Comfortable victory for Atlético de Madrid in Hong Kong, where the Norwegian made his debut with a double in the first minutes of the friendly against Kitchee.
Atlético de Madrid faced Kitchee this Wednesday, August 7 at 2:00 p.m. (Spain), in a new pre-season friendly match.
Watch Kitchee vs. Atlético de Madrid live here, a pre-season friendly match
The Colchoneros had faced clubs Numancia (1-1) and Getafe (3-1) in their pre-season. For their part, Kitchee are in fourth position in the Hong Kong Premier League.
The match
Atlético took the lead with a brace from Alexander Sorloth in the opening minutes of the match. The Norwegian striker made his debut for Atlético in the best possible way, scoring two goals just a few days after his signing for Atleti from Villarreal was announced.
The first of them, after a manoeuvre on the left flank by Joao Félix. The second, taking advantage of a bad exit by the rival and defining with a kind of chip.
Simeone made a lot of changes to start the second half, in which Carlos Martin scored the 0-3 (between him and a Kitchee defender they pushed the ball into the net after an assist from Riquelme). The Uruguayan Santiago Mouriño scored the fourth for the colchoneros, while the Uzbek Sherzod Temirov discounted with a great goal for Kitchee. Adrián Niño (20 years old), as soon as he stepped onto the pitch, was in charge of scoring the fifth for the Spaniards. Thomas Lemar finished off the job.
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