La Liga 2021-22: Real Betis stay hot, rout Espanyol 4-1
Football | January 22, 2022 11:36 ISTIt was the third consecutive win for Real Betis in all competitions, and fourth in its last five matches.
It was the third consecutive win for Real Betis in all competitions, and fourth in its last five matches.
The Bavarian giants say the 23-year-old Roca was getting a five-year contract and will wear the No. 22 jersey.
Contracts of as many as nine players were getting over at the end of the current campaign and the club, in a statement, has said they were successful in renegotiating the terms beyond the said date.
The result dropped Diego Simeone's team to fourth place, behind Sevilla, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atlético trails Sevilla by two points and leader Barcelona by 11 points.
The result left Sevilla in fifth place and Espanyol second-to-last in the relegation zone of La Liga.
Wu Lei scored in the 88th minute to earn a 2-2 draw for Espanyol on Saturday as he drove a shot past the Barca goalkeeper Norberto Neto from a narrow angle after receiving a pass from Matias Vargas.
Abelardo Fernandez is Espanyol's third coach of the season, suggesting that the problems at the club run deeper than the man in the dugout.
Goals from Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema guided Real Madrid to a 2-0 win over Espanyol in the La Liga.
After struggling for Argentina yet again, Messi returned to Barcelona and thrived as usual, scoring twice in the team's 2-0 win over Espanyol in the Catalan derby on Saturday.
Benzema opened the scoring only four minutes into the match in Barcelona and also provided several smart passes for his teammates that went close to producing more goals.
Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-0 while Atletico Madrid beat Alaves 3-0 on Saturday in La Liga.
Marco Asensio's first-half winner to beat Espanyol 1-0 on Saturday was initially waived off for offside but eventually stood after assistance from the VAR.
The result left Madrid in danger of losing third place to Valencia, which is two points behind going into its match at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday.
Barcelona had lost 1-0 to Espanyol in the first leg last week, but quickly evened the series when Suarez's header and Messi's winner.
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick against crosstown rival Espanyol on Saturday, making Barcelona the only side so far to win its first three games in La Liga.
The 33-year-old started his senior career playing for Barcelona C, where he scored 12 goals in 44 appearances from 2002-05.
Popularly known as Coro, the 34-year-old has made over 250 appearances in La Liga and also have turned out for the likes of Elche, Osasuna, Mallorca and at Espanyol, where he spent the best part of 10 years.
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