Barça consolidates its leadership in this 19th day of LaLiga Santander by beating Girona, although Xavi’s men showed their weaknesses in a game that was sometimes difficult for them. The culés have achieved their fourth consecutive victory after the return of the world, a positive symptom to continue on the path of victories if he wants to continue moving away from Real Madrid. For his part, to the You meringues they choked the match against Real Sociedad where they exhibited their power, however it has not been of any use to them because they have not been able to get enough points to get closer to Barça.
Victory keeps the Atlético in fourth place with three points more than Villarreal and Betis, they have one game less played. The ‘yellow submarine’ will complete the nineteenth matchday against Rayo Vallecano this Monday and the Sevillian team will recover the clash of the seventeenth against Barcelona, postponed by the Super Cup, on Wednesday. Athletic, also cup semifinalist after eliminating Valencia in Mestalla, they took a step back in LaLiga, when they fell 1-0 in Balaídos against a Celta side more than in need of the points to get out of the red zone.
The team led by the Portuguese Carlos Carvalhal, who had a goal scored after twenty seconds by Carles Pérez disallowed by a previous hand, entrusted, as so many times, to their captain, Iago Aspas, to add their fifth victory of the championship with their target at 71 minutes. Valladolid also added an essential victory (1-0) in its fight for permanence at the expense of a Valencia that does not raise its head and that each day that passes is closer to danger. In the same line is Elche, Getafe and Cádiz that lead the lower zone of LaLiga.
Cádiz – Mallorca (1-0)
The Cádiz beat Mallorca 2-0 this Saturday at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium, with goals from the Belgian Theo Bongonda and Álex Fernández from a penalty, which allows him to leave the relegation positions, in the absence of knowing the resolution of the rest of the day. In the first part, Cádiz came out strong and shortly from the beginningthe Serbian goalkeeper for the visiting team, Predrag Rajkovic, made a great save to stop a header from Madrid striker Álvaro Negredo (m.4).
Girona – FC Barcelona (0-1)
A solitary goal from Pedri at game time resolved the duel this Saturday between Girona and Barcelona in favor of Xavi Hernández’s team (0-1), who despite signing a very gray match achieved a key victory to reaffirm their leadership and transfer the pressure to Real Madrid.
The Barcelona team ended up asking for the time and with Gavi, Pedri, who today played his 100th game as a Barça player, and Alejandro Balde as the most advanced players, but logrón tie the third 1-0 in a row in the premiere of the ‘senyera’ shirt and increase the advantage over Madrid to six points while waiting for their match against Real Sociedad.
Seville – Elche (3-0)
To Sevilla, after adding six points in two days with the three this Saturday thanks to the victory (3-0) In the game with which he closed the first round, the outlook was clarified in his goal of moving away from the bottom of the table, quite the opposite of Elche, who has it even darker after finishing half a league without winning and very sunk in last position.
Elche, who lost defender Pedro Bigas when he saw thea red in the 41st minute when considering the referee who cut with a foul a dangerous action against the rival frame, He met before that action with the Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri, who made it 1-0 after 29 minutes, with the Argentine left-back Marcos Acuña, author of the 2-0 score in the 43rd minute when the rival was already playing behind, and again with the Moroccan striker, who made it 3-0 after the first half.
Getafe – Betis (0-1)
A penalty goal by Borja Iglesias after 85 minutes allowed Betis to recover their smile and stop the pothole in which he was immersed and leaves Getafe very touched, on the verge of relegation after four consecutive defeats, and on the wire to his coach, Quique Sánchez Flores, who heard chants asking for his departure from the stands.
The BetisAfter the setbacks suffered in the Copa del Rey, the Spanish Super Cup and the last league game against Espanyol, he visited the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez with the aim of changing the dynamics, where he waited for him a Getafe with doubts after chaining three consecutive defeats.
Valladolid – Valencia (1-0)
The canadian player Cyle Larin made his debut with the elastic blanquivioleta and gave victory to Real Valladolid, almost two months since the last one, after a cross from the other newcomer, the Venezuelan Darwin Machísthanks to a second part in which he knew how to react to cancel Valencia that controlled the first.
The Che set He came out with a clear offensive vocation, and it didn’t take long for them to start besieging the local area, especially from set pieces. In fact, in the first eight minutes, they had already taken advantage of four corner kicks, two of which created danger.
Osasuna – Atlético de Madrid (0-1)
Atlético has become a republic at odds with the world. A state that has lost the European and even national reference, having to settle for fighting for the normality of being in the top four. Meanwhile, he sends indirect and direct messages to the arbitration group. He goes out of his way to explain ‘foreign’ interference.
In this autarky, blows on the table will be fundamental like the one Saúl gave to tame fear and get three fundamental points in Sadar after taking advantage of a delight from Rodrigo De Paul. That player who waves his wand as easily as he loses easy balls. Not this afternoon, where he was the best. But what matters, now more than ever, is the result. Precisely, in this same fiefdom Last year, Atlético found a necessary turning point.
Celta Vigo v Athletic Bilbao (1-0)
A goal by Iago Aspas takes RC Celta out of the relegation places of the Santander League, something that certified the clear superiority during the second half of the sky-blue team in Balaídos against Athletic (1-0), which closes the first round of the championship with its third consecutive defeat.
Carlos Carvalhal made important changes to his starting team, system and player exchanges, with the news, among others, of Tapia, Oscar Rodríguez and Carles Pérez. Celta moved by propulsion in the first quarter of an hour. With only twenty-five seconds Carles Pérez scored a goal that, after the arbitration review of the WASwas annulled because the ball touched the player’s arm in a jump with Vivian.
Real Madrid – Real Sociedad (0-0)
Barcelona are winter champions thanks to Remiro and a Real Sociedad team that knew how to withstand the Madrid siege on a night in which the whites offered one of their best performances. A game with more football than goals, a duel in which only goals were missing. Those of Ancelotti deserved more, but the people from San Sebastian did not detract from the choral effort of their youngsters.
Imanol and Ancelotti are two technicians who exude naturalness in the management of the group. Two elegant guys who behave on the bench as in their life. The Italian applies his emotional intelligence to work miracles with a squad that has been unbalanced for several seasons. It hurts to see Nacho on the right side now Camavinga on the left, but Carletto does not trust the quarry because of the abysmal leap that exists between Castilla and the first team. For his part, Bailiff, who could use as an alibi the plague of injuries that devastates the royal dressing room, never discharges responsibility on others and always has a positive speech for his own. And his teams are a true reflection of his coaches. La Real is daring, like the one from Orio, and Real is patient, like the Italian.
