Domestic Leagues
La Liga – Round Six
September 23, 2016
Real Betis 1-0 Malaga
Joaquin 25’
Both teams started the match with equal points on the league table. A first half goal from Joaquin was enough to give Real Betis their second win of the season and pull them three points away from Malaga.
September 24, 2016
Eibar 2-0 Real Sociedad
Asier Illarramendi 57’(o.g)
Bebe 66’
Everything went wrong for Real Sociedad. They went down a man in the 24th minute after Aritz Elustondo was sent off with a red card. Luckily for Sociedad, Pedro Leon failed to convert the penalty kick into a goal after a woeful miss.
After a goalless first half, it took a deflected shot on Asier Illarramendi to give Eibar their opening goal. Bebe doubled the lead for Eibar 9 minutes later to finish the match at 2-0
The win pulls Eibar three points away from Real Sociedad after starting the match with equal points on the league table.
Sporting Gijon 0-5 Barcelona
Luis Suarez 29’
Rafinha 32’
Neymar 81’ 88’’
Arda Turan 85’
Barcelona gave Sporting Gijon a third straight loss in the 2016/17 La Liga season.
Neymar scored two goals to give a ‘Messi-less’ Barcelona a 5-0 away win over Sporting Gijon. It was a win that kept the team on the heels of Real Madrid.
Barcelona finished the first 2-0 up. After Sporting Gijon was reduced to 10-men in the 74th minute, Barcelona took advantage of the spaces and scored three more goals in the final 10 minutes of regular time.
Athletic Club 3-1 Sevilla
Mikel San Jose 27’ Samir Nasri 55’
Mikel Balenziaga 66’
Aritz Aduriz 90’ (pen)
Manchester City’s loanee Samir Nasri scored for Sevilla as they were defeated Athletic Club. Two goals in the second half sent Athletic Club a point over Sevilla on the league table.
Las Palmas 2-2 Real Madrid
Tana 38’ Marco Asensio 33’
Sergio Ezequiel Araujo 85’ Karim Benzema 67’
Las Palmas helped the chasing pack by stopping Real Madrid from securing maximum points. Sergio Ezequiel Araujo’s goal in the 85th minute was the game changer.
Real Madrid remains undefeated and Las Palmas is still hanging up there on the league table in positions that could qualify them for a European competition is they can keep up their performance for 32 more matches.
The draw brings Madrid a point away from FC Barcelona.
September 25, 2016
Leganes 1-2 Valencia
Alexander Szymanowski 21’ Nani 34’
Mario Suarez 52’
Is this a start of a winning streak for Valencia?
Valencia went from winning no matches to winning two matches in a row. Their two wins came against newly promoted sides, but Valencia will take any win at this point.
An own goal and a penalty gave Valencia this win.
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Deportivo La Coruna
Antoine Griezmann 70’
It was an important win for Atletico Madrid to keep up the pace with the other title favorites. Antoine Griezmann’s 70th-minute goal against the 10 men of Deportivo La Coruna keeps Atletico in the top three as they were expected to be at the start of the season.
Villarreal 3-1 Osasuna
Alexandre Pato 5’ Roberto Torres 45’+2(pen)
Bruno Soriano 24’(pen)
Nicola Sansone 39’
Osasuna remains winless after six matches in the 2016/17 La Liga season, while Villarreal keeps their undefeated start to the season.
Espanyol 0-2 Celta Vigo
Giuseppe Rossi 90’+ 1
Pione Sisto 90’+3
Three minutes additional time was added, and the away team scored two goals was scored by the away team.
Two goals in additional time saw Celta Vigo steal the win late at Espanyol. The goals were less than two minutes apart.
September 26, 2016
Alaves 3-1 Granada
Edgar Antonio Mendez 52’ Artem Kravets 78’
Victor Camarasa 66’
Deyverson 90’+3
Four second-half goal saw newly promoted Alaves keep Granada down the bottom of the table.
Newly promoted Alaves got a 3-1 home win over struggling Granada who are still in search for their first win of the season.
Six matches later, Granada remains winless.
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