This Friday, Almeria received and beat the Espanyol by 3 to 1, by La Liga, at the Power Horse Stadium. Colombian Luís Suárez, Brazilian Léo Baptistão and midfielder Francisco Portillo scored in the home team’s triumph. For the defeated side, Joselu cashed in the second half stoppage time.
With the victory in the 19th round, Almería reaches 22 points and reaches 11th place. Before the round, the team was in 15th place and two points away from the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Espanyol is a little more complicated and is stuck in 14th place with 20 points. Three points behind Z3, the club has one game more than rivals below and could fall even further in the standings in this round.
Almería’s next match is against Rayo Vallecano, away from home, on February 6th, a Monday, at 5 pm (Brasília time). The match is valid for the Spanish Championship.
Español, on the other hand, will face Osasuna within their domains on the 4th, at 10 am, also for La Liga.
Almería started the game with much more danger on goal than Espanyol, who saw the opponent finish 10 times in the first half. The insistence bore fruit for the home team, which opened the scoring in the 21st minute with striker Luís Suárez. On the other hand, the visitors went to the locker rooms with only two attempted finishes.
In the second half, at 16 minutes, the Brazilian striker Léo Baptistão increased the score in favor of Almería and completed another stage of pure dominance of the hosts. To seal the victory, Francisco Portillo scored the third in the 32nd minute. Striker Joselu scored for Espanyol in stoppage time, with the match decided.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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