Liga, Atletico Madrid flies to the top. Real beats Sevilla and is second

Rome, 23 December 2024 – In the setting of the Lluis Companys, Atletico Madrid defeats the Barcelona in a comeback and takes the lead of the standings alone. After falling behind following the goal of Pedri in the 30th minute, Atletico Madrid does not give up and first catches up with the Blaugrana with from Paul, then takes home the three points thanks to the decisive goal by Sorloth, scored in the 96th minute. Before this challenge, Simeon had never won in Barcelona against Barça, but there is always a first time and for the Argentine coach it couldn't have been better than this. With this result, in fact, Atletico Madrid climbs to first place in the standings alone. For Barcelona, ​​however, the one against Atleti was the third consecutive defeat at home for the first time since 1965. Everything easy for the Real Madrid, who at the Bernabeu surpasses the Seville 4-2 and remains just one point away from the first position. He also wins Athletic Bilbao against the Osasuna: Los Rojiblancos, in fourth place, are carefully watching the situation of Barcelona, ​​who are now only two points behind.

The matches of the eighteenth day of La Liga

In Friday's preview, the Girona returns to victory after two consecutive defeats, overcoming with a convincing 3-0 the Valladolid: David Lopez at 31', Abel Ruiz at 39' and Danjuma give three important points to Michel, which allow them to reach Real Sociedad, Betis e Osasuna at 25 points. After last day's victory against Valencia, on the other hand, Valladolid lost again, and now finds itself in last place together with Baraja's team. Getafe – Mallorca it is decided by the penalty net The RIN 53': second consecutive success for Get lost and his, who do not detach themselves from the Villarreal in fifth position. The Getafe, however, remains dangerously in seventeenth place, just one point away from the relegation zone. Celta Vigo defeats the Real Society in the name of Pablo Duran: he scored the brace that allowed Los Celes to return to victory and climb to 24 points, one less than Real Sociedad, who, instead, stopped after three consecutive useful results. Athletic Bilbao overcomes in comeback the Osasuna: the men of Moreno They take the lead with Lucas Torro at 25', but guruzeta (31') and Berenguer (74') turn the game around. In the top-of-the-table clash between Barcelona e Atletico Madrid The Blaugrana take the lead with Pedri, who scored the first goal of the match in the 30th minute. In the second half, Barça came close to making it 2-0 with Raphinha, who hit the crossbar with a lob, but shortly after Atletico Madrid found the equaliser thanks to de Paul. When the match seemed destined for a draw, the decisive goal came from Sorloth, which at the end gives the three points to Atletico Madrid and allows them to climb to the top alone, while Barcelona even drops to third place. The Blaugrana, in fact, are also overtaken by Real Madrid, which against the Seville wins 4-2: the blancos break the deadlock with Mbappé in the 10th minute, then they doubled with Valverde at 20' and they take the lead to 3-0 at 34' with Rodrygo. A minute later, Sevilla shortened the gap with Isaac Rosemary, but at 53' Brahim Diaz finds Real Madrid's fourth goal. In the final, Sevilla scores the final 4-2 goal with Lukebakio (85'): with this result, the blancos go up to 40 points, while Sevilla lose again after the victory against Celta Vigo. Second draw in a row for the Valencia, grabbed at the last minute by Dani Gomez: in the Mestalla challenge against the Alaves, the guests take the lead with Carlos Martin in the 7th minute, but the equaliser comes in the 70th minute Rioja on penalty. Joan scores in the 88th minute Jordan, also from the penalty spot, and when everything seemed over, the equaliser arrived in extremis by Dani Gomez. Las Palmas - Espanyol the usual one decides it Sandro Ramirez, with his seventh goal in La Liga, while among Leganés e Villarreal it even ends 2-5: they score Cisse e Raba for the hosts, while for the guests they score Barry (triplet), Gerard Moreno e Pau Cabins. In the postponement, Betis e Vallecano Ray they split the stakes: to the advantage of Isco he responds from a penalty in the 37th minute palazon at 51'.

Liga results day 18

Girona – Valladolid 3-0 31' David Lopez (Gir), 39' Ruiz (Gir), 81' Danjuma (Gir)

Getafe – Mallorca 0-1 53' Larin pen. (Mal)

Celta Vigo – Real Sociedad 2-0 40', 45+1' Pablo Duran (Cel)

Osasuna – Athletic Bilbao 1-2 25' Torrò (Osa), 31' Guruzeta (Ath), 74' Berenguer (Ath)

Barcelona – Atletico Madrid 1-2 30' Pedri (Bar), 60' de Paul (Atm), 96' Sørloth (Atm)

Valencia – Alaves 2-2 7' Martin (Wing), 70' Rioja (Val), 88' pen. Jordan (Wing), 98' Dani Gomez (Val)

Real Madrid – Sevilla 4-2 10' Mbappé (Rea), 20' Valverde (Rea), 34' Rodrygo (Rea), 35' Isaac Romero (Siv), 53' Brahim Diaz (Rea), 85' Lukebakio (Siv)

Las Palmas – Espanyol 1-0 67' Sandro Ramirez (The)

Leganes – Villarreal 2-5 6' Cissé (Leg), 16', 45+2', 65' Barry (Vil), 33' pen. Raba (Leg), 92' pen. Gerard Moreno (Vil), 98' Pau Cabanes (Vil)

Betis – Rayo Vallecano 1-1 37' pen. Isco (Bet), 51' Palazon (Ray)

Liga standings

Atletico Madrid 41, Real Madrid 40, Barcelona 38, Athletic Bilbao 36, Villarreal 30, Mallorca 30, Real Sociedad 25, Girona 25, Betis 25, Osasuna 25, Celta Vigo 24, Rayo Vallecano 22, Las Palmas 22, Sevilla 22, Leganés 18, Alaves 17, Getafe 16, Espanyol 15, Valencia 12, Valladolid 12.