Spurs loan watch: La Liga round up | OneFootball

Over the last couple of days, there has been a full slate of action in La Liga, including games for a couple of Tottenham Hotspur loanees. Let’s take a look at how things went for them individually and collectively.

How things went in La Liga over the last couple of days

To begin, Alejo Veliz and RCD Espanyol had the mammoth task of facing Real Madrid at home on Saturday night. For the game, the Spurs loanee was named amongst the substitutes bench.

With Espanyol hanging in there at 0-0, Veliz was introduced to the action after around 73 minutes. With five minutes of the game remaining, his side managed to get a goal and take a shock lead against the defending champions and current league leaders.

Despite six minutes of stoppage time remaining, Real Madrid were unable to get an equaliser, even with the likes of Vinicius, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, and Federico Valverde all being on the pitch.

An absolutely huge, and seriously impressive win for Espanyol. Ironically, they were actually doing rivals Barcelona a favour with this win, but no doubt that was the last thing on their minds as the full time whistle went.

These absolutely massive three points leave Espanyol in 17th place in La Liga, finally back above the three relegation places, with 23 points from their 22 games so far.

Meanwhile, amidst all of the deadline day chaos, Bryan Gil was in action for Girona, as they welcomed Las Palmas over from the Canary Islands for their game on Monday night. The on loan Spurs man started on the left hand side of a 4231 set up by manager Michel.

Girona would take the lead after eight minutes, but missed a penalty on the stroke of half time to double their lead. Later on, with 11 minutes of normal time remaining, they would eventually score to go 2-0 up. However, just a few minutes later – Las Palmas got a goal back to make it a nervous finish.

Nevertheless, they were able to see the game out, securing their first win since the 11th of January. As for Gil, he played 88 minutes of the game. This win leaves Girona sitting 7th in the La Liga table, with 31 points from their 22 games.

Next up for Espanyol is an away game in the Basque country against Real Sociedad on Sunday evening, for a 17:30 GMT kick off. Meanwhile for Girona, they are also off to the Basque country, where they will face Athletic Club on Saturday, for a 13:15 GMT kick off.