He scored a hat-trick and Villarreal climbed to third

Villarreal is third in La Liga. The “yellow submarine” defeated Las Palmas 3-1 at “Theramica” in the match that “dropped the curtain” of the eighth matchday and rose to third place at -1 from the second Real Madrid and at +1 from the fourth Atlético after 1-1 between them in Sunday’s derby, showing that they are capable of challenging for the top four and leaving the islanders firmly in last place and -4 from the relegation places.

In the first half, great chances were missed on either side before Barry played a nice ball to Pepe, who with a nice feint and powerful shot from inside the area made it 1-0 in the 45th minute.

In the 47th minute, Januzaj made an amazing assist to Fabio Silva and he “hung” Lopes with an amazing place for 1-1. In the 51st minute, Baena missed a penalty for the Levantines and in the 56th minute, Fabio Silva hit the post for the visitors.

In the 76th minute, Baena’s goal was disallowed via VAR. In the 84th minute, Barry crossed and Baena made it 2-1 with a header. At 90’+7′, Camarana made a nice ball to Baena on the counter and he shaped the final result with a nice placement.

The schedule of the eighth matchday:

Friday 27/9

Valladolid-Mallorca 1-2

(90’+4′ Sanchez – 59′ Larin, 83′ Valeri)

Saturday 28/9

Hetafe-Alaves 2-0

(42′ Arabari, 58′ pen. Miia)

Rayo Vagecano-Leganes 1-1

(8′ Camel – 55′ Cross)

Sociedad-Valencia 3-0

(8′ Kubo, 80′, 90’+2′ Oscarson)

Osasuna-Barcelona 4-2

(18′, 72′ Budimir, 28′ Brian Tharagota, 85′ Abel Bretones – 53′ Pau Victor, 89′ Yamal)

Sunday 29/9

Celta-Girona 1-1

(81′ Aspas, 38′ Herrera)

Bilbao-Seville 1-1

(36′ Haureguithar – 90’+3′ auto. Pandiya)

Betis-Espanyol 1-0

(85′ Lo Celso)

Atletico Madrid-Real Madrid 1-1

(64′ Militao – 90’+5′ Korea)

Monday 30/9

Villarreal-Las Palmas 3-1

(45′ Pepe, 84′ Barry, 90’+7′ Baena-47′ Fabio Silva)

The next (ninth) matchday

Friday 4/10

Leganes-Valentia

Saturday 5/10

Espanyol-Mallorca

Getafe-Osasuna

Valladolid-Rayo Vaguecano

Las Palmas-Thelta

Real Madrid-Villarreal

Sunday 6/10

Girona-Bilbao

Alavés-Barcelona

Sevilla-Betis

Sociedad-Atletico