Nobody sees Barcelona as a serious candidate for the title this season. Real Madrid waste points every now and then. Real Sociedad are there to take advantage – for now.The word ‘defeat’ is missing from the vocabulary of the leader of the Spanish Primera for two and a half months. Defense is tight, attack effective. A couple of days ago, they dominated Atletico Madrid, but only won a point after having a two-nil lead.But tonight, away at Vigo against Celta, they did not allow all the spoils to escape again – final score 0-2. Although not even a third of the championship has passed, those most loyal fans are probably thinking about the championship title, the first that could come after 40 years.Falcao’s class is permanent – and the same could be said about Barcelona’s woesManager of the Basque team Imanol Alguacil has a real gem in his team, and it showed ten minutes after the start of the second half. Alexander Isak has been one of the most talented young strikers in Europe for a couple of years now and it is now obvious his qualities are not limited just to the finishing inside the opponent’s penalty area. On the contrary.The guests did not manage to break through the defense of Celta, partly because the heavy rain soaked the pitch of Estadio de Balaidos, until Isak took matters into his own hands. He picked up the ball at the center, opened up a huge portion of the pitch to Porto on the left side and after a fifty-meter run, the young Swede slipped the ball into the empty net.During previous seasons, Celta knew how to confront white-and-blue and get them to their knees with Iago Aspas’ goals. But as Celta largely depends on the performance of the Spanish striker, the leader of La Liga knew what to do. However, tonight Santi Mina threatened even more dangerously than Aspas, and Celta would have taken the lead if Matthew Ryan had not reacted with the two top save before the end of the first half. Sociedad profited quite a lot this summer when they bought the Aussie goalkeeper for pocket change from Brighton.Visitors from Basque country doubled their lead in the 79th minute, via Aritz Elustondo – cross by Turientes from the corner, Elustondo cut the ball and sent it into the side netting.LA LIGA – Round 11TuesdayAlaves – Elche 1-0 (0-0)/Loum 47/Espanyol – Athletic Bilbao 1-1 (1-0)/De Tomas 33 pen – Williams 52/Villareal – Cadiz 3-3 (1-2)/Torres 43, Dia 80, Groeneveld 90 – Lozano 14, 45, 52/WednesdayRayo Vallecano – Barcelona 1-0 (1-0)/Falcao 30/Mallorca – Sevilla 1-1 (1-0)/Sanchez 22 – Lamela 73/Real Betis – Valencia 4-1 (2-1)/Iglesias 14 pen, 30, Pezzella 61, Juanmi 68 – Gabriel 39/Real Madrid – Osasuna 0-0ThursdayCelta – Sociedad 0-2 (0-0)/Isak 54, Elustondo 79/Granada – Getafe 1-1 (0-1)/Molina 90+7 – Unal 36/Levante – Atl.Madrid 1-1 IN PROGRESS***odds are subject to change
