Jornada 6 coming right up
Fri. 22 Sept. 2100 Alavés 0, Athletic 2 A "lesser" Basque derby
This far, Alavés has won at home--twice--and lost on the road--thrice. Can they maintain that against #4 Athletic, which to date has a win and a tie on the road
At 18', Vesga assists Iñaki Williams, who scores a "first touch" goal--0-1. And it's 0-1 at the half. This would lift Athletic into a tie on points with second-place Barça and third-place Girona, although Athletic trails both of these on GD. 19,421 reported on hand in Mendizorroza--almost a capacity crowd
At 76', Sancet makes it 0-2 for Athletic, lifting them into a tie with Girona on GD. And that's the final. Excellent game by Unai Simón, Athletic's goalie.
Sat, 23 Sept.
1400 Girona 5, Mallorca 3 Girona is the "equipo revelación" thus far, with a record of 4-1-0; they are in third place and trail Barça only on GD. Mallorca has a record of 1-2-2 to date. At 3', handball penalty against Girona; Muriqi converts at 4'--0-1
At 26', David López of Girona shoots out of a crowd and scores to tie it--1-1. At 31', VAR awards penalty in favor of Girona, converted by Dovbyk at about 33'--2-1, and Girona is in first place, at least for the moment. At 37', Iván Martín makes it 3-1 for Girona. At 45', it's 4-1, as Yángel Gerrera scores. Whatta first half by Girona--4-1 after nine minutes added time. At 57', Savinho makes it 5-1. At 88', Abdón Prats puts in a loose ball to make it 5-2. And at 95', Abdón Prats heads in another goal to reduce the final margin to 5-3. Girona, at the moment, leads LaLiga.
1615 Osasuna 0, Sevilla 0 Osasuna has lost their last two games after winning two of their first three. Sevilla climbed above the drop on GD after winning their first points by beating Las Palmas. Scoreless first half in Pamplona. And scoreless second half.
1830 Barça 3, Celta 2 Barça has come alive, winning each of their last two games with scores of 5-0--the second of these was in the CL. Celta is a point above the drop. Looks as though Barça went out to play their last two games--both 5-0 wins--over again, but they didn't get this game right at all--a day late and a dollar short with most everything
Can they possibly put it back together after this wretched first half
Well, yeah, but did they have to wait so long
Seemed like more of the first half, especially since Barça gave up a goal at 76' to Douvikas--0-2 . . . but at 81, the comeback began, as Lewandowski made it 1-2 and then at 85' he made it 2-2, assisted by Cancelo; the latter scored the winner at 89'. As Yogi Berra woulda said it, "amazin'"
2100 Almería 2, Valencia 2 Almería is the "farolillo rojo"--no wins and just one tie in five games
Valencia seems to have come alive after two losses, beating Atlético 3-0 last weekend to climb to fifth place. At 14', Diego López beats the defenders and then beats the goalie to givve Valencia the lead--0-1. Halftime. At 59', Arribas ties it for Almería as he puts in a rebound--1-1. At 63', Javi Guerra puts Valencia ahead--1-2. At 69', Arribas ties once more for Almería as he once again puts in a rebound--2-2. And that's the final score.
Sun. 24 Sept.
1400 Real Sociedad 4, Getafe 3 La Real has a record of 1-3-1 after a narrow loss at Real Madrid last weekend. Getafe has a respectable record of 2-1-2 going into this game, but they're 0-0-2 on the road. At 2', Take Kubo gives la Real the lead--1-0. At 39', Aleñà heads in to tie it--1-1. At 45'+2´, penalty awarded to Getafe. Borja Mayoral converts at 45'+5´--1-2 for Getafe at the break. At 60', pk awarded to la Real, converted at 61' by Oyarzábal--2-2. At about 66', goalkeeping error by David Soria; Brais Méndez takes advantage to score--3-2. At 88', after VAR review, Oyarzábal's goal is allowed--4-2. At 92', Latasa makes it 4-3; it ain't over until it's over
But 4-3 is the final--it's over.
1615 Rayo 1, Villarreal 1 El Rayo is in sixth place with a record of 3-0-2 to date. Villarreal is 2-0-3 to date; plays in the EL today (Thurs. 21 Sept.). Great action early
At 15', Sorloth gives Villarreal the lead--0-1. Less than a minute later, Kike Pérez scores to tie it for Rayo--1-1. Tablas at the half in Vallecas. 12,865 reported on hand. Scoreless second half--1-1 the final.
1830 Las Palmas 1, Granada 0 #19 with 2 points hosts #18 with three points to date. Scoreless first half in Las Palmas. At 92', Kirian Rodríguez scores what proves to be the winner--1-0. The win lifts the Canaries to 15th place; Celta, Granada, and Almería are now in the drop.
1830 Betis 1, Cádiz 1 Great rivalry between these two
Betis comes off an EL game; they have seven points to date in LaLiga, with a record of 2-1-2. Cádiz is also at seven points. At 41', Chris Ramos gives Cádiz the lead--0-1. Halftime in the Benito Villamarín, which is full to overflowing--56,087 reported on hand.. At 60', Guido Rodríguez connects with a perfect chilena to tie it for Betis--1-1. At 93', Ledesma saves the furniture for Cádiz. And at 94', Ledesma saves again . . . And 1-1 is the final.
2100 Atlético 3, Real Madrid 1 THE Madrid derby
Atlético has a game in hand and comes in seventh, with seven points, eight point shy of LaLiga leaders Real Madrid; the latter is unbeaten and untied in five games. Wow, whatta start
at 4', Morata heads in, and it's 1-0. At 18', they rerun Morata's goal, except the pass is to Griezmann, who does a perfect Maorata header for 2-0. No, it ain't over yet--at 35', Kroos cuts the margin to 2-1 with a well-placed howitzer shot. Halftime. El Real had a ref''s decision go against them on a play that wouda tied it--tough call. Should the game end as it is at the half, Barça would be first, followed by Girona and then el Real, with Athletic fourth. UNREAL
At 46, Morata reruns his goal from the fourth minute--3-1. No, it really happened
And the 3-1 score holds up to become the final score
Whatta game
At 34', 
At 34', David López makes it 0-3. That's the sscore at the half; two more unanswered goals woud lift Girona to second place. 17,323 reported on hand. At 63', Uzuni puts Granada on the scoresheet--1-3. At 85', Lucas Boyé cuts the margin to 2-3--game on 
