago Bernabeu this term, took advantage of Ronaldo’s amazing speed and wing play to latch onto his through ball and tap-in to an almost empty net, to make it 4-0.

    The Las Palmas-born attacker’s energetic displays have given Real an extra dimension and he will be a key man as they hunt trophies on both fronts this term.

    5) SERGIO ARAUJO (LAS PALMAS) – 7.27

    The Argentine striker netted a second-half brace to help seal a big 3-1 victory at Deportivo La Coruna, Las Palmas’ fourth consecutive La Liga win.

    Despite trailing to a Deportivo goal just after half-time, Araujo levelled the scoreline with a cool finish from the right-hand side of the penalty area.

    David Garcia helped the away side into the lead with less than ten minutes to play on the clock before the 24-year-old secured the points, finishing off a fast-flowing counter attack move.

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