La Liga Round Up: Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad ease to key ...
La Liga Round Up: Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad ease to key wins on emotional Sunday schedule
Sunday’s La Liga action followed Saturday’s pattern with a reduced schedule of just four games on the agenda.
Real Madrid’s trip to Valencia was postponed alongside Villarreal’s clash with Rayo Vallecano as part of emergency measures following Storm Dana.
Barcelona extended their title lead to nine points with a 3-1 derby win over Espanyol, so let’s see how the rest of Sunday’s action unfolded…
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Las Palmas
Atletico Madrid secured a timely league win over Las Palmas ahead of their UEFA Champions League trip to PSG in midweek.
Both sides followed the weekend example of pre-game tributes to those impacted by Storm Dana with captain Koke stating post game his thoughts on the decision to play matches.
The hosts enjoyed the better first half chances as Giuliano Simeone raced in behind the Las Palmas defence to net his first goal for the club on 37 minutes.
What a moment for Giuliano Simeone ????
The 21-year-old scores his very first goal for Atlético de Madrid with his father Diego proudly watching on from the sideline ????⚪ pic.twitter.com/mWOqFWLXVi
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) November 3, 2024
Alexander Sorloth had scored just three league goals since arriving in Madrid this summer and he stormed clear on 82 minutes to power home the clincher.
Sevilla 0-2 Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad made the long trip to Sevilla looking to bounce back to winning ways in league action.
A moment of magic from La Real’s Japanese star Takefusa Kubo broke the deadlock on 32 minutes as he cut in from the right to fire home.
Sevilla wasted a host of chances to level the game in the second period, and they were punished late on, as Mikel Oyarzabal calmly swept home from the penalty spot.
Athletic Club 1-1 Real Betis
In Sunday’s final game, Athletic Club hosted Real Betis, with the home side protecting a five game unbeaten run at the Estadio San Mames.
The hosts were incredibly denied by the frame of the goal three times before half time as their frustration spiked.
That bad luck continued after the break as Pablo Fornals slotted Real Betis in front in Basque Country.
However, despite being denied a penalty just after, the hosts finally got their reward as Alex Berenguer nodded home an equaliser.
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