After the majors did their thing yesterday, the fourth round of the Spanish league progressed today (Sunday) with four more games. In the spotlight, Villarreal defeated Alchef 0:4, and Valencia ran over Getafe 1:5 at the Masatilla, still without their new acquisition Edinson Cavani.
Villarreal – Elche 0:4
Villarreal’s great start to the season continued this evening with an easy victory against one of the weakest teams in the league, who only got one point out of a possible 12. The yellow submarine is also the only team in La Liga that has not yet conceded a goal this season and today they got on the board in the 26th minute with a goal by Gerard Moreno. Ten minutes later Giovanni Lo Celso doubled and scored a debut goal. The defeat was completed with two goals coming just before the whistle from the feet of Francis Cochlan and Jose Luis Morales. Now the hosts already have 10 points out of a possible 12 next to Barcelona in second place.
Osasuna – Rayo Waikano 1:2
The hit of the season? Yagoba Arasata’s men continued a great start to the season with three wins in four games, including tonight’s game. In the 54th minute, the locals took the lead with a goal by 20-year-old Aymer Oroz (his second goal of the season, after he also scored against Sevilla).
Florian Lechwan of France managed to equalize in the 75th minute (after returning from suspension), but in the 90th minute the winning goal came from the feet of Ruben Garcia. Osasuna maintains the fourth place, Rayo already with a second loss in a row is in the 14th place.
Valencia – Getafe 1:5
After two consecutive losses, Gennaro Gattuso’s team exploded against the team from Madrid, which suffered a third loss in the first four games of the season. Tony Lato opened the celebration in the seventh minute with a spinning kick for the connections, Samuel Lino doubled with a rocket from the box in the 14th minute and Samo Castillo made it 0:3 quickly after 16 minutes of a bitter mistake by the goalkeeper David Soria.
From there, the game in Mastaya went into one long garbage time. 20 minutes into the second half and Niko joined the celebration with a fairly simple strike on the frame in the 65th minute, Soria did not manage. Three minutes later, Hugo Duro made it 0:5 from a comfortable position and Gaston Alvarez only sweetened the bitter pill with a clinching goal in the 78th minute. Ilash Moriba left Valencia with ten men with a second yellow in the 88th minute, Getafe’s Mauro Arambari “balanced” when he received a red for Getafe in the 95th minute.
Athletic Bilbao – Espanyol 1:0
A dream debut for Martin Braithwaite: the Danish striker who came from Barcelona started in the guest’s lineup, and scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute against the Basques. Debut victory for Diego Martínez and his players from Barcelona, Bilbao with first loss in the 2022/23 season.
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