THE EA Sports League 2024-2025This week we have the third day after a competition start with surprising results and a lot of emotion, the first intermediate week of this campaign. It the real Madrid will play in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Barcelona I will do it in Vallecas and Atletico Madrid Replays at the Metropolitan. A third day that ended with a very good game between Villarreal and Celta full of goals. Here are the summaries of the matches of the 2nd day of the league.
Villarreal-Celta de Vigo (4-3)
Villarreal and Celta Vigo This Monday they played their best game so far EA Sports League at the beginning of the third day. He Villarreal took the lead after the victory Celtic 4:3 in a completely crazy game thanks to a goal from Daniel Parejo in the 100th minute.
The Galician team is one of the great sensations of this league start. Despite the rotations, Giráldez’s team played a great game. Celta are second with six points after a game they could have easily won. Villarreal, on the other hand, are the new leaders with 7 points out of 9. And they have never lost a game.
The match at La Cerámica began with Celta de Vigo scoring the first goal. Borja Iglesias, who started for Aspas, put the Galician team ahead in the 12th minute. Shortly after, in the 26th minute, Cardona equalized. And before half-time, Celta took the lead thanks to a great goal from Mingueza, scored from a direct free kick.
Already in the second half, Barry equalised in the 60th minute as soon as he entered the field and four minutes later Jailson’s own goal put Villarreal ahead in a very crazy game. In the 80th minute it was Celta who scored again to make it 3-0 thanks to a header from Starfelt and another assist from Mingueza.
Already in the final minutes, Celta de Vigo missed two close-range shots, which Diego Conde saved. And in the last minute, the referee awarded a penalty to Villarreal. Dani Parejo took the shot, Iván Villar saved it and the midfielder converted the rebound to make it 4-3 in an impressive duel.
Mallorca-Seville (0-0)
From the best game of the season to one of the worst. Seville And Majorca They are still without a win after a goalless draw at Son Moix. The Seville side could not beat a combative Vermilion team despite having the best chances of the game. The visitors finished the game with a goal less as Saúl was sent off.
Rayo Vallecano-Barcelona (1-2)
It could not have been anyone else. Written on the morning of the same Tuesday, Daniel Olmo enabled the third victory in a row of the Barcelona In league with an explosive second half in which the comeback goal was scored. HansiFilm He had not counted on him at the beginning, but he had no doubts about his return after the break and his entry was crucial for a Barcelona which reversed the result again, this time by Vallecas and against him radiusa rival they had not beaten at home for three years.
Three golden points for a team that showed it could compete, fending off a relentless Rayo attack in the early stages, but collapsed after that explosive outburst and the unwavering dominance of Flick’s team. Unai Lopez opened the scoring in the 9th minute and the Culés were only able to score after an hour of play thanks to a goal from Pedri. In the year 72′ Lewandowski should have done the second one, but it was cancelled by the VAR and 10 minutes later, Olmo capped off his brilliant debut by firing a goal with his left foot into the only available space in Rayista’s goal.
Athletic Club-Valencia (1:0)
In one of the most interesting games this Wednesday Athletics club received in San Mames in Valencia with the urgent need to add the first victory of the season. Those of Ernesto Valverde They suffered a defeat and a draw in the first two days of the league. And they were up against Valencia, who suffered two defeats at the start of the season.
The match was characterized by a multitude of chances for the hosts, especially in the first half. Iñaki Williams and Sancet In the first 45 minutes they were the most dangerous team, but Benat Prados the one who opened the box with a beautiful header just before half-time. This gave wings to the Basque team, while it was a heavy blow for Che’s team. In the second half, the scoreboard did not move and Valencia will spend another season in last place in the league with zero points out of a possible nine.
Valladolid – Leganes (0:0)
The most competitive game of the day took place this Wednesday in Jose Zorrilla between two of the three promoted teams. He Valladolid received in his stadium before the Leganesthe great revelation of the first two days of the league. The fear of not losing, the respect between the two teams and the knowledge of the two coaches that they faced each other in the second division last season led to a very close match with a 0-0 result that gave each team a very valuable point.
Real Sociedad – Alaves (1-2)
The game between Real Sociedad and Alavés The match played in the second round at 9:30 p.m. at the Reale Arena was marked by a refereeing controversy this Wednesday. And the decisions of Sánchez Martínez went against the interests of the Txuri Urdin team. First with a rigorous expulsion of Oyarzabal after a blow from Benavides in an action in which the Basque captain did not see how he rammed his studs into the leg of the Alavés player. The referee turned to the VAR and decided to expel the local ’10’.
However, this was no problem for Real Sociedad. Two minutes after their captain was sent off, they recovered with a goal from Brais Méndez in the 32nd minute. With one player less, the hosts managed to take the lead. But only for a short time, because a catch by Zubeldia in first-half stoppage time at the Aqbar prompted Sánchez Martínez not to hesitate to take the maximum penalty. Villalibre scored the 1-1 from eleven meters before the break.
When everything seemed to indicate that the match would end in a 1-1 draw, Toni Martínez, a new signing for the Babazorro team, scored in the 77th minute to make it 1-2, leaving the Reale Arena frozen and with a very bad feeling about this start to the championship.
Atlético de Madrid-Espanyol (0-0)
Atlético de Madrid suffered their second defeat of the season at the Civitas Metropolitano against Espanyol. The Colchonero team came up against the Catalan side in a game in which Cholo Simeone eliminated the B team and Llorente started on the bench but was substituted after the break after they had failed to produce the game they wanted in the first half.
In the second half, with the introduction of its two stars, the game and the chances changed slightly in Atlético de Madrid’s favour, but they failed to capitalise on those opportunities. The match ended 0-0, which left a very bad taste in the mouth of the Madrid team, who are now four points ahead of Barcelona and perhaps two points behind Real Madrid if they beat Las Palmas this Thursday.
