This day presented like a proof of fire for the FC Barcelona of Ronald Koeman by the difficulty of the rival, with an irregular Valency but cumplidor in front of the 'big', but also like an opportunity of gold so that the Barcelona group added his third consecutive victory and followed escalando positions. Alas, the culés yielded two points with a tie (2-2) sourer that sweet.
The FC Barcelona had put by in front in the marker (2-1) with a marker ilusionante to strengthen in the zone of the Champions League, but the tie of Maxi Gómez was a tortazo of reality. With this tie, the group of Ronald Koeman follows fifth in the classification with 21 points and a party less than the Villarreal, that is fourth qualifier with 25 and marks the limit of the League of Champions.
Precisely the Villarreal did not fail in his visit to the Sadar and won to Osasuna (1-3) to go back to win distance with regard to the FC Barcelona protecting his fourth place. Less luck had the Seville (sixth qualifier) that, in spite of going defeating to the Real Valladolid from the half hour of party, saw like the group pucelano attained empatar in the final stretch of party with a goal that avoided that the hispalenses surpassed to the Barça in the table.
By his part, the Athletic of Madrid did not leave scare by his last defeat against the Real Madrid and achieved to defeat to the Elche (3-1) in Wanda Metropolitan to strengthen like leader in solitary. The ex Barcelona Luis Suárez, that accumulated an important drought, achieved to annotate two goals to open the way of the victory of his team.
The ones of Diego Pablo Simeone are first (with 29 points and two parties less) and benefited of the new defeat of the Real Sociedad, in this occasion against the Raise in the Ciutat of València (2-1). The Basque picture chains two stray parties followed and yields in this way the leadership that shared with the Athletic of Madrid. The another party of the day, contested the Friday, went the victory of the Athletic Club against the Huesca (2-0).
The day of the Sunday
The FC Barcelona and the rest of teams of the high zone of the table will be attentive to what suceda in Ipurúa (21:00 hours in Spain) in the party between the Eibar and the Real Madrid in which the ones of Zinedine Zidane will look for his fourth consecutive victory. The rest of parties of the day will be the Celtic of Vigo-Sportive Alavés (14:00), the Granada-Real Betis (16:15) and the Cádiz-Getafe (18:30).