Spanish La Liga
Briefings
Atletico Madrid regains the 2nd place position in the league while Barcelona opened up a 7-point lead at the top of the standings.
February 15, 2019
Eibar 2-2 Getafe
Eibar – Charles 67’(penalty) 80’
Getafe – Jamie Mata 37’ Dimitri Foulquier 52’
February 16, 2019
Celta Vigo 1-4 Levante
Celta Vigo – Brais Mendez 88’(pen)
Levante – Jose Luis Morales 20’ 62’ Coke 40’
Rayo Vallecano 0-1 Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid – Anotoine Griezmann 74’
Real Sociedad 3-0 Leganes
Real Sociedad – Mikel Oyarzabal 50’ 59’ Willian Jose 75’
Barcelona 1–0 Real Valladolid
Barcelona – Lionel Messi 43’(pen)
February 17, 2019
Real Madrid 1–2 Girona
Real Madrid – Casemiro 25’
Girona – Cristhian Stuani 65’(pen) Cristian Portu 75’
Valencia 0–0 Espanyol
Villarreal 3–0 Sevilla
Villarreal – Alvaro Gonzalez 20’ Karl Toko Ekambi 45+1’ Alfonso Pedraza 86’
Real Betis 1–1 Alaves
Real Betis – Giovani Lo Celso 15’
Alaves – Guillermo Maripan 28’
February 18, 2019
Huesca 0–1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club – Raul Garcia 19′
Charles scored two goals to get Eibar from losing position to get a draw at home against Getafe.
Celta Vigo opened started another streak of defeats after a ‘4-1’ defeat at home to Levante. It was Levante’s first win in 4 matches
Antoine Griezemann was once again the difference maker for Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid returns to second in the league standings after Real Madrid’s defeat at home to Girona.
Lionel Messi’s 22nd goal of the season was the only goal of the match between Barcelona and Real Valladolid. Just like their meeting earlier in the season, Barcelona was ‘1-0’ winners against Real Valladolid.
Girona wins at the Santiago Bernabeu to deny Real Madrid the chance to close in on Barcelona. It was the first for Girona. Sergio Ramos is sent off on a red card.
Atletico Madrid and Barcelona’s respective 1-0 wins the day before became more valuable. The result ended Girona’s losing streak in competitive games at 6 matches. 13 matches without a win. First win since December 5th, 2018
Sevilla failed to close in on the 3rd place spot in the league standings. Relegation zoned Villarreal scored 3 goals without conceding none against Sevilla.
Raul Garcia scored from the spot to get Athletic Club back to winning ways in their fight to get as fat as possible from the threat of relegation battles.
