Valencia continued from Seville. The “bats” defeated the new Las Palmas 1-0 in “Mestalla” for the second matchday of La Liga thanks to Pepelos’ penalty in the 74th minute and, with the absolute, “appeared” at the top of the standings, waiting for the results of Real and Atlético Madrid, leaving the islanders at one point.
Although difficult, Villarreal beat Mallorca 1-0 in the Balearic Islands to claim their first win of the season, leaving the islanders also within a point of the top flight.
Gerard Moreno scored the winning goal in the 62nd minute and became the top scorer in the history of the “yellow submarine” with 107 goals.
The schedule for the second matchday:
Friday 18/8
Mallorca-Villarreal 0-1
(62′ Moreno)
Valencia-Las Palmas 1-0
(74′ Pen. Pepelos)
Saturday 19/8
Real Sociedad-Thelta (18:00)
Almeria-Real Madrid (20:30)
Osasuna-Bilbao (22:30)
Sunday 21/08
Girona-Getafe (18:30)
Barcelona-Cádiz (20:30)
Mbetis-Atletico Madrid (22:30)
Monday 21/8
Alaves-Seville (20:00)
Granada-Rayo Vallecano (22:30)
The next (third) matchday:
Friday 25/8
Las Palmas-Sociedad
Telta-Real Madrid
Saturday 26/8
Cádiz-Almeria
Granada-Mallorca
Seville-Girona
Sunday 27/8
Villarreal-Barcelona
Valencia-Osasuna
Bilbao-Betis
Monday 28/8
Getafe-Alaves
Rayo Vallecano-Atletico Madrid
Source: Sport Fm
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