Spanish La Liga – Round 34

Goals Scored:: 35

La Liga

April 25, 2017

Sporting Gijon      1-1     Espanyol

Victor Rodriguez 39’      Gerard Moreno 55’

Relegation-zoned Sporting Gijon would have wanted a victory to better their odds of playing top flight football in the 2017/18 season.

Granada          0-2       Malaga

                                 Sandro Ramirez 47’ 90’+2’

Granada is looking to exit the Primera Division after suffering another defeat.  It was their fourth consecutive league defeat and 9th winless matches without a victory. (8L 1D).

Atletico Madrid     0-1      Villarreal

                                           Roberto Soriano 82’

Atletico Madrid’s ambition of finishing top three was dented when Villarreal got a surprise away victory in this fixture.

April 26, 2017

Barcelona            7-1         Osasuna

Lionel Messi 12’ 61’            Roberto Torres 48’

Andres Gomes 30’ 57’

Francisco Alcacer 64’ 86’

Javier Mascherano 67’(pen)

Three players scored a brace and Javier Mascherano got on the score sheet for FC Barcelona in this 8-goal thriller.

After 319 appearances for FC Barcelona, Javier Mascherano scored his first goal for the club. As expected, league title challenger FC Barcelona thrashed bottom table Osasuna.

Valencia      2-3      Real Sociedad

Nani 68’                 Diego Alves 1’(o.g)

Simone Zaza 72’    Willian Jose 30’(pen)

                                 Mikel Oyarzabal 65’

Valencia suffered a consecutive defeat after falling at home to Real Sociedad.  It was a perfect start for Real Sociedad when Diego Alves scored an own goal to give the visitors an early lead to protect.

Leganes        3-0       Las Palmas

Luciano Neves 55’

Guerrero 59’

Luciano Neves 61’(pen)

Leganes took a ‘3-0’ lead in a five-minute spell in the second-half to take the maximum points from this match at the expense of Las Palmas.

Deportivo La Coruña   2-6   Real Madrid

Florin Andone 35’               Alvaro Morata 1’

Joselu 84’                            James Rodriguez 14’ 67’

                                             Lucas Vazquez 44’

                                             Isco 77’

                                             Casemiro 87’

Real Madrid moves closer to the league title.

Real Madrid bounced back from defeat in El Clasico with a convincing victory over Deportivo La Coruna.

April 27, 2017

Alaves         0-0        Eibar

It was another goalless draw between Alaves and Eibar in the 2016/17 Spanish La Liga season.

Sevilla               2-1         Celta Vigo

Joaquin Correa 49’         Iago Aspas 53’

Wissam Ben Yedder 79’

Sevilla maintained their grip on their place in the top four with a home victory over Celta Vigo.

With Atletico Madrid falling against Villarreal, this result allowed Sevilla to tie them in accumulated points in the league standings.

Athletic Club      2-1     Real Betis

Aritz Aduriz 53’           Ruben Castro 63’

Iker Muniain 60’

After two consecutive victories in the league, Real Betis was brought back to their losing ways by Athletic Club.