First Division - Day 34

Valencia 4 - Eibar 0

Valencia: Diego Alves; Cancelo, Mustafi, Abdennour, Siqueira (Gayà 18’); Dani Parejo, Javi Fuego, André Gomes (Enzo Pérez 61’); Rodrigo, Paco Alcácer (Negredo 69’), Santi Mina. 4-3-3.
Eibar: Riesgo; Capa, Ansotegi, Iván Ramis (Mauro Dos Santos 82’), Juncà (Lillo 46’); Dani García, Escalante; Keko, Adrián González, Takashi Inui; Borja Bastón (Sergi Enrich 63‘). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 10. Alcácer. Turned ball back into net after Riesgo saved his penalty kick.
2-0. 28. Alcácer. Fired shot into roof of net after Cancelo laid ball back across.
3-0. 40. Alcácer. Steered header in on far post after Rodrigo centred from right.
4-0. 56. Cancelo. Ran on to Rodrigo pass and poked shot wide of Riesgo.

Yellow cards: Dani García 09’, Escalante 60’, Abdennour 88’.

Valencia moved to within six points of seventh placed Sevilla after a 4-0 win over Eibar on Wednesday evening. Paco Alcácer helped himself to a first half hat-trick, the first coming in the tenth minute after he was brought down in the area by Dani García, the striker knocking in the rebound after Riesgo had saved his penalty kick. A quarter of an hour later Alcácer made it two after Cancelo laid the ball back, and with half time approaching he headed in the third from Rodrigo’s cross. After the break André Gomes hit the bar, and some ten minutes in to the second half Rodrigo and Cancelo combined again for the full back to score his side’s fourth. Escalante did go close for the visitors after that, but Dani Parejo could have added a fifth had Riesgo not kept him out late on.