In 1770 he returned to Madrid, where his close friendships with Moratín and leading actresses prompted his heroic tragedy Don Sancho García (1771) as well as Solaya; o, los circasianos ("Solaya; or, The Circassians") and La Numantina ("The Girl from Numancia").
He was employed by the second-division club Numancia but once he heard that Betis was interested, he was determined to pay the release clause in his contract to make the move.
They had a perfectly good goal disallowed against Numancia.
Barcelona lose 1 0 in Soria against little Numancia on the opening day of the league season.
Because, with six games to go Getafe are 13th, 14 points clear of the bottom three, all of whom are utterly doomed - Numancia, Albacete, and Mallorca.
Barcelona is a point back after an easy 4-0 victoverover Numancia.
But then Numancia made it 4-6 in the 83rd minute, made it 5-6 in the 90th and 6-6 in the 90th and they still had time to almost grab a winner.
His Lugo team made it 3-6 at Numancia and it seemed all over.
Results: Getafe 0 1 Barcelona, Atlético 3 0 Numancia, Athletic 0 1 Deportivo, Málaga 1 1 Mallorca, Recreativo 0 1 Real Madrid, Valladolid 0 0 Villarreal, Almería 2 1 Osasuna [Now that's a header], Espanyol 1 0 Racing, Valencia 3 1 Sevilla, Betis 2 0 Sporting Latest La Liga table.
His other early productions included Miguel de Cervantes's Numancia (1937) and Faim (1939), based on the novel Hunger by Knut Hamsun.
Results: Racing 1 1 Villarreal, Almería 3 2 Valladolid, Athletic 1 1 Recreativo, Sporting 0 4 Madrid, Numancia 0 1 Mallorca, Espanyol 0 2 Sevilla, Atlético 1 1 Getafe, Deportivo 0 0 Osasuna, Betis 2 2 Barcelona, Valencia 1 1 Málaga.
