Xavi’s Barça knows how to suffer to score points and get away from their eternal rival in LaLiga Santander. Those of Xavi Hernandez managed to beat Athletic Bilbao in a tense match in which the VAR annulled a goal by Williams due to a previous handball by Iker Muniain. The meringues beat Espanyol after coming back from the ‘perico’ striker’s goal with goals from goals from Vinicius, Militao and Asensio in a placid duel for Ancelotti’s men, They played with Liverpool in mind, with whom they will face off next Tuesday in the Champions League.
Atlético de Madrid looks for this Monday in Montilivi, in the last game of the twenty-fifth day of LaLiga Santander, a victory that strengthens them in third position in the table against a Girona team that they have never managed to win at home, a territory where only one team has won since the World Cup. Already out of Europe and the Copa del Rey, Diego Pablo Simeone’s men are clear that the objective of the season is to finish in ‘Champions’ positions. Last week, with their overwhelming victory against Sevilla (6-1), they returned to the ‘podium’ of the classification (45).
In the lower zone it is still found Elche that despite beating Mallorca on matchday 25 only has 13 points, Almería could not beat Sevilla despite opening the scoring in a good first half and Getafe tied their match with Cádiz with trouble included after the VAR review for a hand in the area.
Cádiz – Getafe (2-2)
Cadiz y Getafe he tied at two this Friday at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium, with a goal from Rubén Sobrino in the first half to put the locals ahead and three more penalty goals in the second half.
Celta de Vigo – Rayo Vallecano (3-0)
Under the fine baton of Gabri Veiga, the goals from Iago Aspas and Carles Pérez in the second half and the solidity that he missed so much during Coudet’s stage, the celtic dispatched Rayo (3-0) this Saturday to continue moving away from relegationand extend, incidentally, the losing streak of the Madrid team, which has gone five games without winning in LaLiga Santander.
Elche – Valladolid (1-1)
A goal from Tete Morente in the prolongation allowed the Elche add this saturday a point against Real Valladolid, who paid for his overconfidence and was on the point of even losing a match that he had completely controlled after playing the last minutes with eight players.
Real Madrid – Espanyol (3-1)
He Real Madrid achieved a sunny and spring victory before a Espanyol as warm as the pink of her shirt. A team that locks in on your area and hugs Joselu’s punchenough arguments to survive in the First Division, but insufficient in a field like the Bernabéu. The whites came back from the goal of the ‘perico’ striker with goals from Vinicius, Militao and Asensio in a placid duel for Ancelotti’s men, They played with Liverpool in mind, with whom they will face off next Tuesday in the Champions League.
Valencia CF – Osasuna (1-0)
A goal from Justin Kluivert in the 74th minute allows Valencia get out of relegation momentarily after an intense game in which the locals dominated an Osasuna that did not worry Mamardashvili and in which the VAR intervened three times, twice to rectify red cards for the visitors and once to decree a penalty in favor of the locals, which Hugo Duro missed in the 90th minute.
Athletic Club – FC Barcelona (0-1)
He FC Barcelona strengthened its leadership at the head of the LaLiga Santander table with a victory in San Mamés against Athletic Club Embodied on the scoreboard by a goal from Rafinha on the hour in the first half and with great prominence of the referee Jesús Gil Manzano and the VAR.
Mallorca – Real Sociedad (1-1)
He Mallorca He has lost steam in his talisman stadium, where he has added more than half (21) of the points he has in his locker (32), after he tie (1-1) before a Real society who appeared at Son Moix two days after losing to Roma in the Europa League and who lost Mikel Merino, sent off with a direct red card in the 89th minute for stomping on Abdón Prats.
Seville – Almeria (2-1)
The Seville He achieved an important victory (2-1) in his fight to move away from the relegation places and they did it in a ‘six-point’ game against a direct rival like Almería, who arrived at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium equal to the local team and who now it remains poorly placed among the large group of teams that fight to maintain the category.
Villarreal – Real Betis (1-1)
A goal from Yeremy Pino, which was initially annulled and the VAR validated, in the 55th minute, allowed Villarreal to tie this Sunday against Real Betis, that began by taking the lead with a goal from Borja Iglesias in the 38th minute, after a match in which the locals dominated, but lacked great chances.
