Athletic Bilbao (8th) defeated Espanyol (13th) 2-1 at home this Monday in the match that closed the 23rd day of the Spanish LaLiga.
The Catalan team took the lead in San Mamés with a goal from the Dutchman Tonny Vilhena (minute 3) and the ‘Lions’ did not take long to come back, with goals from Oihan Sancet (minute 5) and Íñigo Martínez (16).
After their great success on Thursday of last week when they eliminated Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, Athletic is now approaching the fight for European places.
This weekend, Real Madrid reinforced its leadership by beating Granada 1-0 on Sunday (16th).
They increased their advantage to six points over their closest rival, Sevilla (2nd), who drew 0-0 on Saturday at Osasuna (12th).
For its part, Barcelona beat Atlético de Madrid 4-2 on Sunday and snatched fourth place, the last one that in LaLiga qualifies for the next Champions League.
— Results of the 23rd day of the Spanish LaLiga:
– Friday:
Getafe – Levante 3 – 0
– Saturday:
Elche – Alaves 3 – 1
Majorca – Cadiz 2 – 1
Celtic – Lightning 2 – 0
Osasuna – Seville 0 – 0
– Sunday:
Valencia – Royal Society 0 – 0
Barcelona – Atletico Madrid 4 – 2
Betis – Villarreal 0 – 2
Real Madrid – Granada 1 – 0
– Monday:
Athletic – Spanish 2 – 1
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Real Madrid 53 23 16 5 2 48 20 28
2. Sevilla 47 23 13 8 2 34 16 18
3. Betis 40 23 12 4 7 41 27 14
4. Barcelona 38 22 10 8 4 36 25 11
5. Atletico Madrid 36 22 10 6 6 38 30 8
6. Villarreal 35 23 9 8 6 38 23 15
7. Royal Society 35 22 9 8 5 22 21 1
8. Athletic 34 23 8 10 5 23 18 5
9. Lightning 31 22 9 4 9 27 24 3
10. Celtic 30 23 8 6 9 28 25 3
11. Valencia 30 23 7 9 7 35 36 -1
12. Osasuna 29 23 7 8 8 22 27 -5
13. Spanish 27 23 7 6 10 27 32 -5
14. Elche 26 23 6 8 9 26 31 -5
15. Getafe 25 23 6 7 10 20 23 -3
16. Granada 24 23 5 9 9 26 34 -8
17. Mallorca 23 22 5 8 9 19 34 -15
18. Cádiz 18 23 3 9 11 20 38 -18
19. Alava 17 23 4 5 14 17 38 -21
20. Levante 11 22 1 8 13 21 46 -25
bds/dr
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