Day 29 of the League | Schedules, match results and summary | Sports

After the first leg of the Champions League and Europa League quarterfinals, the League returns this weekend. Matchday 29 pits the top three teams against teams fighting for salvation. Real Madrid has prevailed (0-2) in Cádiz and reduces its disadvantage to Barcelona to 11 points, which has not gone beyond a goalless draw with Getafe. Same day as an intoxicated Atlético, who remains two points behind his neighbors in the capital after beating Almería with suffering (2-1) in the Metropolitan. The Basque derby was played in San Mamés, where Athletic beat Real Sociedad (2-0). With the title sentenced for Barça, the greatest interest in the competition with ten dates remaining is to find out who occupies the European positions and, above all, who is relegated. In a very even low zone, Sevilla has dealt a hard blow to Valencia, which they defeated by (0-2) and leaves three points from salvation. On Friday, Rayo ended their win drought thanks to a 2-1 win over Osasuna. Already on Saturday, Valladolid prevailed (1-2) in Villarreal and Betis defeated Espanyol (3-1). Girona gave an account of Elche (2-0) and practically sealed their salvation.

These are the matches of the day:

Girona – Elche (2-0)

Girona continues to make merits to continue one more season in the elite and after beating Elche (2-0) it is placed with 38 points among the top ten in the First Division. The people from Elche, evicted for a long time, had their options in the game, but the relegation of Beccacece’s (the fourth tenant on his bench this season) is a fact that sooner rather than later will become official. Taty Castellanos redeemed himself after a week in which he closed his social networks after missing a clear chance at the Camp Nou against Barça and received a lot of criticism. The Argentine opened the scoring and Oriol Romeu sealed the match with a 2-0 score in the second half that put the finishing touch on Elche. inform Agencies.

Getafe – Barcelona (0-0)

The countdown to seal the title has become a long ordeal towards boredom for Barcelona. With no answers in the Cup semifinal against Madrid (0-4), the blaugrana extended their losing streak in the League against Getafe (0-0), after being silent last week against Girona at the Camp Nou ( 0-0). You have to rewind to 2008 to find Barça’s three consecutive 0-0. With Pedri, Dembélé and De Jong absent, Barça fades away and Xavi finds no answers, not even on the blackboard, much less on the bench. Barcelona appeared in the Getafe field with Balde as a winger, a message that has more than one recipient. The first two, without a doubt, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. But the coach also used the starting lineup at the Coliseum to remember a message that he had already insisted on last summer: he does not have a pure left winger to open the field. A handicap that worsens against rivals like Getafe, used to entrenching themselves near their goal, specialists in covering spaces. The recipe didn’t work for him. Without speed in the circulation of the ball or anyone who dared to break lines, the boys of Sánchez Flores handcuffed the Catalans without excessive effort. It was enough for them, simply, with order. inform Juan I. Irigoyen.

Atlético de Madrid – Almería (2-1)

Suffering from a bunch of chances that did not materialize to finish off Almería, Atlético had more play than goals. He won with more haste on the scoreboard than he should have. Until the final minutes, he ruled the game with authority. He was penalized for lack of skill. Griezmann’s two goals, the first player in this League with double figures, 11 goals and 10 assists, consolidate him in third place and make him a possible cheerleader for the championship. The rojiblancos visit the Camp Nou next Sunday with the Frenchman at the best moment since his return. A rojiblanca victory in Barcelona would give Madrid some hope that there may still be a League. Even for Atlético, two points behind their neighbor, if the Culé disaster were to continue. inform Ladislao J. Moñino.

Valencia – Seville (0-2)

José Luis Mendilíbar entered the Mestalla with a very clear idea: to play with his opponent’s fear, the fear of relegation that grips many of the players. Like the central ones, stiff as masts, or the wings, which in many sets do not know whether to go out or wait. Sevilla, who had just come off a beating on Thursday to come back against Manchester United in England, did not care if time ran. They had a five-point margin over the relegation zone -now eight- in which Valencia is stuck, a team that started with intention and ended up unraveling midway through the first half. Without the subtleties of Nico or the verticality of Kluivert -both injured- the Valencian team became increasingly asymmetrical because Gayá, on the left wing, but more advanced than usual, with Lato covering his back, was the only one capable of contributing some wit. Not much, just crosses from the wing that almost never ended with Cavani, who regained ownership after Almería’s setback and left in the second half without justifying his fame as a scorer. inform Fernando Minana.

Celta – Mallorca (Monday 17, 9:00 p.m. Movistar LaLiga)

The great second round that Celta is signing has catapulted them to the quiet area of ​​the table after flirting many days with relegation. The celestial ones achieved an agonizing point against Sevilla that keeps them two above Mallorca, their rival this Monday. The vermillions, with salvation almost tied, try to avoid last-minute scares after six games without winning. It will be an important duel of scorers: Iago Aspas and Muriqi both have 12 goals.

