Defeats of Real and Barcelona

The best Spanish football clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, ​​suffered their first defeats of the season on Saturday. The capital club had to admit defeat at home to the recently promoted Cádiz with 0: 1, the Catalans lost 0: 1 in Getafe. In exchange, Atlético de Madrid, Salzburg’s rival in the Champions League, beat Celta 2-0 in Vigo.

La Real suffered a lot of lack of concentration, especially at the beginning, and in the end they were lucky not to have lost higher. “You could have scored two or three goals in the first half,” admitted coach Zinedine Zidane. Anthony Lozano scored the only goal in the 16th minute. For Real it was the first league defeat since 1: 2 last March against Betis Sevilla and the first home defeat of the championship since May 2019, a 0: 2 also against Betis.

Barça also had a disappointing performance. In the first half, Lionel Messi hit the crossbar, Antoine Griezmann skipped a square. Getafe’s decision brought a penalty converted by Jaime Mata (56th) after a foul by Frenkie de Jong on Djene.

In the table, Real, Getafe, Cádiz and Granada tied on points at the top, with Cádiz having played one more game. Barcelona are three points away, but they still have another game up their sleeve.

In terms of lost points, the leaders are called Atlético. The current club from the capital, ranked sixth, beat Celta 2-0 thanks to goals from Luis Suárez (6th) and Yannick Carrasco (90th) and is the only team in the league that remains undefeated.