Madrid. Julián Álvarez scored the goal in a counterattack led by his Argentine compatriot Giuliano Simeone, with which Atlético de Madrid won a 1-0 victory on Sunday against Mallorca and the colchoneros did not lose the trail of the leaders in the Spanish League .
The Spider He opened the scoring in the 61st minute, after accompanying Simeone’s escape from his field after being enabled by a deep pass from goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Álvarez received the pass from coach Diego Simeone‘s son to the center of the area to shake the nets with a subtle shot.
“We knew it was going to be a difficult game, in the second half we improved a little and the goal came with which we took three very important points,” said Álvarez, who signed with Atlético in the summer, from Manchester City. “I feel very good, my teammates, the staff and the coaching staff have helped me a lot to adapt as quickly as possible.”
Atlético – which achieved its fourth victory in all competitions – has 26 points to place third, one point behind Real Madrid, which beat Osasuna 4-0 on Saturday. Provisionally, the colchoneros They are seven units behind the leader Barcelona, who later faces Real Sociedad.
For its part, Mallorca is in eighth place with 18 points.
The counterattack led by Giuliano was the team’s best dangerous action before going ahead on the scoreboard, after they went to halftime without taking a shot on goal.
Álvarez has four goals in the championship and seven in all competitions. Seconds after celebrating, he was replaced by Alexander Sorloth. Giuliano was also replaced at the same time by Ángel Correa.
Once with the advantage, Pablo Barrios had the opportunity to score the second, but his shot inside the area was contained by goalkeeper Dominik Greif.
Abdón Prats had the option to equalize for the vermilion team after taking advantage of a mistake by Axel Witsel, but Oblak deflected the lofted shot with which he sought to beat him in the final stretch.
Marc Bartra’s goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time gave Real Betis a 2-2 draw with visiting Celta de Vigo. Betis had to come back twice in front of their fans at the Benito Villamarín stadium.
Javi Rodríguez opened the scoring for the Galician team in the 13th minute and Anastasios Douvikas put the visitors ahead again in the 82nd.
Those led by Chilean Manuel Pellegrini tied first through Brazilian forward Vitor Roque in the 40th. Bartra sentenced shortly before the end.
The equality provisionally left Betis in sixth position with 20 points. Celta is ninth with 17 units.
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