SPANISH FOOTBALL | LA LIGA ROUND 1 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The Spanish Football season 2016 - 2017 kicked off yesterday with two Friday night matches of La Liga. The final results of these games are:

• Deportivo 2 ( Masquera, Lucas (p) ) - Eibar 1 ( Ramis ),
• Malaga FC 1 (Juanpi) - Osasuna 1 (Fran Merida).

Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi & Arda Turan

La Liga continued today with another three games, including the showcase of the reigning Spanish League Champions FC Barcelona against Real Betis. The final result of this game was a crushing 6 - 2 victory by FC Barcelona over Real Betis that included a HAT-TRICK by Luis Suarez.

If this is any indication the reigning Spanish Liga Champions start the season in top shape & again are definite firm candidates to be fighting again for the title in 2017. Barça started with new signings Umtiti & Denis Suarez, along with Turkish International Arda Turan; these along with a magical Messi destroyed the visitors. It was Arda Turan who opened the scoring & then the Messi - Suarez pair did the rest, including stunning Football & free-kicks. The goals fell in this order:

• Arda Turan 5th min , 1 - 0
• Ruben Castro 20th min , 1 - 1
• Messi 36th min, 2 - 1
• Luis Suarez 41st min, 3 - 1
• Luis Suarez 55th min, 4 - 1
• Messi 56th min, 5 - 1
• Luis Suarez 81st min, 6 - 1
• Ruben Castro 83rd min, 6 - 2

For Betis their shinning light was their forward Ruben Castro who scored two goals.

Granada drew 1 - 1 with Villarreal in a match were the latter hit the post twice. The game lifted in entertainment in the second half when Samu put Villarreal ahead through a free kick in the 61st min. Granada then reacted & managed to score the equalizer in the 6th min through Ponce. Shared points!

The best game of Round 1 of Liga was the Sevilla FC - RCD Espanyol clash. Final result 6 - 4 going to Sevilla FC with goals from the the first moments:

• Piatti 8th min , 0 - 1
• Sarabia 15th min, 1 - 1
• Vietto 22nd min, 2 - 1
• Hernan Perez 25th min, 2 - 2
• Victor Sanchez 44th min , 2 - 3
• Vietto 45th min, 3 - 3
• Fran Vazquez 54th min, 4 - 3
• Ben Yedder 65th min , 5 - 3
• Kiyotake 74th min, 6 - 3
• Gerard Moreno 80th min, 6 - 4

See-saw stuff ( end to end Football) which added to the entertainment allowing the result to fluctuate in short periods. The balance could have tipped in favour to any of the two teams but in the end Sevilla FC managed to pull away & secure the 3 points.

Young Argentinian forward Vietto brought to Sevilla from At. Madrid this season shined tonight & could be a sign that this season could be his season.

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