The last day of the first round of The league opened the gap in the fight that maintain the Barcelona Soccer Club and the Real Madrid for the lead. The culés managed to win without brilliance and with the law of minimum effort to a Girona feisty, while the whites, who signed one of the most spectacular matches of the entire season, were unable to score against a Real society which continues to be the revelation of the year.
Below, the victory of Sevilla allows him to catch air in this fight to leave the relegation places, to which the Getafe to accompany the Cadizwho beat Mallorcaand even Elche who is still bottom and without knowing what it is to win yet this season.
Almería-Espanyol
The match that opened the day left a nice spectacle of goals between two teams fighting to get out of the dangerous places in the standings. The victory was taken by a Almeria that continues to rise and that has already accumulated three consecutive games without knowing defeat, against a Espanyol that gets into trouble.
[El Real Madrid recupera chispa y pierde pólvora: así chocó contra el muro de un gran Álex Remiro]
Luis Suarez put the Andalusians ahead in the first half and already in the second part Leo Baptistao y Portillo they ended the match. the amount of Joselu For the parakeets it came too late, in added time, and the Catalans are only 1 point behind the relegation positions.
Cádiz-Majorca
The Cadiz I had a very important commitment at home before a Mallorca that he is having a good season and that he looks far from the red zone. those of Sergio they solved the ballot with note since thanks to the goals of Bongonda and of Alex Fernandez in the first half they closed out a vital victory. In spite of everything, the Andalusians continue in the relegation places in a day in which the teams below have tightened.
Girona-Barcelona
The Barcelona Soccer Club passed the procedure before the Girona with a scratched note. Xavi Hernández’s men had a bad game, flat and almost without creating dangerous chances against the Girona goal, but this season they are showing that with the gunpowder they have they don’t need to play well to win.
Until minute 61 the goal of Pedri, the one that turned out to be definitive for the culés to win, and in this way they increase the advantage they now have over the team to 5 points Real Madrid in the title fight. The worst news for the Catalans was the injury to Dembélé, that will have to be close to a month off.
Seville-Elche
those of Sampaoli they desperately needed to win in the Sanchez Pizjuan against a sunken Elche to recover part of the confidence lost in recent times. The Sevilla knew how to save the ballot thanks to the double of En-Nesyri and aware of Acuña to thrash his rival in the first half.
The Elche seemed like the perfect victim, a team with almost a foot and a half already in Second division who closed the first round without knowing what it is to win. Now, Sevilla sticks out its neck and stretches in the standings until it is two points from relegation, while the people from Elche sink as bottom team, 14 points from safety.
Getafe-Betis
The victory by the minimum of the verdiblancos in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez He sent the Madrid people directly to the relegation places. the future of Quique Sanchez Flores He is still in question before the four consecutive defeats accumulated by the azulones, and the fans continue to show their discomfort with the work of the coach.
The match, even until the end, was decided in the 86th minute thanks to a goal from Borja Iglesias from the penalty spot that serves so that the Real Betis stay in the European positions for another week. those of Heliopolis They are sixth, occupying place of Conference Leaguealthough they are tied for fifth and three points from fourth, the Atletico Madrid.
Valladolid-Valencia
The crisis of Valencia It gets a little worse with each passing week. Gattuso still fails to hit the key and, after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Reyhis team is still in free fall also in The leaguewhere it is already only 1 point from the relegation places.
[El ‘caso plusvalías’ que amenaza a Valencia y Barça: denuncian el trueque Neto – Cillessen]
The Real Valladolida direct rival in this fight from below, took the victory thanks to a goal in the last minute of the game, the work of In the middle to a good center Machís from the left wing. With this victory, the people from Valladolid breathe and equalize Valencia in the standings.
Osasuna-Atletico Madrid
A victory of great importance achieved the Atletico Madrid in the House of Health, one of the revelations of this season. Her redheads sold her skin at a high price and only gave in with fifteen minutes to go, at which time Saul, who is thinking of leaving the mattress club, overtook his own.
With this victory, the rojiblancos remain in the positions of Champions Leaguewhile Osasuna loses something of the rope in the fight to enter the European squares.
Celta-Athletic Club
One more time, and they have already lost count, Iago Aspas to the rescue of Celtic of Vigo. The Galicians won in a duel equal to the Athletic Club, semifinalist of the Copa del Rey, and with these three points they manage to avoid falling to the relegation places. The fight for the sky-blues to avoid entering the red zone is going to be long this season, so they hope that this victory will give them morale in a difficult year for them.
Real Madrid-Real Sociedad
The most spectacular match of the day was goalless. The Santiago Bernabeu hosted an exciting match between two ambitious teams eager to win, who however did not get rewarded for their ambition and were unable to score.
[Un Real Madrid con mala puntería se topa con Remiro y empata contra la Real Sociedad]
The Real Madrid He was especially insistent and approached the area of the Real societybut the incredible performances of vinicius and of Rodrygo they did not materialize in goals. Courtois also had to work to prevent Real Sociedad from taking anything more than a draw, and with this result the Barcelona he escaped 5 points behind the whites.
Villarreal-Rayo Vallecano
The Vallecano Ray closed the day this Monday with one of the great surprises of this date because he took the victory of the Ceramic Stadium thanks to a solitary goal from Camel. The Madrileños were accurate in the face of the opposite goal, something in which the locals were not successful despite their chances, especially in the first half.
With this defeat, the Villarreal He saw his aspirations to get into the positions of Champions League and the Atletico Madrid He leaves 3 points behind. Rayo, for its part, joins the fight for European positions and is only 2 points behind Real Betis, sixth ranked in Conference League.
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