And here comes week 2
Fri. 18 Aug.
1930 Mallorca 0, Villarreal 1 Mallorca tied away and Villarreal lost at home last weekend. A lackluster first half ends scoreless. At 63', Gerard Moreno puts in a rebound--0-1. And Villarreal makes the goal stand up; 0-1 the final.
2130 Valencia 1, Las Palmas 0 Can Valencia make it two in a row
Can the Canaries come back after dropping points at home
Scoreless at the half, 41,053 reported on hand. At 73', after review, pk awarded to Valencia. Pepelu converts at 74'--1-0. And that is enough to win it
Sat. 19 Aug.
1700 Real Sociedad 1, Celta 1 La Real could only tie at home and Celta lost at home last weekend. At 22', Take Kubo centers for Barrenetxea to head in--1-0 for la Real. Halftime. 30,354 reported on hand. In added time, Celta has a couple of near misses, and at 94', Mingueza makes no mistake in close to tie it at 1-1. Thus la Real concedes late, as they did last weekend, also at home, to snatch a tie from the jaws of victory--1-1 the final.
1930 AlmerĂa 1, Real Madrid 3 AlmerĂa lost at home and el Real won on the road last weekend. More of the same
Well, Arribas scores with a header at 3', and it's 1-0 for AlmerĂa
At 19', Bellingham ties it for el Real, although announcers think the goal should have been disallowed--1-1. At 45'+5', Kroos fires a shot into the goal . . . but it's disallowed after consultation with VAR for a previous foul. And it's even at the half. At 60', Bellingham gives Real the lead as he "combs" a header to make it 1-2; assist by Kroos. At 73', Vini seals the win with a great semi-lob--1-3. And that's the final; el Real takes over first place, with six points and +5-1 in goals scored and conceded.
2130 Osasuna 0, Athletic 2 Osasuna started with a win in Vigo; Athletic started with a loss at home to Real Madrid. At 11', Iñaki Williams volleys with his leg to make it 0-1. At 20', Nico Williams assists Guruzeta, who makes it 0-2. And that's how it stands at the half. At 60', Sancet of Athletic sees a second yellow and is sent off. The final score is 0-2 for Athletic, following a red card or two and lots of bad behavior.
Sun. 20 Aug.
1730--changed to 1800 due to heat wave--and now changed to 1900. Girona 3, Getafe 0 Both started with a tie last weekend. Girona's goals were by Herrera at 12' and by Stuani at 56' and 65'.
1930 Barça 2, Cådiz 0 Barça looked out of synch last weekend, while Cådiz won at home. Barça couldn't manage to score until 82', when Pedri broke the ice, assisted by Sergi Roberto; Ferrån Torres made it look respectable with the 2-0 at 94'. Oh, yeah--the game was played in Montjuich, the first of many to be played there by Barça as the home team.
2130 Betis 0, Atlético 0 Betis won at Villarreal while Atleti leads LaLiga after their 3-1 win over Granada in Madrid. Scoreless first half. 51,782 reported on hand. Game ends scoreless.
Mon. 21 Aug.
1900 AlavĂ©s 4, Sevilla 3 Both attempt to get well after first-jornada losses. Lots of action in the first half. At 7', Rioja gives AlavĂ©s the lead--1-0. Sevilla comes back to lead 1-2 on goals by Abqar in his own net at 15' and by Lamela at 41'. At 44', Duarte evens it for the home team from some distance--2-2 at the half. And the goals continue to roll in: at 54', Kike GarcĂa makes it 3-2 for AlavĂ©s. And Kike GarcĂa adds another at 59' to make it 4-2. At 97', Rafa Mir scores from way out, and the game will end with the final score 4-3.
2130 Granada 0, Rayo 2 Granada is without a point after Jornada 1; Rayo won in AlmerĂa and hopes for more of the same. Scoreless at the half. At 75', Alvaro GarcĂa breaks the ice--0-1 for Rayo. At 79', PathĂ© Ciss, just in, makes it 0-2 from inside the area. At 86', Antonio Puertas of Granada sees a red card. Rayo holds on to win and is in second place in LaLiga
