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MADRID, Aug. 27-- Real Madrid dropped two points on Sunday as they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Valencia in the second round of matches in the Spanish Liga Santander. On a day when Gareth Bale was booed off by the fans in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and Karim Benzema also missed several chances and sent a shot against the post in injury time, Marcos Asensio scored twice for Madrid to announce he is now a reality rather than a promise. He opened the scoring in the 10th minute, but an impressive Valencia reacted brilliantly and turned the score around with an 18th minute equalizer from Carlos Soler and a 77th minute strike from Geoffrey Kondogbia, only for Asensio's second goal to assure the points were shared. Sunday also saw Sevilla turn in a solid performance for Ganso's solitary goal to give them a 1-0 win away to recently promoted Getafe. The day kicked off with two away wins as Aritz Aduriz's 38th minute header gave Athletic Club Bilbao a 1-0 triumph away to Eibar in the first Basque derby of the campaign. Meanwhile Mantovani's first-half goal saw Leganes make it six points from two games as they produced a surprise 1-0 win away to Espanyol. On Saturday Leo Messi passed another landmark as he scored the goals which gave FC Barcelona a 2-0 win away to Alaves. Although he missed a first half penalty, Messi was on target twice in the second half to maintain Barca's 100 percent record and pass the landmark of 350 league goal for his club. | 
