League. Atlético Madrid distance themselves by beating Athletic Bilbao, Girona has one foot in C1

Atlético Madrid consolidated their fourth qualification place for the Champions League on Saturday 27 April by winning against their pursuer Athletic Bilbao (3-1) in the 33rd.^e La Liga day. A success that makes Colchoneros (4^e64 points), left behind in the title race due to their poor away results, to push the Basques back six lengths, five days from the end of the season.

Diego Simeone’s men opened the scoring with some success, with a blocked volley from Argentine Rodrigo de Paul (15′, 1-0), before Spanish winger Nico Williams equalized on the counter following a poor pass from Antoine Griezmann (45). ‘, 1-1). A goal was celebrated vigorously by the Basque striker, although the game was abandoned minutes earlier when he reported being targeted by racist chants from Madrid supporters. “I went to take a corner and I heard monkey noises. In truth there were only a few, and there are stupid people everywhere.”Nico Williams told DAZN after the match, with Spain still struggling to curb racism in its stadiums.

Bilbao are the only team to have beaten Diego Simeone’s side this season at the Metropolitano (in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey), Bilbao thought they would be able to repeat this feat but were caught after returning from the dressing room with a sublime depth. pass from Koke intercepted by Angel Correa to give the Rojiblancos the advantage (52′, 2-1) Atlético then got the win with an unfortunate own goal from goalkeeper Unai Simon (80′, 3 -1), after. a shot from Samuel Lino bounced off his right post.

Girona at the gates of the Champions League

Earlier in the afternoon, Girona moved a little closer to a historic first qualification for the Champions League by winning in Las Palmas (2-0). The Catalans (2^e71 points) overtakes its neighbor FC Barcelona temporarily (3^e70 points), who host Valencia on Monday, and move thirteen steps ahead of Athletic Bilbao (5th^e).

Long in the title race with Real Madrid before collapsing in 2024, Girona are now almost guaranteed to be in the top four and participate in C1 for the first time in their history. Despite an initial miss, Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk converted a second (57′) to clear the break and cement his place as the championship’s top scorer with a 19th.^e unit.

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At the bottom of the table, Almeria became the first team to be mathematically relegated to the second division following their 3-1 defeat by Getafe, which put the Andalusian side 17 points behind Celta Vigo, the first non-relegation, with just 15 points to pick up.