Match Day 3: Real Madrid Sit Atop the Table
By Josh Hill
After an exciting Saturday, Real Madrid top the table with nine points.
What a day for La Liga fans. After an exciting start to the season, this week offered the first surprise of the season. With Real Madrid taking the first definitive lead in the table, there’s alot to dive into. Let’s take a look at the matches of the teams involved in a three-way tie for first place at the start of the day:
Real Madrid CF vs CA Osasuna
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Los Blancos hosted Osasuna at the Bernabeu. The match started of with a bang, with the newly available Cristiano Ronaldo opening the scoreboard. Cristiano Ronaldo had missed the first two games of the season, but looks as prolific as ever. The Portuguese beat an offside trap and placed a pass for Gareth Bale into the goal. Osasuna l tried to equalize, but failed to capitalize on their opportunities.
The first half ended 3-0, with goals from Danilo and Sergio Ramos. Real Madrid would then score two more goals before Osasuna struck back with two goals of their own in the final 30 minutes of the match.
The match ended with the scoreboard reading 5-2 in Madrid’s favor, with Real Madrid gaining three points. It was a great match overall for the Madrid side, with many agreeing that it has been their best display of the season until now.
Sevilla FC vs UD Las Palmas
After a surprising start to their season, UD Las Palmas failed to gain any points this week. Las Palmas opened up the game with a goal in the 16th minute. The goal was scored by Tana, who scored a terrific strike into the corner of the net.
After a very exciting game, Sevilla equalized via penalty. Vitolo was awarded a controversial penalty after Pedro Bigas made contact with the forward. Sarabia scored the penalty and moments later, Bigas was awarded his second yellow card and was sent off.
In the final moments of the match, Sevilla were awarded a corner, which Fernandez converted from close range in added time.
FC Barcelona vs Deportivo Alaves
The match at Camp Nou was probably the most shocking match of the week. Barcelona were heavily favored to win their third match of the season. The Blaugrana were coming off two successive wins, while Alavez only had one point on the table.
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Barcelona started the game off in typical fashion. The Catalans created chances on the left wing, with Neymar being involved in most of the plays, but Alaves’s defense seemed to be the most organized back line the Catalans had seen thus far. Alaves then opened up the score in the 39th minute with a goal by Deyverson. It wasn’t long before Barcelona equalized though, with a header from defender Jeremy Mathieu in the first minute of the second half.
Ibai Gomez then put his team up in the 64th minute. Mascherano failed to make what seemed like an easy clearance, before Ibai got away from him and placed angled shot past the goalkeeper. The final score read 2-1 in Deportivo Alaves’s favor.