La Liga: Simeone became a record holder, Atlético beat Sevilla

Atlético Madrid celebrated a special milestone before the match against Sevilla: the manager of the capital team since 2011 Diego Simeone in his 613th game, he managed the “mattresses”, with which he overtook the late club legend at the top of the all-time list, Luis Aragonest.

#SimeoneLegend

@Simeone overtakes Luis Aragonés as the coach with the most games at the helm of @atletienglish! #LaLigaSantander #AtletiSevillaFC pic.twitter.com/L0QaDbflky

— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) March 4, 2023

Atlético ceded the initiative to Sevilla in the first half and then took advantage of the Andalusians’ mistakes. In the 23rd minute, a sloppy ball sale after Memphis Depay He passed to Griezmann, who teased the Dutchman at a perfect pace – the striker, acquired from Barcelona in the winter, easily rolled into Bunu’s goal. 1–0

Four minutes later again Depay punished another mistake of Sevilla with a goal: the 30-year-old Dutch striker stuck a huge goal into the away goal from 17 meters. 2–0

Jorge Sampaoli’s students did not give up the fight despite the series of setbacks. In the 38th minute, Giménez allowed Gueye to cross a bit carelessly, En-Nesziri and he shot into the net ahead of everyone else. 2–1

Not even ten minutes had passed in the second half, when Atlético scored another beautiful goal. The hero of the “mattresses” this time Griezmann there was one who curled into the right side of the goal from a good 25 meters – Bunu touched the ball, but could not knock it out. 3–1

The “mattresses” continued to put a smile on the face of their record-setting coach, and this resulted in more goals. At the end of the beauty prize action in the 69th minute Carrasco fired into the Seville goal. 4–1

The visitors then conceded a penalty through Rakitic, which the substitute saved Morata was penalized with a goal: the 30-year-old forward bombed the ball bouncing off Bunu, who was otherwise brilliantly defending, into the net from one meter unreasonably hard – it was a childish, but valid solution. 5–1

In the remaining time, Sevilla was down to ten men – Gueye, who provided the assist and fought off the missed penalty, received a red card – and Atlético put the finishing touches on the i: Morata he shot on goal amid resistance from a completely disintegrating Sevilla defense, setting up the final score. 6–1

The capital team won with a bang, thus (at the expense of Real Sociedad, who played on Friday), moving up to third place in the table.

SPANISH LA LIGA
ROUND 24
Atlético Madrid–Seville 6–1 (Depay 23., 26., Griezmann 53., Carrasco 69., Morata 76., 90+2., ill. En-Nesziri 39.)
Exhibited: Gueye (Sevilla, 81.)

Earlier
Majorca–Elche 0–1 (So ​​88.)
Almeria–Villarreal 0–2 (G. Moreno 76., Morales 88.)
Getafe-Girona 3-2 (Ünal 2nd, 14th – the second from 11, Borja Mayoral 43rd, or Castellanos 54th, M. Gutiérrez 80th)

THEY PLAYED ON FRIDAY
Real Sociedad–Cádiz 0–0

SUNDAY
14.00: Valladolid–Espanyol (Tv: Player2)
16.15: Barcelona–Valencia (Tv: Player2)
18.30: Rayo Vallecano–Athletic Bilbao (Tv: Player2)
21.00: Real Betis–Real Madrid (Tv: Player2)

ON MONDAY
21.00: Osasuna–Celta Vigo (Tv: Player2)