Domestic Leagues
La Liga – Round Seven
September 30, 2016
Real Sociedad 1-0 Real Betis
Carlos Vela 63’
Carlos Vela scored the only goal of the match for Real Sociedad to climb two points above Real Betis on the league table with a ‘1-0’ home win.
October 1, 2016
Granada 0-1 Leganes
Alexander Szymanowski 76’
Seven league matches later, Granada is still winless while newly promoted Leganes got an away win to give them their third win of the season.
Sevilla 2-1 Alaves
Wissam Ben Yedder 74’ 90’ Victor Laguardia 84’
Sevilla bounced back after losing to Athletic Club to get a win that keeps them up on the league table.
Wissam Ben Yedder scored two important goals for Sevilla to get a home win over Alaves. Ben Yedder scored the opening goal of the match and a late match winner after Victor Laguardia had given Alaves an equalizer.
Osasuna 2-2 Las Palmas
Roberto Torres 7’ (pen) Vicente Gomez 57’
Sergio Leon 45’ + 2 David Garcia 90’ + 1’
It was a game of two halves.
David Garcia goal in additional time of the second half gave Las Palmas a point from their away match against Osasuna. Las Palmas came from two goals down against Osasuna to get a well-deserved point against Osasuna.
Osasuna took a two-goal lead over Las Palmas into the halftime break.after Sergio Leon scored a late goal in the first half to add to Roberto Torres early goal from the spot.
Osasuna remains winless after seven matches.
Deportivo La Coruña 2-1 Sporting Gijón
Celso Borges 35’ Sergio Alvarez 66’
Ryan Babel 90’+2
Deportivo La Coruna climbed a point above Sporting Gijon on the lead the league table after a late goal from Ryan Babel gave La Coruna a home win over Sporting Gijon.
October 2, 2016
Valencia 0-2 Atletico Madrid
Antoine Griezmann 63′
Kevin Gameiro 90’+ 3
Even with two penalty misses by Atletico Madrid was still able to get a comfortable ‘2-0’ win over Valencia. It was a win that put a stop to Valencia’s mini winning streak.
The victory for Atletico Madrid proved to be a very important one for the team. City rival and league leaders; Real Madrid ended up dropping points against Eibar.
The win takes Atletico to the top of the league table.
Real Madrid 1-1 Eibar
Gareth Bale 18’ Fran Rico 6’
It was the third consecutive draw for Real Madrid after failing to find a winning goal at home against Eibar.
To Real Madrid fans, they could be could have been six points clear on top of the league table.
Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal
Struggling Espanyol was able to hold on to a point in their home match against Villarreal in a goalless draw.
Malaga 2-1 Athletic Club
Sandro Ramirez 82’ Aritz Aduriz 3’
Duda 83’
Malaga got a home win by scoring two quick goals against a 10-man Athletic Club.
The home team spent a majority of the match chasing for an equalizing goal after Aritz Aduriz game Athletic Club an early lead in under three minutes from the start of the match.
Celta Vigo 3-4 Barcelona
Pione Sisto 22’ Gerard Pique 58’ 87’
Iago Aspas 31’ Neymar 64’ (pen)
Jeremy Mathieu 33’
Pablo Hernandez 77’
Is the title going to Madrid?
A ‘Messi-less’ Barcelona is doing the title defense all wrong.
After Real Madrid failed to in their match against Eibar, a win for FC Barcelona would have sent the defending champions back to the top of the league table.
With that incentive, a lot was expected from Barcelona. At the end of the half, Barcelona was 3-0 down.
Barcelona never took the lead but did their best to make it interesting by pulling a goal behind on two occasions.
At the end of the season, we might look back at this match and wonder what it could have been.