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Barca thrash Vigo, Atlético reverse Alaves VIDEO

The surprises of last and current season Girona and Mallorca record new victories

Nov 24, 2024 06:06 44

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Barcelona finished 2-2 with Celta in Vigo in a meeting of 14- and round of the Spanish La Liga, reported FOCUS.

The match was played at the "Balaidos" stadium.

The guests opened the scoring through Rafinha in the 15th minute after a pass from Jules Kunde.

In the 41st, Robert Lewandowski (pictured) made it 2:0, but the goal was disallowed by VAR due to an offside.

However, Barca's Polish megastar scored. This happened in the 61st minute (2:0).

Hanzi Flick's side were down a man after Marc Casado picked up two yellow cards in quick succession and had to leave the field in the 82nd minute. This affected the match and shortly after, the home team got back into the game. Alfonso Gonzalez reduced in the 84th, and just 2 later Hugo Alvarez equalized for the final 2:2

Despite the tie, the Catalans remain the leader in the standings with 34 points - 5 ahead of Atlético (Madrid).

Celta are 11th with 18 points.

Atlético (Madrid) achieved a 2:1 victory over Alaves in the 14th round of the Primera Division and at least temporarily took 2nd place in the standings after collecting 29 points, reported BTA.

Vitoria Basques opened the scoring in the 7th minute from the penalty spot, but eventually went down 1-2 with a decisive goal from Norwegian giant Alessander Sørlot four minutes from time.

The visitors were awarded a penalty in the 6th minute when Atlético Madrid's Javi Galan was apparently handballed but was surprised by the referee's signal. The hosts claimed an unintentional action, but the referee did not give in to the pressure. Ion Guridi made no mistake and gave the visitors the lead.

The hosts could have equalized in the 19th minute, but left alone in the penalty area, Samuel Dias Lino unexpectedly hit the crossbar after rounding the goalkeeper and it seemed like the easiest thing to do was to equalize. Atlético continued to attack and in the 36th minute Marcos Llorente shot from a difficult position, but goalkeeper Antonio Sivera showed his class and saved.

The behavior of both teams did not change in the second half – Atlético attacked and the visitors defended. Angel Correa's claims for a penalty followed, as well as a miss by Clément Lenglet.

In the 76th minute, the score was leveled mostly because of Antoine Griezmann's volley, which caused a penalty. It was ruled out for a handball on Abdel Abgar, and the French attacking midfielder made no mistake from the penalty spot.

Five minutes before the end, Sorlot received a pass from Rodrigo de Pal in the penalty area and fired the ball past goalkeeper Sivera with his right foot.

The surprise of the season in the Spanish La Liga - the Mallorca team recorded another victory. They beat Las Palmas 3:2 in a match of the 14th round, FOCUS reported.

The match was played at the "Gran Canaria" stadium. in Las Palmas.

The visitors took the lead through goals from Rodríguez (46') and Navarro (56'), but the home team equalized after goals from Esugo (77') and Silva (83' from the penalty spot).

In the 88th, Vedad Muriji from the guests was sent off, but nevertheless, 3 minutes later, the Colombian Mojica brought the victory, scoring in added time.

With the success, Mallorca came out 6th in the provisional ranking with an asset of 21 points. Las Palmas are 17th with 12.

Girona defeated Espanyol with a devastating 4:1 as a host in a meeting of the 14th round of the Spanish La Liga, reported FOCUS.

The match was played at the "Montivilli" stadium. in Girona in front of 12,461 spectators in the stands.

Within the first 27 minutes of the match, the home team's goals fell. The result was opened by the Spanish international Brian Hill Salvatierra in the 4th minute after a pass by the North Macedonian Bojan Miovski.

The collaboration between the two led to the sitting two goals. They fell in the 16th and 21st minutes as the roles were reversed and the Balkan was the author of the goals.

Ladislav Krejci made it 4:0 for the home team in the 27th after a pass from Tony van de Beek.

The final 4:1 was made by Javier Puado Diaz.

With the success, Girona climbed to 5th place in the provisional ranking with an asset of 21 points. This was their 3rd success in a row. Espanyol are penultimate (19th) with 10 points.