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Girona shows signs of life with Celta win

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Girona recorded their second win of the La Liga season, with a 3-2 victory over Celta Vigo on Monday night.

The Catalan side played out a dire 0-0 draw against Real Valladolid on the opening day, before losing at home to Real Madrid.

Those results had cast doubts over the ability of new manager Eusebio Sacristan to match the 10th place finish achieved by Pablo Machin in 2017-18.

However the former Real Sociedad boss rallied his players following the defeat to Real, and they picked up their first win of the season away, at Villarreal on August 31st.

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La Liga Best XI – Week 3

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Another cracking weekend of action in La Liga saw Eibar get their first league win of the campaign against Real Sociedad, while Barcelona put the brakes on Huesca’s decent start with a hammering. We are going to go for a 4-4-2 formation for this week’s La Liga Best XI.

GK - Sergio Álvarez Conde (Celta Vigo)
The 32-year-old was one of a few goalkeepers to keep clean sheets in La Liga this weekend, but Celta Vigo earned am impressive 2-0 home win against Atletico Madrid, so it is a great clean sheet to keep!

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La Liga Best XI – Week 1

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With the 2018/19 season now fully underway in La Liga, let us cast our minds back and take a look at which players were the best of the bunch.

GK - Jordi Masip (Real Valladolid)
The Valladolid custodian was one of a few players who kept a clean sheet on La Liga’s opening weekend, but essentially makes the list because his 5m valuation makes him the cheapest of those keepers to get into your fantasy team. 0-0 draw against Girona.

DF - Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid)
The former Bayer Leverkusen defender had a cracking opening weekend with Los Blancos. He scored a goal and was involved in a clean sheet in their 2-0 home win against Getafe.

DF - Marc Muniesa (Girona)
Another player involved in the Real Valladolid 0-0 Girona match, Muniesa was making his debut as a permanent member of Girona’s side. Valued at just 3m, he represented great value with his clean sheet points.

DF - Sergio Postigo (Levante)
Levante got their season off to a cracker as well, with their 3-0 win at Real Betis sending them second at the end of the round of action. Granotas finished 15th last season.

DF – Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
Barcelona and Spain stalwart Gerard Pique earned himself five points from the Catalans’ 3-0 win against Alaves at the Nou Camp.

MF - André Silva (Sevilla)
Sevilla star André Silva was easily the standout midfielder of La Liga on the opening weekend. He struck a hattrick in their 4-1 win at Rayo Vallecano. At just 5.5m he represented great value from game one.

MF - Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
The Welsh winger opened his season’s account with a goal and earned two points for Los Blancos’ clean sheet against Getafe, proving to the neutrals that there is life after Ronaldo after all.

MF - Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona)
The second Barca star on the list, the former Liverpool midfielder scored his first of the season and earned two points with their clean sheet against Alaves.

MF – Franco Vázquez (Sevilla)
Sevilla team-mate Silva may have hit a hattrick in their 4-1 win at Rayo Vallecano, but Vázquez scored the other to give the club the top spot in La Liga at the end of the opening weekend.

ST - Álex Gallar (Huesca)
Huesca enjoyed their very first La Liga match in history as they won 2-1 at Eibar. Gallar scored their first ever top flight goal, and added another before half time to make Gonzalo Escalante’s second half strike count for little.

ST - Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Perhaps it is only fitting that one of the best players in La Liga history should make it into the first “Best XI” of the season. He scored two goals in their 3-0 win against Alaves, earning himself eight points.

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