Sevilla won agonizingly 1-0 at the Athletic de Bilbao field, this Thursday in matchday 31 of the Spanish LaLiga, in which Villarreal beat Espanyol 4-2.
A goal from penal transformed by Lucas Ocampos He gave Sevilla all three points to add their fourth victory in their last five games.
In a closely contested match, the Athletic he saw how two goals from Nico Williams (8′) and Gorka Guruzeta (17′) disallowed him and when it seemed that the match would end goalless, Yeray knocked down Ocampos in the area causing the penalty scored by the Argentine.
He Sevillein the middle of a positive streak, is erasing the fear of the relegation places, in which it came to be in recent weeks, while Athletic lost the opportunity to snatch sixth place from Betis and enter the European zone.
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He villarreal (5th) came from behind to beat 4-2 Spanish (19th) and approach the Champions League positions, while the Valencia (16th) left the relegation zone by winning 2-1 at discount Valladolid (14th).
Espanyol took the lead at the Estadio de La Cerámica with a shot from the squad Javier Puado (45 ‘), but in the second part Étienne Capoue equalized with a shot from the front (53′) and Dani Parejo turned the game around (63′).
Parejo missed a penalty, but recovered the rebound to make it 2-1.
Joselu culminated a counterattack by Espanyol to make it 2-2 (73′), Nicolas Jackson made it 3-2 (80 ‘) and Capoue he repeated to close the ‘Yellow Submarine’ account (90+2′).
The victory elevates Villarreal to fifth place in the standings, ousting Betis (6th) and putting themselves just five points behind Real Sociedad, who occupies the last access position (4th) to the Champions League.
By the way, he increased the problems of Espanyol, which is still sunk in the penultimate place in the table, in the relegation zone to the second division.
Valencia left the red zone of the table after beating Valladolid 2-1, indirectly putting Getafe from Paraguayan Omar Alderetewho yesterday stumbled (2-1) against Almería and who this Thursday dismissed his coach Quique Sánchez Flores.
Valladolid took the lead after a mistake by Mouctar Diakhaby that allowed Canadian Cycle Larin to steal a ball and stand alone before goalkeeper Giorgi Marmashdavili (6′).
The French defender made up for it in the second half scoring the equalizer with a good header (59′) and Javi Guerra made it 2-1 with a shot from the edge (90+3′).
The victory gives air to Valencia and complicates Valladolid, which is also fighting to get away from the relegation zone, which has four points.
