In the Spanish "La Liga," five more matches of the 29th round were played.
Early on Sunday, the first to enter the battle were the players of "Leganes" and "Sevilla." Midweek, the Andalusian club Sevilla, eliminated from the Champions League by Man Utd, fell to their opponents 1-2.
In the 41st minute, "Leganes" gained the advantage, and in the 69th minute, Javier Eraso brought the hosts closer to victory. As the game approached the end, the Andalusians were left to play with ten men, but Miguel Layun managed to score a consolation goal in the 90th minute.
This was the second consecutive defeat for "Sevilla" in Spain. With 36 points, "Leganes" rises to 12th place.
In another match, where "Barcelona" clashed with Bilbao "Athletic" at home, the Catalans celebrated a secure victory. Two goals in the first half determined the winner of the match.
Starting the first half as if on wings, "Barca" broke through in the 8th minute. After Jordi Alba's precise pass, Paco Alcacer's shot from close range put the hosts ahead.
The second goal did not take long to arrive - in the 30th minute, Lionel Messi, seeing Ousmane Dembele's pass, made a perfect shot to secure the team's victory.
In the later match, Madrid's "Atletico" finally dashed their hopes of fighting for the title. Diego Simeone's team conceded a defeat against "Villarreal" at the end of the match.
In the 20th minute, Antoine Griezmann put "Atletico" ahead, but "Villarreal" dominated the field, and in the 74th minute, Turkish player Enes Unal scored the winning goal.
In the 82nd minute, the Turk equalized the score, and after eight minutes, with a brilliant pass, sent visitors from the capital down, who increased their gap to 11 points from "Barca" after the loss.
In another match, "Malaga" and "Celta" ended in a goalless draw.
In the last match of the evening, Madrid's "Real" clashed with "Girona" at home. The nine-goal duel was capped off with Cristiano Ronaldo's "poker" and the victory of the "Blancos" with a score of 6-3.
After the first half, the score was 1-1, with goals scored by C. Ronaldo and Christian Stuani. The second half began with a goal fest - spectators witnessed seven precise shots.
In the second half, the home team simply "bombed" the opponent's goal - by the 64th minute, C. Ronaldo had already scored two more goals, and Lucas Vazquez also added his name to the stats chart.
However, "Real" had problems in defense, especially during set-piece situations, from which they conceded all the goals. In the remaining time, "Girona" scored two more goals, but Gareth Bale and C. Ronaldo made sure that the opponents did not have a chance to come closer.
In added time, after a fantastic pass from Toni Kroos, C. Ronaldo scored his "poker" and rose to second place in the list of top scorers.
After the victory, "Real" returned to third place and closed in on "Atletico" to four points.
Results:
"Leganes" 2 - 1 "Sevilla" (VIDEO)
41' [1 - 0] U. Bustinza
69' [2 - 0] J. Eraso
90' [2 - 1] M. Layun
84' P. Sarabia ("Sevilla") sent off from the field
"Barcelona" 2 - 0 "Athletic Bilbao"
8' [1 - 0] P. Alcacer
30' [2 - 0] L. Messi
"Celta" 0 - 0 "Malaga" (VIDEO)
"Villarreal" 2 - 1 "Atletico" (VIDEO)
20' [0 - 1] A. Griezmann (penalty)
82' [1 - 1] E. Unal
90' [2 - 1] E. Unal
90+3' Vitolo ("Atletico") sent off from the field
"Real Madrid" 6 - 3 "Girona"
11' [1 - 0] C. Ronaldo
29' [1 - 1] C. Stuani
47' [2 - 1] C. Ronaldo
59' [3 - 1] L. Vazquez
64' [4 - 1] C. Ronaldo
67' [4 - 2] C. Stuani
86' [5 - 2] G. Bale
88' [5 - 3] Juanpe
90+1' [6 - 3] C. Ronaldo
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