Sevilla, with a goal from Alejandro “Papu” Gómez, drew 1-1 with Barcelona at home, pending the fourth date, and could not get within a shot of the top of the Spanish soccer league.
“Papu” Gómez opened the account 32 minutes into the first half and was tied by Uruguayan Ronald Araujo (45m PT).
Sevilla, in which Gómez and Lucas Ocampos started and suffered the expulsion of Jules Koundé (18m from the complement), reached 38 points and is still second, but missed the chance to get within range of the leader, Real Madrid, who has 43 .
Barcelona, for its part, caught up with Valencia in seventh place (28) but could not get into the European cup positions.
In the other match played on Tuesday, also pending date 4, Villarreal thrashed Alavés 5-2 at home.
The goals of the “Yellow Submarine”, which climbed to ninth place and in which Gerónimo Rulli and Juan Foyth started, were scored by Gerard Moreno (two), Boulaye Dia (two) and Yeremi Pino; for Alavés (16th in the table) Pere Pons and Joselo scored.
After the weekend break, matchday 18 will be played with the following match schedule:
Friday 12/31: Valencia-Espanyol.
Sunday 2/1: Getafe-Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid-Rayo Vallecano, Elche-Granada, Alavés-Real Sociedad, Betis-Celta de Vigo and Mallorca-Barcelona.
Monday 3/1: Villarreal-Levante, Osasuna-Athletic de Bilbao and Cádiz-Seville.
Positions: Real Madrid 43; Seville 38; Betis 33; Rayo Vallecano 30; Atlético de Madrid and Real Sociedad 29; Barcelona and Valencia 28; Villarreal 25; Athletic de Bilbao 24; Espanyol 23; Osasuna 22; Celta de Vigo and Mallorca 20; Granada 19; Alavés, Elche and Getafe 15; Cadiz 14; Lift 8.
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