The players of Real Madrid won the derby of the 21st round of the Spanish La Liga against Villarreal away with 2-0, which put them at the top of the table.
Real Madrid was better from the beginning, and they paid for such a game at the very beginning of the second half. Vinicius Junior breaks down the left. The home defense failed to clear the danger, and he took advantage of everything Mbappe and pushed the ball into the home net.
Villarreal tried to get back into the game after that. He missed his best chance Gerard Moreno in the 63rd minute when he is unimpeded, from ten meters, shot a little over the neck. However, Real succeeded in what was most important to them, which is to grab three big points in this difficult away game. The victory was confirmed in the 94th minute when he scored from the penalty spot Mbappe scored to make it 2-0.
With a game more, Real now has two points more than Barcelona. Villarreal is fourth in the standings.
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The home three points were grabbed by the football players Seville this Saturday, they won in front of their fans Athletic Bilbao 2-1. All the goals were scored at the end of the first and the beginning of the second half, and the visitors from Bilbao took the lead in the 40th minute with a goal by Navarra. The guests enjoyed the lead for only about 100 seconds, and then Peque equalized at 1-1 in the 42nd.
The complete turnaround came in the 56th minute when Adams was calm and precise with a spot kick for 2-1 Sevilla, which was the final score.
With this victory, Sevilla overtook, among others, Athletic in the rankings. The Andalusians are now 11th, and the Basques are one position behind Saturday’s opponent.
The match at the Mestalla in which the football players were present was shocking Valencia won Espanyol with 3-2. Twice Espanyol came back from a deficit, but in the end it was decided by Ramazani who scored from the penalty spot in the 94th minute for Valencia to celebrate 3-2 and jump from 17th to 13th place in the table.
Before that, Duro scored the first goal of the match for Valencia 1-0, and equalized Terrats in the 55th minute. Just four minutes later, Valencia took the lead again thanks to a goal from Comerto, while a Valencia player was the scorer to make it 2-2. Copete scored an own goal in the 80th minute.
At the very end, however, there was a big celebration by the local fans. Valencia won 3-2, and Espanyol remained in fifth place in the table.
Sunday’s pairings are Atletico Madrid – Mallorca, Barcelona – Oviedo, Real Sociedad – Celta and Alaves – Betis, while Girona – Getafe will play on Monday.
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