After Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas cancelled out Karim Benzema's early penalty on Saturday evening, goals from Luka Modric, Vinicius Jr and Federico Valverde kept Real Madrid rolling early in its title defence.
The result on Saturday night strengthens Barca's second place in La Liga, while doing Atletico Madrid a favour in their efforts to qualify for next season's Champions League, as it leaves them three points clear of Betis ahead of Sunday's Madrid derby.
Valencia who was hoping to add to its collection of eight cups, couldn't come out as winners even after scoring four spot kicks taken by Carlos Soler, Uros Racic, Goncalo Guedes and José Gayà.
The 37-year-old has signed a one-year contract at Betis with an option for another year included in the deal. The Chilean has become the second signing of the club for the 2020/2021 LaLiga season.
Betis failed to produce much of a response, despite using all five substitutes and Sevilla strengthened their place in third in the table.
All football in the country has been suspended since March in the wake of coronavirus pandemic that has left the entire world reeling.
La Liga president said that they were working to decide the first four rounds of the fixtures and are hoping to have the Sevilla derby on June 11.
The fresh cases have thrown new challenges to the La Liga authorities and have exposed that there are many loopholes to cover before the league can return.
The Blancos came into Sunday’s match at Seville’s Benito Villamarin stadium trailing Barca by 2 points after the Blaugrana’s hard-fought victory on Saturday over Real Sociedad.
Barcelona turned the tide, with a chaotic performance that might have been punished by better opponents, but that keeps them three points behind Real Madrid.
