On Saturday, the 25th round of the Spanish "Primera" league took place, with four games being played.
The first match was held at the "Gran Canaria" stadium, where "Las Palmas" faced off against "Barcelona". Luis Enrique's players had difficulties against the hosts, but they proved their advantage with a 1-2 result.
The advantage for the visitors from Catalonia was gained at the beginning of the match when Luis Suarez, the most productive player of the league and a player of "Barcelona" club, scored after a precise pass from Jordi Alba.
However, the hosts managed to equalize the score just four minutes later. Taking advantage of the opponents' defensive uncertainty, former Real Madrid player of the second team, Willian Jose, leveled the result.
Yet, the Spanish vice-champions managed to regain the lead before the end of the first half. As later clarified, the author of the winning goal was Neymar.
"Las Palmas" players managed to make more shots in this match than their opponents from Barcelona, but L. Enrique's players attacked more accurately and had several great opportunities to score a third goal.
"Barcelona" temporarily gained a 9-point lead over their closest opponents.
In other matches, Barcelona's "Espanyol" team, still without the injured Giedrius Arlauskas, narrowly defeated La Coruna's "Deportivo". The winning goal was scored in the 52nd minute by Marco Asensio, who belongs to the Madrid "Real" club.
Results:
"Las Palmas" 1 - 2 "Barcelona" 6' [0 - 1] L. Suarez 10' [1 - 1] W. Jose 39' [1 - 2] Neymar
"Espanyol" 1 - 0 "Deportivo" 52' [1 - 0] M. Asensio
"Real Betis" 1 - 1 "Sporting Gijon" 65' [0 - 1] C. Castro 67' [1 - 1] G. Pezzella
League table:
