LaLiga 2023-2024 (First Division)

[rpo.castro]

I missed the matched. Didn't think it would be so soon, in the afternoon

[Lorric]

You can legitimately make the argument that Bellingham is the best player in the World. At 20.

[AlanK]

While The Drop is not completely known after Sunday's games in Jornada 11, The Top is complete

1. Real Madrid--------------28 points; +23-8 Next hosts Rayo.
2. Girona------------------28 points; +25-13 At Osasuna.
3. Atlétio------------------25 points; +25-9 At Las Palmas; has a game in hand.
4. Barça-------------------24 points; +23-12 At Real Sociedad.
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5. Real Soc.---------------19 points; +20-14 Hosts Barça.
6. Athletic----------------18 points; +18-12 At Villarreal.
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7/8. Betis----------------17 points; +14-15 Hosts Mallorca.
7/8. Rayo----------------17 points; +14-15 At Real Madrid.

Notice the tie between Betis and Rayo. Betis is listed before Rayo because of alphabetizing in case there is no true tie-breaker. If something is at stake in such a case at season's end, there would be a playoff. This has NEVER happened, at least in First Division, although it almost did once upon a time.

[AlanK]

And here is The Drop, after Monday's game

18. Celta------------6 points; +10-19 Next hosts Sevilla.
19. Granada---------6 points; +17-28 At Valencia.
20. Almería---------3 points; +14-31 At Alavés. Almería is still winless . . .

[Bulgarian]

You can legitimately make the argument that Bellingham is the best player in the World. At 20.

I dont know about that but i certainly enjoyed him burying those barka dogs on the weekend. What a lad.

[AlanK]

Jornada 12 begins

Fri. 3 Nov. 2100 Las Palmas 2, Atlético 1 The Canaries are #10; Atleti is now in third place, with a game in hand. A win would lift Atleti into first place, although Girona and/or Real Madrid could pass Atleti in the next two days . . . Scoreless first half in the Estadio Gran Canaria. Las Palmas is playing Atleti very tough. Can Atleti break through in the second half 30,080 on hand. At 51', Kirian Rodríguez scores to give Las Palmas the lead--1-0. Long way to go, but IF Las Palmas can win this one, they'll climb to ninth place, and should they win by two goals, they'd climb to seventh place. And now Las Palmas leads by two, as Munir assists Benito Ramírez, who scores--2-0. Katy bar the door--at 83', Riquelme assists Morata, who cuts the margin to one goal--2-1. At 90', the Canaries' goalie saves the furniture. And Las Palmas holds on through 98' to beat Atleti for the first time in the Liga in Gran Canaria since 1987.

Sat. 4 Nov.

1400 Osasuna 2, Girona 4 Osasuna is in mid-table. Girona is second to Real Madrid only on GD, so a win will take them to the top. At 16', Iván Martín finishes off a three-man break--0-1. At 25', Budimir puts in a rebound to tie it--1-1. Halftime in El Sadar. 20,100 on hand. At 55', Budimir heads in--2-1. Can Girona get back into the game At 71', Dovbyk ties it for Girona with a header--2-2. And at 80', Tsygankov scores to give Girona the lead--2-3. And at 90', Aleix García makes it 2-4. That's the final, and Girona leads LaLiga, at least until Real Madrid plays tomorrow.

1615 Betis 2, Mallorca 0 Betis is tied for 7/8 with Rayo. Mallorca is #16, three points above the drop. At 7', Willian José gives Betis the lead--1-0. At 45', Mascarell of Mallorca sees a second yellow. Bad call by the ref. And it's 1-0 at the half. At 65', Ayoze Pérez scores from the center of the area--2-0. And that's the final score.

1830 Celta 1, Sevilla 1 Celta is the top of the drop. Sevilla, with a game in hand, is 14th, four points above the drop. At 22', Starfelt of Celta heads in a free kick--1-0. And that's the score at halftime. Celta would still be in the drop on GD if they win this game by the minimum. 19,023 on hand in Balaídos. At 65', Tapia of Celta sees a second yellow. At 84', En-Nesyri kicks in a loose ball to tie it--1-1. At the stroke of 96', review for possible penalty in favor of Celta, which finally is NOT given; the game ends in a tie.

2100 Real Sociedad 0, Barça 1 Full time. La Real is fifth, five points back of fourth-place Barça. Not a whole lot of good scoring chances in the first half. At 93', Araújo heads in to give Barça the win--0-11 the final; Barça will be in third place when the jornada ends. La Real may drop lower than fifth place, depending on tomorrow's games.

Sun. 5 Nov.

1400 Alavés 1, Almería 0 Alavés is one place and three points above the drop. Almería, yet to win in LaLiga this season, is six points back of Alavés. Scoreless first half. Hagi of Alavés missed a pk--badly--at 45'+1'. 16,380 on hand. At 79', Sedlar puts in a loose ball to give Alavés the lead--1-0. Alavés holds on for a big win in their quest to avoid the drop. As they say, Almería can't win for losin'

1615 Valencia 1, Granada 0 Valencia is ninth with 15 points; Granada is next-to-last with six points. At 45'+5', penalty ( ) awarded to Valencia for a questionable foul. Pepelu converts at 45'+7'--1-0 at the half. 44,922 on hand. Valencia holds on to win and climb, for the moment, to 8th place.

1830 Villarreal 2, Athletic 3 The Yellow Submarine is 12th with 12 points, six points back of sixth-place Athletic. At 2', Ruiz de Galarreta gives Athletic the lead--0-1. And at 22', Nico Williams makes it 0-2 from in close. A win here would lift Athletic to fifth place. Nico scores and eight minutes later Iñaki scores from just outside the area--0-3. At 45', Sorloth puts one in, but he's offside. Viillarreal is playing a nightmare game . . . Blessed be halftime . . . Well, NEVER say "die!" At 86', Gerard Moreno cuts the gap to 1-3, and at 87', Sorloth makes it 2-3 . . . but that's how it ends--2-3 and Athletic a winner.

2100 Real Madrid 0, Rayo 0 FULL TIME El Real leads LaLiga, but only on GD vs Girona. El Rayo is tied for 7/8 with Betis. As long as they win, el Real will again top the league on GD over Girona. Still 0-0 at the half. Bellingham was hurt early, but was OK to continue. Rayo was able to hang in there for the first half--could they possibly hang in there for the second half Yes, they could and did. Real is now second; Rayo is ninth

Mon. 6 Nov. 2100 Getafe 1, Cádiz 0 Geta is in lower mid-table with 12 points; Cádiz is two points and two places back of Getafe. Scoreless after a lackluster first half. Djene of Getafe sees a second yellow at 44' . . . 0-0. 9,853 on hand. At 76', Borja Mayoral, unmarked in front of the goal, gives Getafe the lead--1-0. At 85', Ledesma of Cádiz makes a GREAT save . . . still 1-0. And 1-0 at the final whistle. Getafe is now #11 in LaLiga.

[Lubomir25]

You can legitimately make the argument that Bellingham is the best player in the World. At 20.

He isn't the best in the world, Haaland, mbappe, Messi and even the current Ronaldo are better. I'm also sure if Bale put his boots on he's better. There's no doubt he's on his way to potentially becoming one of the best but he's not close yet.

[angel_87]

Girona beats Osasuna 4-2 and takes the lead... its score is 10-1-1 = 31 points after Jornada 12

[rpo.castro]

You can legitimately make the argument that Bellingham is the best player in the World. At 20.

He isn't the best in the world, Haaland, mbappe, Messi and even the current Ronaldo are better. I'm also sure if Bale put his boots on he's better. There's no doubt he's on his way to potentially becoming one of the best but he's not close yet.

The current Ronaldo even the current mbappe isn't doing anything

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop are both known with only the Getafe-Cádiz match to go in Jornada 12

1. Girona--------------31 points; +29-15 Next at Rayo.
2. Real Madrid----------29 points; +23-8 Hosts Valencia.
3. Barça---------------27 points; +24-12 Hosts Alavés.
4. Atlético-------------25 points; +26-11 Hosts Villarreal. Has a game in hand.
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5. Athletic-------------21 points; +21-14 Hosts Celta.
6. Betis---------------20 points; +16-15 At Sevilla in the Derby Andaluz.
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7. Real Soc.------------19 points; +20-15 At Almería.
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18. Celta--------------7 points; +11-20 At Athletic.
19.Granada------------6 points; +17-29 Hosts Getafe.
20. Almería------------3 points; +14-32 Hosts Real Sociedad.

[AlanK]

Jornada 13 of LaLiga begins

Fri. 10 Nov. 2100 Athletic 4, Celta 3 Athletic has risen to fifth place; Celta is top of the drop. At 25', Iago Aspas scores for the first time this season; shoots from just outside the area--0-1. At 37', Sancet puts in a failure of Celta to clear--1-1. At 41', Bamba puts Celta back in front with a shot from the top of the half-moon--1-2. At the moment, Celta is above the drop and Mallorca has fallen therein. But at 50'+5', Nico Williams creates a chance for Guruzeta, who makes no mistake--2-2 at the half. At 52', Guruzeta puts in a rebound--3-2, and Athletic is within a point of Atlético Madrid. At 63', Strand Larsen is offside and his "goal" is disallowed, but at 66', Aspas assists Strand Larsen, who taps in to tie it 3-3. 44,435 reported in San Mamés Barri. At 72', pk awarded to Celta for a handball; Unai Simón saves Aspas's shot At 97', a handball pk is awarded to Athletic; at 98', Berenguer converts and Athletic wins it

Sat. 11 Nov.

1400 Rayo 1, Girona 2 Rayo is ninth after their scoreless tie at Real Madrid. Girona leads LaLiga by two points over el Real. At 5', Alvaro García scores for Rayo--1-0. At 42', Dovbyk ties it for Girona--1-1. And 1-1 at the half. Rayo has done well to hang in there against a superior team. 13,177 in Vallecas. At 65', Savinho puts in a rebound to give Girona the lead--1-2. And that's the final, which guarantees Girona first place at the jornada's end.

1615 Almería 1, Real Sociedad 3 Almería is dead last and has yet to win a game this season. La Real is seventh after their home loss to Barça. Scoreless first half. 13,016 on hand. At 62', Oyarzábal scores at the far post after a corner is headed on--0-1. At 76', Arribas puts in a rebound to tie it for Almería--1-1. At 90', handball penalty committed by Almería; pk converted by Carlos Fernández at 91'--1-2. At 95', Zubimendi heads in to make it 1-3, which is the final score.

1830 Granada 1, Getafe 1 Granada is next-to-last. Getafe comes off their win over Cádiz which leaves them in mid-table. At 2', Borja Mayoral gives Geta the lead--0-1. At 45'+4', Villar ties it for Granada--1-1 at the half. And 1-1 is the final.

1830 Osasuna 1, Las Palmas 1 Osasuna is 12th, four points and two places back of Las Palmas. Scoreless at the half. At 70', Moleiro gives the Canaries the lead, only to see Budimir tie it for Osasuna at 73'--1-1, which turns out to be the final score.

2100 Real Madrid 5, Valencia 1 El Real is in second place after their scoreless tie against Rayo. Valencia is eighth, just a point back of la Real Sociedad. At 3', Carvajal scores for Real from just outside the area--1-0. At 42', Vini Jr. heads in--2-0. Halftime. 72,475 reported on hand. At 49', it's Vini again--great goal And at 50', it's Rodrygo--4-0. And at 84', it's Rodrygo again--5-0. At 88', Hugo Duro scores the gol del honor for Valencia--5-1. And that's the final.

Sun. 12 Nov.

1400 Mallorca-Cádiz GAME POSTPONED DUE TO WAR EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. Game rescheduled for 29 Nov. 2100 according to Marca.com.

1615 Barça 2, Alavés 1 Barça is in third place, four points off the league lead. Alavés is 14th, five points above the drop. At 1', Samu scores on a breakaway to give Alavés the lead--0-1. Barça chases the game for the next 45 minutes without creating any really good chances. Alavés is playing very defensively--and doing so very well. Can Barça put it together in the second half Well, yes . . . At 53', Lewandowski scores with a great header, assist by Koundé--1-1. At 78', penalty given to Barça as Ferrán Torres is fouled. Lewandowski converts, paradinha included--2-1, which is the final.

1830 Sevilla 1, Betis 1 THE Derby Andaluz Sevilla is 15th, four points above the drop. Betis is in 6th place, five points back of the last CL spot. Scoreless first half, but not for want of trying. 42,222 on hand. At 72', Ayoze Pérez puts in the rebound after a free kick--0-1 for Betis. But at 79', Rakitic scores from way out--1-1. And in the fulness of time, that goal wins a point for Sevilla.

2100 Atlético 3, Villarreal 1 Atleti comes off the 6-0 hiding of Glasgow Celtic in the CL; Atleti is fourth in LaLiga. Villarreal is 13th, five points above the drop. The others in the top four have all won--can Atleti make it four for four At 20', Gerard Moreno puts in the rebound of Sorloth's shot--0-1. At 45'+1', Axel Witsel ties it for Atleti--1-1 at halftime. 56,632 reported on hand. At 80', Llorente assists Griezmann, who makes no mistake--2-1 for Atleti. And at 85', Barrios assists Lino, who makes it 3-1 for Atleti. That's the final score.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop after Jornada 13

1. Girona-------------34 points; +31-16 Next hosts Athletic.
2. Real Madrid---------32 points; +28-9 At Cádiz.
3. Barça--------------30 points; +26-13 At Rayo.
4. Atlético------------28 points; +29-12 Hosts Mallorca; has a game in hand.
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5. Athletic------------24 points; +25-17 At Girona.
6. Real Soc.-----------22 points; +23-16 Hosts Sevilla.
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7. Betis--------------21 points; +17-16 Hosts Las Palmas.
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18. Celta-------------7 points; +14-24 At Valencia.
19. Granada----------7 points; +18-30 At Alavés.
20. Almería-----------3 points; +15-35 At Getafe.

Jornada 14 begins on Friday, 24 Nov.

[AlanK]

Jornada 14 starts soon

Fri. 24 Nov. 2100 Alavés 3, Granada 1 #15 hosts #19. A win would lift Granada out of the drop. But Alavés strikes first--Samu scores at 11'--1-0. They're calling it an own goal by Torrente of Granada. At 38', Rebbach makes it 2-0--great goal Halftime at Mendizorroza. 15,705 on hand. At 55', it's Samu again with a header--3-0. At 85', penalty kick awarded to Granada; Uzuni converts at 86'--3-1. That's the final score; Alavés climbs to 12th place.

Sat. 25 Nov.

1400 Rayo 1, Barça 1 Rayo is currently #10; Barça, #3, would rise to within a point of leader Girona with a win. At 39', Unai López kicks in a rebound from WAY out--1-0. Halftime in Vallecas on a beautiful autumn day. At 76', Barça hits the post. At 82', Lejeune of Rayo puts one into his own net--1-1. And that turns out to be the final score. Rayo climbs, for the moment, to eighth place; Barça remains in third place, but will drop to fourth on GD if Atlético wins later today.

1615 Valencia 0, Celta 0 Valencia is #9; Celta is top of the drop; they must win if they're to climb above the drop. Scoreless first half in Mestalla. And the second half ends scoreless.

1830 Getafe 2, Almería 1 Geta is in mid-table, seven points above the drop. Almería has yet to win a game; even a win today would not lift them out of last place. At 7', Ramazani gives Almería the lead, as he puts in a corner at the far post--0-1. At 34', Greenwood ties it for Getafe, as he lets go an angled shot from just outside the area--1-1. And at 45', Borja Mayoral gives Getafe the lead--2-1, lifting Getafe to eighth place on GD. Halftime in the Alfonso Pérez. And Geta goes on to win 2-1.

2100 Atlético 1, Mallorca 0 Atleti is #4, six points off the league lead and with a game in hand. Mallorca is 17th, two points above the drop with a game in hand. Atlético would end the jornada in third place on GD with a win. Scoreless first half. Atleti is gonna have to rev it up a notch if they're gonna win this one--Mallorca is really playing tough--0-0 at the half. Atleti's first shot on goal comes at 48'. Mallorca has zero shots on goal at this point. 58,119 reported on hand. Breakthrough at 64'--Griezmann scores with an unreal header and Atleti is in third place if they hang on to win--1-0. At 80', whatta save by Oblak Atleti holds on and climbs to third place.

