Atlética Madrid footballers have consolidated their lead in the Spanish league ahead of the city rival Real. In the match of the 15th round, they won on the field of the third San Sebastian 2-0 with goals from the second half. Barcelona scored three points on the Valladolid field after a 3-0 win, helped by a record 644th goal by Lionel Messi. Even without the still injured Tomáš Vaclík, Sevilla won 1-0 in Valencia.
After an unimpressed first half, in which neither team shot on goal, Atlético took the lead in the 49th minute. Mario Hermoso converted the first shot between the three bars with a header. Marcos Llorente sealed the victory for the team from the capital a quarter of an hour before the end with a blow from the penalty area.
The main director of the Barcelona victory was Captain Messi. Argentine Špílmachr from the beginning employed the goalkeeper with shooting attempts, but the opening goal fell after his center, which was used by Clement Lenglet. By the half of the “Blaugranas”, they had increased the lead, Martin Braithwaite found a ground center on a small lime and scored.
Messi scored in the 65th minute, when after a quick combination he scored the seventh goal in the league year and a total of 644th in the Barcelona jersey. He became the leader of the historical ranking according to the number of goals for one club, Pelé scored 643 goals for the Brazilian Santos.
Vaclík missed the seventh competition match due to a muscle injury he suffered during a warm-up before the Champions League match against Chelsea at the beginning of December. Even so, Sevilla managed to stretch the string of outdoor winnings in all competitions to six. Suso decided three points for the Andalusians in the 81st minute.
Spanish Football League – Round 15:
Elche – Pamplona 2: 2 (47. Fidel, 78. Carillo – 10. García, 64. Brašanac), Valencie – FC Sevilla 0: 1 (81. Suso), Huesca – Levante 1: 1 (31. Ontiveros z pen. – 53. Melero), San Sebastian – Atlético Madrid 0: 2 (49. Hermoso, 74. Llorente), Valladolid – FC Barcelona 0: 3 (21. Lenglet, 35. Braithwaite, 65. Messi), Villarreal – Bilbao 1: 1 (74. Pino – 20. Williams).
Table:
| 1. | Atletico Madrid | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26:5 | 32 |
| 2. | Real Madrid | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25:14 | 29 |
| 3. | Saint Sebastian | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25:12 | 26 |
| 4. | Villarreal | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20:14 | 26 |
| 5. | FC Barcelona | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28:14 | 24 |
| 6. | FC Sevilla | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15:10 | 23 |
| 7. | Granada | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17:20 | 21 |
| 8. | Vigo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19:20 | 19 |
| 9. | Bilbao | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18:18 | 18 |
| 10. | Cádiz | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11:19 | 18 |
| 11. | Getafe | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11:14 | 16 |
| 12. | Betis Sevilla | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15:26 | 16 |
| 13. | Valencia | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21:22 | 15 |
| 14. | Levante | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16:18 | 15 |
| 15. | Eibar | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10:13 | 15 |
| 16. | Elche | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12:16 | 15 |
| 17. | Alaves | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11:16 | 14 |
| 18. | Valladolid | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15:24 | 14 |
| 19. | Huesca | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13:23 | 12 |
| Pamplona | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13:23 | 12 |
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