In the match of the 36th round of the Spanish football championship, Atletico Madrid beat Osasuna 2-1 on the road, while Real Betis secured their place in the Champions League after more than 20 years with an identical victory against Elche.
Atletico secured the win in Pamplona at least fourth placeand until the end of the championship they will fight with Villarreal for the third position.
The guests took the lead in the 15th minute with a goal Ademola Lookmanand in the 71st Alexander Sorloth “bolded” the leadership. Eight minutes later Atletico were left with a player less after off Marcos Llorenteso that in the first minute of injury time Kike Barja reduced.
Croatian national team player Ante Budimir he played for Osasuna the entire match.
Real Betis has won Elche with 2-1 securing the fifth place leading to the Champions League. Betis thus returns to the elite group after more than 20 years.
As Spanish journalists have calculated since Betis’ last appearance in the Champions League in the 205/06 season. several presidents have changed, even 18 coaches and hundreds of players. Cucho Hernandez (9) and Pablo Fornals (68) scored for the Sevilla club, and Hector Fort (41) scored for the guests.
Betis was helped by Levante who won on the road in Vigo Celta with 3-2.
Levante won an extremely important three points in the fight for the first league salvation, but also eliminated Celta from the fight for the Champions League. The club from Vigo is now seven points behind Betis, and there are still two rounds left until the end of the season.
Celta led 1-0 and 2-1, but Levante came back both times, and then turned the score around. For the visitors, the scorers were Kervin Arriaga (43), Adrian De la Fuente (57), and Roger Brugue (63), while for Celta both goals were scored by Ferran Jutgla (4, 48).
With this victory, Levante jumped to 16th place with 39 points, as many as Espanyol in 17th place, but also Girona, which is in the relegation zone, but with one less match. Alaves has 37 points, also with a game in hand, while Real Oviedo has no mathematical prospects for salvation.
Barcelona secured the league title with a win against Real Madrid on Sunday.
Results of the 36th round:
Celta Vigo – Levante 2-3 (Jutgla 4, 48 / Arriaga 43, De la Fuente 57, Brugue 63)
Real Betis – Elche 2-1 (Hernandez 9, Fornals 68 / Fort 41)
Osasuna – Atletico Madrid 1-2 (Barja 90+1 / Lookman 15-11m, Sorloth 71)
On Wednesday:
Espanyol – Athletic Bilbao
Villarreal – Sevilla
Alaves – Barcelona
Getafe – Mallorca
On Thursday:
Valencia – Rayo Vallecano
Girona – Real Sociedad
Real Madrid – Real Oviedo
(Hina | Photo: Real Betis)
