Real Madrid Star Vows to Challenge Barcelona in La Liga Title Fight Despite 8 Points Deficit

• Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos has vowed to keep fighting until the end for the La Liga title this season
• Real Madrid are eight points behind arch-rivals Barcelona, who lead the charts with 56 points after 21 games
• Los Blancos recently won the FIFA Club World Cup and will now shift their focus by wanting to retain their La Liga title

Real Madrid kept their La Liga title dreams alive following a remarkable 4-0 victory against Elche on Wednesday, February 15 and Dani Ceballos is feeling optimistic again.

Los Blancos have seen their bid to defend the title they won last season dwindle after some poor results left the reigning La Liga champions eight points adrift of rivals Barcelona.

With 17 games to the end of the season, Ceballos has now revealed Real Madrid will not back down but instead will keep fighting for the La Liga title until the very end, Sportskeeda reports.

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"It was important to win to match Barcelona's good run. Eight points are not insurmountable, and this team deserves to fight until the end, and that's what we're going to do until the last game".

Ceballos has become a key member of the Real Madrid team after the 2022 World Cup, making 13 appearances for the La Liga champions.

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Meanwhile, Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga has insisted that he and his teammates will continue to attempt to retain the La Liga title, Football Espana reports.

Karim Benzema scored twice from the spot, while Luka Modric and Marco Asensio added two other goals as Real Madrid defeated Elche 4-0 to keep their title hopes alive.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men are still eight points behind Barcelona who have been tagged as the favourite to lift this season’s La Liga title ahead of Real Madrid.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported Karim Benzema netted two penalties as Real Madrid breezed to a 4-0 win over Elche on Wednesday to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to eight points.

Carlo Ancelotti's newly crowned world champions did not play at the weekend because of their involvement in the Club World Cup in Morocco, which they presented to supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu.

It was Madrid's second trophy of the season, after the European Super Cup, but if they are to add La Liga to their haul, they have a big job on their hands.