Liga F round-up: Barcelona hit Atleti for six, Real Madrid sweep past Eibar | OneFootball

Barcelona closed in on the Liga F title with a commanding 6-0 victory over Atlético Madrid on Matchday 25. Meanwhile, Real Madrid dispatched Eibar to keep their hopes of a surprise title triumph alive.

Here, we will round up all the action from Matchday 25 of the Liga F season.

Sevilla 2-1 Madrid CFF

It took 74 minutes for Sevilla to break the deadlock in Saturday’s meeting with Madrid CFF. Fatou Kanteh raced onto Gemma Gili’s pass before she blasted the ball home to net her fifth league goal of the season.

Kanteh quickly saw her opener cancelled out by Esther Laborde, who drove the ball into the far corner from a shot outside the box. However, just as the visitors thought they had rescued a point, Natalia Padilla netted an 86th-minute winner. Padilla latched onto a through ball before the onrushing goalkeeper, creating the opening for her to steer a right-foot shot into the far corner.

Real Betis 3-1 Real Sociedad

Betis finished the weekend in the bottom two despite ending a five-game winless run in their meeting with Real Sociedad. Blanca Muñoz opened the scoring inside the first minute to get the hosts off to a perfect start. Betis were then given a boost in the opening stages of the second period when Real Sociedad’s Elene Guridi was sent off for a shirt pull as the last defender. Rosa Márquez stepped up to score from the resulting penalty to double her team’s lead.

Carol Férez slotted into an empty net to seal all three points with over 15 minutes left to play. However, Betis would have been disappointed to be denied a clean sheet by Lucía Pardo’s late strike. The result leaves Real Sociedad in seventh spot, while Betis are one point adrift of safety.

Deportivo La Coruña 3-1 Levante Badalona

Ainhoa Marín required just nine minutes to open the scoring against Badalona. The Spain under-23 international lifted the ball into the roof of the net after being teed up by Millene. The hosts saw their lead disappear when Rébecca Elloh guided the ball in from Inês Pereira’s parry.

However, there was still time in the first half for Samara Ortiz to restore Dépor’s advantage. The defender headed home from Millene’s perfectly weighted cross. After grabbing two assists, Millene put her own name on the scoresheet in the second period. The Brazilian calmly lifted the ball over María Valenzuela to net her fifth goal of the Liga F season.

As a result of the win, the hosts moved up to 11th, while Badalona are in 13th and just two points clear of danger.

Eibar 0-3 Real Madrid

Real Madrid kept their pressure on Liga F leaders Barcelona with a successful trip to Ipurua on Saturday. Naomie Feller found the all-important breakthrough in the 50th minute, heading in from Linda Caicedo’s deep cross. Caicedo went on to double the visitors’ advantage, driving the ball past Eunate Astralaga, who would have been frustrated not to keep the shot out. Signe Bruun then scored her 10th league goal of the season to wrap up a third consecutive league win.

Barcelona 6-0 Atlético Madrid

Real Madrid temporarily moved within one point of Liga F leaders Barcelona. But Barcelona subsequently restored their four-point cushion with a dominant performance against third-placed Atlético Madrid. Patri Guijarro and Salma Paralluelo produced a couple of clever finishes to give Barcelona a two-goal lead at the break. The hosts then scored two goals in the space of four minutes to effectively wrap up all three points before the hour mark.

First, Caroline Graham Hansen tapped in from Alexia Putellas’ low ball across the face of goal before the Norway international turned provider to send in an inviting free-kick for Esmee Brugts to head home. There was still plenty of time left for Vicky López and Aitana Bonmatí to add their names to the scoresheet to wrap up a comfortable victory.

Barcelona will look to continue their charge towards another Liga F title as we approach the end of the season.

Costa Adeje Tenerife 1-2 Granada

Granada took the lead in fortuitous circumstances when an attempted cross bounced off Andrea Gómez and into the net. Patricia Gavira Collado produced the Tenerife response, heading home from a corner to net her first league goal of the season.

However, the hosts were only level for a short period before Jujuba Cardozo restored Granada’s advantage in first-half stoppage time. Gomez kept the ball alive following the goalkeeper’s poor punch from a corner. Then, Cardozo steered it home to give the visitors a precious half-time lead. That strike ultimately proved to be the decisive goal, as Granada stood firm in the second period to clinch their fourth victory in five away league games.

Athletic Club 2-3 Levante

Athletic missed the chance to take third spot off Atlético after they fell to a narrow defeat in Sunday’s home meeting with relegation-threatened Levante. The hosts actually made a promising start, with Nahikari García slotting home from close range to establish an 18th-minute lead. However, Levante quickly hit back through Anissa Lahmari before María Alharilla lobbed Adriana Nanclares to turn the half in Levante’s favour.

The home side managed to restore parity just after the hour mark. An inswinging corner was only punched as far as Nerea Nevado, who drove her first-time strike into the corner. The contest looked to be heading towards a draw until Alharilla produced another intelligent finish to clip a lofted shot in off the far post to seal her brace and all three points for Levante. The result ensured the visitors finished the weekend just outside the drop zone. As for Athletic, they are one point adrift of the top three.

Valencia 1-1 Espanyol

Basement side Valencia salvaged a point against Espanyol, although the result has done little to aid their survival hopes. The hosts appeared to be heading towards defeat when Lice Chamorro broke the deadlock in the 51st minute.

However, Valencia were given a lifeline when the referee awarded a late penalty for a foul on Bénédicte Simon. Yasmin Mrabet kept her composure to send the goalkeeper the wrong way to rescue a point. Unfortunately for Valencia, they are now eight points adrift of safety with just five matches left to play.

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