Liga, Real Madrid loses: is everything open at the top?
Blaocos lose to Espanyol, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona get closer

Robert Lewandowski
Rome, 3 February 2025 – In League everything reopens: the Real Madrid di Ancelotti falls into the house ofEspanyol and suffers a defeat that has been missing in the championship since last December 4th: the blaocos remain stuck at 49 points, with Atletico Madrid e Barcelona who are getting closer and are now respectively one and four points away from the top of the table. The Colchoneros beat 2-0 Mallorca in the sign of samuel lino e Griezmann, while the Blaugrana only need a goal from Lewandowski in the 61st minute to defeat the Alaves and achieve their second consecutive championship victory. Athletic Bilbao it doesn't go beyond 2-2 against the Betis and achieved the second consecutive draw in the championship. Valverde and his team reaches 41 points, 4 points behind Barcelona in third position and +4 on Villarreal fifth.
Matches of the twenty-second day of La Liga
In the advance of the twenty-second round of League il Leganés pays for the numerical inferiority accrued at the end of the first half following the expulsion of Gonzalez Porrier, resists until the 78th minute but then concedes a goal Pathé Ciss, the only one of the match, which allows the Thunderbolt Vallecano to take home the three points. With this result, the team of Perez is brought into the Conference League zone, while that of Borja Gimenez slips to seventeenth place on a par with'Espanyol, +2 on the third-last place. 0-0 between Getafe e Seville, with the standings not changing particularly for either team: the former are in fourteenth place at +3 on the red zone, while for the latter this is the second draw in a row, and the points gained so far are 28. The excellent moment of form of the Villarreal, which after the draw against Atletico Madrid and the victory against the Mallorca defeats with a resounding 5-1 the Valladolid. Men of Marcelino they unlocked the match in the 42nd minute, then scored the remaining four goals all in the second half: Gueye he clocks in at 64', Comesana at 70', Barry at 86' and Denis Suarez in the 91st minute. At the end of the match Valladolid found the consolation goal with amallah. The Villarreal remains fifth at a safe distance from Thunderbolt Vallecanowhile for the Valladolid This is the third consecutive defeat, and now safety is 8 points away. Atletico Madrid returns to victory after two difficult weeks in which they achieved a draw against Villarreal and the defeat against the Seville, which caused the top of the standings to be lost to Simeon at the expense of Real Madrid. At the Metropolitan against the Mallorca, the colchoneros find victory in the name of samuel lino e Griezmann and make the most of the misstep of the Real Madrid to get back to -1 from the top. The blancos, in fact, fell at the RCDE Stadium against Espanyol and they reopen everything: after a game marked by balance, the home team found the goal in the 85th minute with Carlos Romero Serrano, who scored the only goal of the match and gave three points that allowed Manolo Gonzalez to move out of the relegation zone. With the same result, the Barcelona exceeds the Alaves at home and scored the second consecutive victory in the championship, demonstrating that the negative moment has definitely passed. He scored once again Lewandowski, who reaches 30 goals in 32 games this season and puts Barcelona back in the race for the title, as Real Madrid is now just four points behind. Second win in the last three games for the Valencia, which is now approaching the safety zone: against the Celta Vigo mark Rioja al 44' e War in the 68th minute, while for the Celestials he scores Duran at 65'. The negative moment for the team continues Mourino, with only one point gained in the last four games and the third-last place which is now only four points away. 2-1 also for Osasuna against Real Society: they score goals budimir, author of a brace and Oskarsson. Moreno and his team find a victory that was missing in the league since last November 2nd and try to give a slap to the negative moment, while for Real Sociedad it is 3 consecutive defeats. 2-2 between Betis e Athletic Bilbao: unlock the match Isco at 15', with Aitor Paredes which brings everything back to balance in the 33rd minute. At the end of the first half, it is once again the black and greens who take the lead again with Perraud, but in the 69st minute sancet finds the definitive equaliser. Athletic Bilbao always in fourth position, Betis in ninth.
Liga results day 22
Leganés – Rayo Vallecano 0-1 78' Pathé Ciss (Ray) Getafe – Sevilla 0-0 Villarreal – Valladolid 5-1 42' Ayoze Perez (Vil), 64' Gueye (Vil), 80' Comesana (Vil), 86' Barry (Vil), 91' Suarez (Vil), 94' Amallah (Vil) Atletico Madrid – Mallorca 2-0 26' Samuel Lino (Atm), 93' Griezmann (Atm) Espanyol – Real Madrid 1-0 85' Romero Serrano (ESP) Barcelona – Alaves 1-0 61' Lewandowski (Bar) Valencia – Celta Vigo 2-1 44' Rioja (Val), 65' Duran (Cel), 68' Guerra (Val) Osasuna – Real Sociedad 2-1 34', 74' Budimir (Osa), 94' Oskarsson (Rea) Betis – Athletic Bilbao 2-2 15' Isco (Bet), 33' Aitor Paredes (Ath), 45+2' Perraud (Bet), 69' Sancet (Ath)
Standings
Real Madrid 49, Atletico Madrid 48, Barcelona 45, Athletic Bilbao 41, Villarreal 37, Rayo Vallecano 32, Osasuna 30, Mallorca 30, Betis 29, Girona 28, Real Sociedad 28, Seville 28, Celta Vigo 25, Getafe 24, Las Palmas 23, Leganés 23, Espanyol 23, Alavés 21, Valencia 19, Valladolid 15
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