"Yellow submarines" float on the roof of the Spanish League after losing Madrid and Barcelona

Villarreal took full advantage of the defending champion Real Madrid's loss to Cádiz 0-1 on Saturday, to top the standings after beating Valencia 2-1 on Sunday in the sixth stage of the Spanish Football League.

And after Villarreal opened the scoring since the sixth minute from a penalty kick by Paco Alcacer, Valencia equalized by Portuguese Gonçalo Giddes (37), before Daniel Parejo said his words in the 69th minute with a shot from outside the area that switched from the foot of French defender Maktar Diakaby and deceived goalkeeper Jaume Dominique , Attached to the team that defended its colors from 2011 until this summer, defeating a second in a row and a third this season.

With his third victory this season, Villarreal, who has not lost at home to Valencia in the league since January 2017, raised his tally to 11 points in the lead, one point ahead of Real Madrid and Getafe, the Saturday winner over Barcelona 1-0, and Cadiz and Granada, who also beat Saturday. Seville 1-0.

Villarreal, who completed the match in his last seconds with ten players after the expulsion of Japanese Takifusa Kubo, will fall to second place if Real Betis (9 points) defeats Real Sociedad (8 points) later.

Athletic Bilbao took advantage of the difficult situation of its guest Levante to achieve its second victory of the season, and it came with a score of 2-0, scored by Alex Bernigoyer (68) and Inaki Williams (79), raising its score to 6 points against three for its opponent, who remained in the nineteenth place before the last.

The match between Eibar and Osasuna ended in a goalless draw, bringing the first to five points and the second to seven.

He later plays Huesca with Valladolid.

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