Villarreal – Valladolid (1-2)

Valladolid frustrated Villarreal this Saturday at La Cerámica after an effective first act in which they took the lead with goals from Amallah (m.2) and El Yamiq (m.34), against a disorganized yellow team that closed the gap with a Capoue’s target (m.74) but who was penalized for his lack of clarity in the area. With this victory, Valladolid jumps three positions, in the absence of tough clashes from their direct rivals, and clings to the First Division, while Villarreal loses a good chance to score to get closer to the Champions League. Valladolid’s plan was effective at La Cerámica, where the pucelanos applied high pressure and aggressive pressure after loss that made Villarreal uncomfortable, who saw how their most decisive player, Chukwueze, was well marked by Fresneda. inform EFE.

Athletic – Real Sociedad (2-0)

Much has been said about the Williams brothers in recent weeks, and it is not for less. The eldest, Iñaki, who had been in a drought for months, suddenly had the tap turned on and now it won’t stop. He scored against Osasuna in the Cup, then in Cornellá to give Athletic the victory and he did it twice to seal the Basque derby, full of passion as always, and which was won by the most determined team to do so. La Real did not come out so convinced, despite their better league classification, and ended up paying for it in the place that hurts the most: San Mamés. He only lacked the smear of the eighties in a derby with a tusk and ice cream Nobody hides their leg in the duel between Athletic and Real, although nobody took it for a walk more than necessary either. Valverde’s team, which intends to go back to the European positions, took the initiative from the beginning, with a pressure that managed to stifle the realistic start. Remiro threw several balls to the wing due to the impossibility of combining short with his centrals, and that local ferocity inflamed the stands, who always ask for intensity, although sometimes they receive no response. inform Jon Rivas.

Real Betis – Espanyol (3-1)

Betis beat Espanyol in a duel where the quality of the Andalusians’ punching was decisive. The Andalusian team made the most of the setbacks between Villarreal and Real Sociedad to get fully involved in the fight for the Champions League. At the same time, he breaks his losing streak of losing two games in a row. For Espanyol’s bad streak, which has already accumulated six games in a row losing and is located in the relegation places. Betis’ superiority, especially in attack, was due to the great performance of Willian Carvalho, who, in a more advanced position than usual, broke the lines of the Catalan team with verticality and great ball handling. After a first half hour in which Espanyol was better than Betis, the Andalusian team’s punch came to the fore with two goals from Ayoze and Miranda in one breath. Espanyol changed the system in the second half and managed to get closer on the scoreboard thanks to a great shot from Chilean Montes. Betis went through bad times, until William Carvalho ended his great game with a shot that beat Pacheco without appeal. The match ended 3-1 even though a goal was disallowed against Espanyol in the last play of the game after the VAR intervention. Espanyol, with Luis García on the bench, has already accumulated two consecutive defeats against Athletic and Betis. inform Rafael Pineda.

Cádiz – Real Madrid (0-2)

The adage that accompanies Nacho’s career, which he always complies with, is as accurate as it is misleading. Because yes, he always complies, but the expression sometimes also contains a certain condescension, as if complying at Real Madrid was a formality. In Cádiz he even fulfilled the goal, the first, the determining factor in a game that seemed indecipherable despite the inspiration of Rodrygo and Benzema. And then he met his brother Álex, a rival in yellow, with whom he stayed chatting on the stairs to the locker room. Nacho fulfilled, and with him Madrid fulfilled, in the middle of their Champions League quarterfinal tie against Chelsea. He could not be blamed for neglect in this league delivery. No drop in tension, despite the six footballers who were not on the field when the match began. Kroos and Vinicius had stayed at home, touching the physical limit of the German; something touched the Brazilian, who has also excited the rival a lot in the past. inform David Alvarez.

Rayo Vallecano – Osasuna (2-1)

Rayo ended a winning drought that had distanced them from their European aspirations. Those from Iraola, who had not won since February 6, defeated Osasuna (2-1), in a victory forged in the last minutes of the first half. After an even start to the game, with arrivals from both teams but no chances, a bad shot from Isi with his right foot turned into an assist for Aridane to score the first of the game on his own goal in collaboration with Trejo. With no time to digest the goal, a bad clearance from the Navarrese defense fell to Isi again, but this time to his good leg. The Murcian hit a great volley that got Vallecas to his feet with the now famous cry of “Isi selection”. Trailing 2-0 at the break, Rayo’s dominance continued in the second half until Arrasate’s changes took effect. One of them, Moi Gómez cut the gap with a beautifully crafted goal from outside the area. Then the ghosts appeared for Rayo, who could not sentence, but Osasuna lacked the clarity of other days in the last meters and the three points stayed in Vallecas. inform Victor Delgado.

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