April 26, 2023, 18:13 PM
April 26, 2023, 18:13 PM
Barcelona, league leader, fell 2-1 in the field of Rayo Vallecano (9th), this Wednesday in the 31st day of the Spanish championship, and did not take advantage of the defeat of Real Madrid, his closest pursuer, the day before in Girona.
The goals of two crossed shots from Álvaro García Rivera (19) and Fran García (53) they prevented the Catalans from scoring, despite Robert Lewandowski’s goal (83).
Barça, who cut a streak of seven games without losing, He had a lot of difficulties deploying his touch game against rival pressure.
The defeat keeps the Barça team at 11 points from Real Madrid (2nd), that the day before lost 4-2 in Girona (10th).
Before, Atlético de Madrid (3rd) came from behind and beat Mallorca 3-1 (11th) to celebrate its 120th anniversary in the best way in its fief of the Metropolitan.
Mallorca took the lead with a headed goal from Serbian Matija Nastasic (20)but in the first half discount the Argentine Rodrigo de Paul equalized (45+2), Álvaro Morata turned the game around (47) and Yannick Carrasco put the final 3-1 (77).
LThe rojiblancos consolidate in third place of the championship and threaten Real Madrid’s second place, from which they are two points away.
Almería (15th) won 2-1 at Getafe (17th) to add three gold points in his desire to move away from the relegation places, which he has three points behind.
The double of the Colombian Luis Suárez (7, 58) got ‘Geta’ into trouble, which he could only cut with a solitary goal from Borja Mayoral (71).
Getafe could fall to the relegation zone if Valencia beat Valladolid on Thursday, on the last day of this week-to-week session.
Celta (12th), who is also fighting to get away from the danger zone, added three gold points by winning 1-0 against bottom club Elche with a goal from Ghanaian Joseph Aidoo (90).
— Match results of the 31st round of the Spanish soccer championship:
Girona – Real Madrid 4 – 2
Betis – Real Sociedad 0 – 0
Atletico Madrid – Majorca 3 – 1
Rayo Vallecano – Barcelona 2 – 1
(13:30 HB) Valencia – Valladolid
(16:00) Athletic – Seville
