Atlético beats Leganés and consolidates itself in third position

Madrid. Atlético de Madrid, with a double from Alexander Sorloth and another goal from Antoine Griezmann, came back this Sunday against CD Leganés (3-1) at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on matchday ten of LaLiga EA Sports, all in a match in the one in which Diego Pablo Simeone’s men reacted after the break to seal a victory that consolidates them in third position in the table.

Yvan Neyou’s goal in the 34th minute put the red and white team on alert, who went to the locker room amidst a loud whistle and, only after the changes, did they manage to turn the match around. The Norwegian, twice, and the Frenchman, who saw how the referee sent him off and later rectified his decision, scored to seal the victory, which allows them to break a streak of three games without winning.

With the South Fund stands completely empty due to the sanction imposed on the club for the incidents in the Madrid derby, the Colchonero team started in charge and tried their luck with a shot by Alexander Sorloth that was stopped by Marko Dmitrovic. A couple of minutes later, it was Pablo Barrios who tried it with a long shot that went over the ‘pepinera’ goal. However, the red and white dominance was diluted.

Little by little, Borja Jiménez’s team began to cheer up and after half an hour they found the prize in the form of a goal. In the 34th minute, Dani Raba made a great filtered pass for the Cameroonian Yvan Neyou, who received it inside the area and, with a powerful right foot, beat Jan Oblak to open the scoring.

On the brink of half-time, Roro Riquelme forced Dmitrovic to act with a low shot that the Serbian goalkeeper sent into a corner. With the players heading to the locker room tunnel, the Metropolitan fans said goodbye to their team with whistles.

‘Cholo’ didn’t like the first half either, as soon as the match resumed he removed Nahuel Molina to bring on Samu Lino, who in the 57th minute was able to put the home team ahead in an action in which he did not finish successfully in the goal. second suit.

Before, Ángel Correa had the clearest chance for Simeone’s team in the 52nd minute when he touched a leaked ball from Griezmann with his toe that went just past the post. Just a few minutes later, the Argentine was one of those chosen by the Atlético coach to leave the field, along with Koke and Riquelme, so that Julián Álvarez, Rodrigo de Paul and Giuliano Simeone could enter.

A new setback, the possible injury of Clément Lenglet when Axel Witsel fell on his leg, forced the ‘Cholo’ to resort to José María Giménez in the 64th minute and exhaust all the changes. However, luck was going to smile on him only a little later.

In the 69th minute, Witsel reached the baseline and crossed in search of a finisher; After a first clearance by the ‘pepinera’ defense, Sorloth caught the ball and, with his heel, sent it into the back of the net to tie the contest.

Atlético was encouraged then, and came close to a comeback in a volley from De Paul that disrupted the ‘Lega’ defense and in a shot from Julián Álvarez that went off the post. His fighting spirit was represented in the 81st minute by Giuliano, who fought for a ball and saved it almost over the baseline to pass it to Antoine Griezmann, who went ahead of Dmitrovic and made it 2-1.

The ‘Spider’ still had the opportunity to extend his team’s lead in an action that was cut off by the Leganés goalkeeper, before Munuera Montero showed Griezmann a direct red card for a tackle on Neyou with a previous slip. After consulting with the VAR, the referee rectified the decision and showed him the yellow card.

Already in stoppage time, after Leganés claimed a penalty after Munir fell in the area due to a knockdown by Giuliano, Matija Nastasic saved a Vaseline ball from Sorloth on the goal line. The Norwegian was able to make up for it a minute later, completing his double, after an assist from Julián Álvarez.