THE EA Sports League 2024-2025. This week we have the third day after a start of competition with surprising results and a lot of emotion, the first interweek of this campaign. It the real Madrid will play in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Barcelona I will do it in Vallecas and Atletico Madrid repeats in the Metropolitan. A third day which began with a very good match between Villarreal and Celta full of goals. Here are the summaries of the matches of the 2nd day of the League.
Villarreal-Celta de Vigo (4-3)
Villarreal and Celta de Vigo This Monday they played the best game so far EA Sports League at the beginning of the third day. He Villarreal took the lead after winning Celtic 4-3 in a totally crazy match thanks to a goal from Dani Parejo in the 100th minute.
The Galician team is one of the great sensations of this start of the League. Despite the rotations, Giráldez’s team played a great game. Celta is second with six points after a game that they could have easily won. Villarreal, for their part, is the new leader with 7 points out of 9. And without knowing defeat.
The match at La Cerámica began with Celta de Vigo scoring first. Borja Iglesias, who started for Aspas, gave the Galician team the lead in the 12th minute. Shortly after, in the 26th minute, Cardona equalised. And before the break, Celta took the lead thanks to a superb goal from Mingueza from a direct free kick.
Already in the second half, Barry, as soon as he entered the field, equalized in the 60th minute and four minutes later, Jailson’s own goal gave Villarreal the lead in a very crazy match. In the 80th minute, it was Celta who scored again to equalize at three thanks to a header from Starfelt and another assist from Mingueza.
Already in the final minutes, Celta de Vigo twice forgave the goal from close range, saved by Diego Conde. And in the last minute, the referee awarded a penalty in favor of Villarreal. Dani Parejo launched it, Iván Villar stopped it and the midfielder scored on the rebound to make it 4-3 in a formidable duel.
Mallorca-Seville (0-0)
From the best game of the season to one of the worst. Seville And Majorca They are still not winning after a goalless draw in Son Moix. The Seville team failed to beat a combative Vermilion team, despite having the best chances of the match. The visitors finished with one less, due to Saúl’s sending off.
Rayo Vallecano-Barcelona (1-2)
It couldn’t have been anyone else. Written on the morning of that same Tuesday, Daniel Olmo made possible the third consecutive victory of the Barca In League with an explosive second half during which the comeback goal was scored. Hansi Film He didn’t bet on him at the start, but he had no doubts about his withdrawal after the break and his entry was decisive for a Barcelona which reversed the result again, this time by Vallecas and against him Radiusa rival who had not beaten at home for three years.
Three golden points for a team that showed it can compete and that overcame a relentless attack from Rayo in the early stages, but collapsed after that burst of explosiveness and unbreakable domination from Flick’s team. Unai Lopez opened the scoring in the 9th minute and the culés only managed to equalize after an hour of play thanks to a goal from Pedri. In 72′ Lewandowski would do the second, but it was canceled by the VAR and 10 minutes later, Olmo put the cherry on the cake of his brilliant debut by scoring a goal with his left foot in the only possible space in Rayista’s goal.
Athletic Club-Valencia (1-0)
In what was one of the most interesting matches of this Wednesday, the Athletics club received in San Mames in Valencia with the urgent need to add the first victory of the season. Those of Ernesto Valverde They added a defeat and a draw in the first two days of the League. And they had in front of them Valencia, who had suffered two defeats at the start of the season.
The match, especially in the first half, was marked by the multitude of opportunities for the home team. Iñaki Williams and Sancet They carried all the danger in the first 45 minutes, but it was Benat Prados the one who opened the box with a beautiful header on the verge of half-time. This gave wings to the Basque team, while it was a hard blow for Che’s team. In the second half, the scoreboard did not move and Valencia will continue for another season in last position in the League with zero points out of nine possible.
Valladolid-Leganes (0-0)
The most contested match of the day was played this Wednesday at Jose Zorrilla between two of the three newly promoted. He Valladolid received in his stadium before the Leganesthe great revelation of the first two days of the League. The fear of not losing, the respect between the two teams and the knowledge of the two coaches for having faced each other in the Second Division last season caused a very tight match with a result of 0-0 to add a very valuable point for each team.
Real Sociedad-Alavés (1-2)
The match between Real Sociedad and Alavés which was played at the Reale Arena in the second round, at 9:30 p.m., this Wednesday was marked by the refereeing controversy. And the decisions of Sánchez Martínez went against the interests of the Txuri-Urdin team. First with a rigorous expulsion on Oyarzabal after a strike by Benavides in an action where the Basque captain did not see him sink his studs into the leg of the Alavés player. The referee went to the VAR and decided to expel the local “10”.
But that did not pose a problem for Real Sociedad, who, two minutes after the sending off of their captain, recovered with a goal from Brais Méndez in the 32nd minute of the match. With a player down, the home side managed to take the lead. But for a short time, since a grab by Zubeldia during the first-half stoppage at Aqbar prompted Sánchez Martínez not to hesitate to blow the maximum penalty. Villalibre, from eleven meters, made it 1-1 before the break.
When everything indicated that the match would end in a 1-1 draw, Toni Martínez, a brand new signing for the Babazorro team, arrived to make the final 1-2 in the 77th minute and left the Reale Arena frozen and with a very bad feeling in this start of the championship.
Atlético de Madrid-Espanyol (0-0)
Atlético de Madrid added the second puncture of the season at the Civitas Metropolitano against Espanyol. The colchonero team could not go beyond the draw against the Catalan team in a match where Cholo Simeone eliminated the B unit and Llorente started on the bench, but came on after the break after a first half in which they did not achieve the desired game.
The second half, with the entry of its two stars, changed the game and the chances slightly in favor of Atlético de Madrid, but they failed to convert the chances. The match ended 0-0 that left a very bad taste in the mouth of the Madrid team, who are now four points ahead of Barcelona and perhaps two points behind Real Madrid if they beat Las Palmas this Thursday.
