Three matches of the 6th round of the Spanish Primera were played on Tuesday, in which the guests won a maximum of nine points, here is La Liga recap. Celta won away at Levante while Atletico Madrid celebrated a 2-1 victory against Getafe. In Valencia, the club from Vigo beat Levante and this is noted to be their first victory of the season in the Spanish football tournament.
The first half was a goalless as neither team sent a shot into the opponent’s goal frame, but Celta took advantage of opportunities in the continuation. In the 66th minute, Lago Aspas scored the second league goal of the season, while Brais Mendez confirmed the victory in the 85th minute.
A fierce game with numerous fouls was played in Bilbao by Athletic and Rayo Vallecano, and the guests celebrated 2-1. For a long time, it seemed that the goals from the first half would be the only ones in the game. Only in the 5th minute the guests took the lead with a goal by Alvaro Garcia while in the 33rd minute Ciss equalized by hitting his own net.
Until the 96th minute the scoreboard was 1-1 but the winner was decided by the experienced Radamel Falcao with a great header. Falcao, by the way, entered the game for Rayo in the second half and brought his team its first victory at San Mames after as many as eight years.
Also, this was Athletic’s first league defeat this season. Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez double strike in the second half saved a 2-1 victory for the club against Getafe in La Liga. Watch football highlights of Atletico Madrid vs Getafe.
La Liga results recap:
Getafe – Atletico Madrid 1-2 (Mitrovic 45 / Suarez 78, 90)
Athletic Bilbao – Rayo Vallecano 1-2 (Ciss 33-ag / Alvaro Garcia 5, Falcao 90 + 6)
Levante – Celta 0-2 (Iago Aspas 66, Mendez 85)