The sensational Girona team impressively defended their lead in the Spanish league with a 5-1 win against Sevilla FC on Sunday evening. The outstanding player was the Ukrainian Artem Dowbyk with a flawless hat trick (13th, 15th, 19th) within a few minutes.
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Girona is one point ahead of Real Madrid after the 21st round, but has also played one more game. Shortly beforehand, the “Royals” had great difficulty in avoiding an embarrassing home defeat in a late 3-2 win against bottom team Almeria. Daniel Carvajal scored the winning goal for the Madrilenians, who were playing without the injured ÖFB captain David Alaba, in the ninth minute of stoppage time (99th).
Largie Ramazani with a goal in the first minute of the game and Edgar (43′) surprisingly gave the still winless guests the lead before half-time. Real didn’t record a single shot on goal in the first 45 minutes. After the break, Jude Bellingham (57′) with a hand penalty and Vinicius Jr. (67′) equalized the game for coach Carlo Ancelotti’s team. When everything looked like a draw, Carvajal dusted off a goal from Bellingham and scored the celebrated winning goal.
Reuters/Isabel Infantes Real narrowly avoided a home defeat
Previously, the VAR caused excitement in several situations, including a goal being denied to both teams. When Vinicius Jr. scored the equalizer, a possible handball gave rise to discussion. The outsider in particular felt betrayed. “Today we were robbed,” said Almeria’s Gonzalo Melero on DAZN. Carvajal saw the situation somewhat differently. “If Melero looks at the situations calmly, he will certainly realize that they were decided correctly,” explained the winning goalscorer.
Barcelona also celebrate late
FC Barcelona also celebrated late on with a 4-2 win at Betis Sevilla. Thanks to a hat-trick from Ferran Torres (21′, 48′, 92′), the Catalans won; Isco had meanwhile leveled the game with a brace (56′, 59′). However, “Joker” Joao Felix gave Barca the lead again in the 90th minute. Coach Xavi’s team is third in the table, eight points behind Girona.
Primera Division, 21. Round
Friday, January 19th: Alaves Cadiz 1:0 Saturday, January 20th: Rayo Vallecano Las Palmas 0:2 Villarreal Mallorca 1:1 Valencia Bilbao 1:0 Celta Vigo Real Sociedad 0:1 Sunday, January 21st: Osasuna Getafe 3 :2 Real Madrid * Almeria 3:2 Betis Sevilla FC Barcelona 2:4 Girona FC Sevilla 5:1 Monday, January 22nd: Granada Atletico Madrid 9 p.m
* without Alaba (injured)