Sun. 26 Nov.

1400 Villarreal 3, Osasuna 1 Villarreal is #14; they'd pass #12 Osasuna with a win. Scoreless first half. Villarreal not having a good day, Osasuna looks more likely to put it together to win. 16,389 reported on hand. At 57', Villarreal breaks through: Gerard Moreno assists Comandante Morales, who taps it in--1-0. At 71', Morales makes it 2-0 as he scores on a solo breakaway. Game on at 78', Catena heads in Osasuna's first goal--2-1 . . . But at 80', el Comandante Morales pulls off another solo job to complete a hat trick--3-1. That's the final; Villarreal climbs to 12th place.

1615 Real Sociedad 2, Sevilla 1 La Real is in sixth place, six points back of the last CL spot. Sevilla is #13, five points above the drop with a game in hand. At 3', Barrenetxea of la Real takes a free kick, which the goalie knocks down, but the ball bounces off the goalie, Dmitrovic, and goes in--1-0. At 22', Sadiq scores from way out to make it 2-0. And it remains 2-0 at the half. At 60', game on . . . as En-Nesyri heads in to put Sevilla on the board--2-1. At 88', red card for Sergio Ramos. Jesús Navas also saw a red card. And la Real holds on to win.

1830 Cádiz 0, Real Madrid 3 Cádiz is 16th, three points above the drop. El Real is in second place, two points back of first-place Girona and two points ahead of third-place Barça. At 14', Rodrygo, cutting along the top of the area just about where the area begins, scores to give el Real the lead--0-1. At this moment, el Real tops LaLiga by one point over Girona. Halftime. 20,335 in the Nuevo Mirandilla. At 64', Rodrygo scores his second of the game--0-2. At 74', Bellingham makes it 0-3, which turns out to be the final score. El Real moves into first place; should Girona win tomorrow, they will go back to the top spot.

2100 Betis 1, Las Palmas 0 #7 hosts #8, with a three-point lead for Betis over Las Palmas. A win for Betis would leave them seventh, back of Athletic on GD. At 19', Willian José puts in a loose ball to give Betis the lead--1-0. Halftime. Betis can't score any more, but their defense holds on to win it.

Mon. 27 Nov. 2100 Arguably Game of the Week, as #1 Girona hosts #5 Athletic. Can Girona keep it up and stay atop LaLiga Athletic is 10 points adrift of the pacesetters . . . Girona 1, Athletic 1 Capacity of Montilivi is 14,624 I have a feeling there won't be many unfilled seats tonight . . . Great first half, albeit scoreless. Real Madrid remains in first place on GD, but the second half remains . . . At 55', Tsygankov gives Girona the lead in this game and the lead in the standings--1-0. At 67', Iñaki Williams ties it for Athletic. Can Girona win this game No, 1-1 is the final.

[AlanK]

The Top and The Drop with Jornada 14 complete and in the books

1. Real Madrid-------------35 points; +31-9 Next hosts Granada.
2. Girona-----------------35 points; +32-17 Hosts Valencia.
3. Atlético----------------31 points; +30-12 At Barça. Atleti has a game in hand.
4. Barça------------------31 points; +27-14 Hosts Atleti.
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5. Athletic----------------25 points; +26-18 Hosts Rayo.
6. Real Soc.---------------25 points; +25-17 At Osasuna.
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7. Betis------------------24 points; +18-16 At Almería.
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18. Celta-----------------8 points; +14-24 Hosts Cádiz.
19. Granada--------------7 points; +19-33 At Real Madrid.
20. Almería---------------3 points; +16-37 Hosts Betis.

[AlanK]

The Mallorca-Cádiz game from Jornada 13, suspended in its day, will be played today, 29 Nov., at 2100.

Mallorca 1, Cádiz 1 At 12', Alcaraz gives Cádiz the lead--0-1. At 45'+1', Abdón Prats ties for Mallorca--1-1, now at halftime. And the game ends 1-1. Cádiz now has 11 points; Mallorca has 10.