The local team prevailed with the goal of the Spanish forward Abdón Prats (49m. ST) and the Argentines Braian Cufré, ex-Vélez Sarsfield, were substitutes; defender Franco Russo and midfielder Rodrigo Battaglia, ex-Racing Club.
The result kept Mallorca in tenth place with 22 points and Valladolid dropped to thirteenth position with 17 points.
In addition, the Argentine defender john foythalso champion of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, started at Villarreal, which beat Real Madrid, one of the leaders, 2-1, at home, in the Spanish League and placed in the qualifying zone for the next Champions League.
The Spanish forwards Yeremi Pino (2m. ST) and Gerard Moreno (18m. ST, from a penalty), converted to celebrate Villarreal’s third consecutive victory, while Real Madrid discounted with a conquest by the French attacker Karim Benzema (5m. ST , criminal)
The victory placed the Valencian team in fourth place with 27 points and in the European Champions League zone. Despite the defeat, Real Madrid remains at the forefront along with Barcelona with 38 units.
As a curiosity, Real Madrid presented in this match, for the first time in its history, an initial team without Spanish playersreported the Madrid sports newspaper Marca.
Then Espanyol and Girona will complete the day.
Spanish League – Date 16
– Friday: Elche 0-Celta de Vigo 1 (Iago Aspas) and Valencia 0-Cádiz 1 (Rubén Alcaraz).
The date will unfold as follows:
– Sunday: 10 am (Argentine time), Almería-Real Sociedad (ESPN); 12:15 pm, Rayo Vallecano-Betis (Direct TV); 2:30 p.m., Sevilla-Getafe (ESPN) and 17, Atlético Madrid-Barcelona (ESPN).
-Monday: 17, Athletic Bilbao-Osasuna.
– Positions: Real Madrid and Barcelona 38 points; Royal Society 29; Villarreal and Atlético Madrid 27; Athletic Bilbao and Betis 25; Osasuna and Rayo Vallecano 23; Majorca 20; Valencia 19; Girona, Valladolid, Almería and Getafe 17; Celtic of Vigo 16; Cadiz 15; Spanish 13; Seville 12; elche 4.
Source: Ambito
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