Argentine midfielder Ezequiel “Chimy” Ávila achieved the first conquest of Osasuna, who defeated Cádiz 2-0 at home and became one of the leaders of the Spanish first division league along with Real Madrid and Betis.
Ávila, who started and was replaced after 21 minutes of the second half, opened the scoring at 37 minutes of the first stage and converted his second consecutive goal in the competition, since he scored one in the victory against Sevilla by 2-1 in the Last date.
With this result, Osasuna, in which Spanish striker Kike García also scored from a penalty, came out on top with six points and Cádiz, which had Argentine goalkeeper Jeremías Ledesma as starter, is without units since it had lost to Real Sociedad by 1 to 0.
Another pointer is Real Madrid, which thrashed Celta de Vigo 4-1 at the Balaidos stadium, directed by “Chacho” Eduardo Coudet and with Franco Cervi and Agustín Marchesín. The “merengue” goals were scored by Karim Benzema, Luka Modric, Federico Valverde and Vinicus Jr. Iago Aspas discounted.
At the “Visit” stadium in Palma de Mallorca, Betis, another of the leaders and where the Argentines Guido Rodríguez and Germán Pezzella started, beat Mallorca 2-1, where Rodrigo Battaglia was in the starting eleven, while the former Vélez Brian Cufre and Franco Russo occupied two places on the substitute bench.
The date continues this Sunday with the Athletic Bilbao-Valencia, Atlético de Madrid-Villarreal and Real Sociedad-Barcelona matches, and is completed on Monday with the duels Elche-Almería and Girona-Getafe.