Portuguese João Félix put FC Barcelona ahead in Valencia, however the Catalans conceded a 1-1 draw which, nevertheless, reinforces their third place in the Spanish Football League, on the 17th round.
After the home defeat against Girona (2-4), the competition’s surprising isolated leader, and the visit to Antwerp (3-2) in the ‘Champions’, the visitors, with Félix and João Cancelo at the start, were once again not brilliant and, with that, they gave up points again.
After a first half in which only Valencia tried to score, the outsiders opened the scoring, with João Félix, in the 55th minute, simply blocking a cross from Raphinha, after a classy pass from De Jong.
Valencia, with Portuguese Thierry Correia in the starting eleven, reacted and equalized the match in the 70th, with a shot from Hugo Guillamon’s corner, which was undefendable.
Girona, which hosts Alavés on Monday, leads with 41 points, two more than Real Madrid, who play at home to Villarreal on Sunday, while FC Barcelona completes the podium, with 35, one more than Atlético de Madrid, who have a game in hand and today lost 2-0 against Athletic Bilbao.
Hours earlier, Getafe ‘fired’ Seville’s Uruguayan coach, Diego Alonso, after winning 3-0 against Andalusia, an unquestionable triumph with two penalties, the first converted by Borja Mayoral, after just five minutes, and then by the Englishman Mason Greenwood, at 80.
In the middle, in the 37th minute, a recovery of the ball in the attack allowed a quick counterattack completed by Jaime Mata, who broke through on the left.
Without winning in 10 games – with the Uruguayan coach, five draws and three defeats – Sevilla are 16th, with the same 13 points as 18th, already in the relegation zone, while Getafe provisionally moved up to eighth, with 25 .
Before, Athletic Bilbao created enough to beat Atlético de Madrid, winning 2-0, with goals from Gorka Guruzeta, at 51, and Iñaki Williams, at 64.
The naturalized Ghanaian striker stood out in the challenge by suffering a penalty kick, wasted by Oihan Sancet, and also throwing a ball at the post, in addition to taking part in the play that marked the beginning of the Basques’ 125th anniversary.
In Galicia, in a game between the afflicted, the Norwegian striker Jorgen Strand Larsen delivered, with a showy heel, Celta de Vigo’s first home win of the season, 1-0 over Granada, in the match that marks the debut of president Marián Mouriño, daughter of the club’s previous top manager for the last 17 years.
Celta de Vigo is, provisionally, 17th, with the same 13 points as Cádiz, who visit Las Palmas on Sunday, while Granada is 19th and penultimate, with just eight.
2023-12-16 22:13:00
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