Getafe defeats Almería 3-1 and sends it to the second division of Spanish football

Madrid. Getafe beat Almería 3-1 this Sunday on matchday 33 of the Spanish championship, with a double from Englishman Mason Greenwood, which condemned the Andalusian team to relegation to the Second Division.

Almería, last in the classification, 17 points from safety with only 15 to play when the league season ends, could not do anything in the face of the dominance of Ability.

Two goals from Mason Greenwood (27, 48) and another goal from Jaime Mata (61) canceled out the goal scored for Almería by the Honduran Anthony Lozano (41) to certify the relegation of the Andalusians.

Atlético de Madrid beats Bilbao 3-1 and clings to the Champions League

Atlético de Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1 to continue defending its Champions League position on matchday 33 of the Spanish championship.

The Madrid team took the lead at the Metropolitan stadium with a goal from Rodrigo de Paul (14), but Nico Williams equalized before half-time (44), before Ángel Correa made it 2-1 (51) and Unai Simón scored an own goal 3-1 (79).

Atlético maintains its fourth league position, the last one that gives entry to the Champions League, now six points behind the Basques, its main pursuer, with five games left in the championship.

Atlético, without the possibility of fighting for La Liga and after its elimination in Championsits main objective is to achieve that place in the highest continental competition.

The rojiblancos took the lead after a quarter of an hour when De Paul released a distant shot that slipped into Unai Simón’s goal after hitting a defender (14).

Insults to Nico Williams

The goal spurred Athletic who sought to reach the opposing area with the quick attacks of Nico and Iñaki Williams.

An error by Antoine Griezmann in a back pass allowed a counterattack by the Basques that culminated in Nico Williams finishing alone against Jan Oblak to tie (44).

The little Williams celebrated his goal by pointing to his arm, apparently in response to racist insults he received a few minutes earlier from local fans, which forced the match to stop for a few minutes and give a warning over the public address system.

“I went to take the corner and I heard monkey sounds, the truth is that there were few and there are stupid people everywhere,” Nico explained to DAZN after the game.

Atlético returned from the break more intense, putting more pressure on Athletic until they managed to take the lead again when Ángel Correa received a deep ball to get into the area and make it 2-1 (51).

The rojiblancos reached the opposing area further, while the Basques continued looking for an approach from the wings to put balls into the area, until Samuel Lino released a shot that hit the post and after bouncing off Unai Simón’s back, it entered the Basque goal. making it 3-1 (79), which closed the game.