He Atlético de Madrid couldn’t (1-1) with the Royal Society this Sunday on the ninth day of LaLiga EA Sports and moved away from the lead by seven points, despite taking the lead in the first minute, suffering the Basque reaction at the Reale Arena.
Julian Alvarezafter a goal from Antoine Griezmann, made it 1-0 with a strong low and crossed shot with his left foot in the first minute of the match. The bet of DT Diego Pablo Simeone, Going around with their offensive idea at the start of the campaign, it worked to begin with, but the game turned into a ‘txuri-urdin’ mess.
Imanol Alguacil’s pupils, badly in need of points and good performances, pushed with everything and Atlético defended well for many minutes. However, the red and white team did not have very clear chances and, with the inertia of getting behind, they ended up receiving the 1-1, a great goal from Luka Sucic in the 84th minute.
Thus, the pupils of “Cholo” once again gave ground in the fight at the top of the table, seven points behind the leader FC Barcelona and four behind Real Madrid, second. Meanwhile, Real, with nine points, took some of the prize and ended up besieging the goal of an Oblak who did not have to intervene in that final rush, but did in the beginning.
The red and white goalkeeper supported his team after 01-0. The blow did not change Real’s idea of pressing and recovering from the top and, in a corner kick, a header from Zubimendi and then a shot from Aguerd forced a tremendous double intervention from Oblak. Atlético had to step up in defense, but without the ball, they were far from being more of a concern in attack.
Take Kubo was the one who monopolized the local game on the offensive side and the Japanese was a headache, despite the fact that Javi Galán defended himself more or less well. This is how the second half returned, but Atlético also tried to stretch, taking advantage of Real’s obligation to go up lines. Griezmann was the one who made a couple of good plays, with a forced shot from Molina.
The entry of Brais Méndez was not noticed, but Barrenetxea did help Real to advance again over the rival goal in the last half hour. Atlético, who did not find a replacement Alexander Sorloth or Riquelme, began to bail out and, in a bad start with the loss of Rodrigo de Paul, Sucic scored the goal of the day, from a distance and with music to the squad.
Anoeta pressed, but the scoreboard did not move, with Kubo perhaps forgiving the clearest one, leaving Atlético with one victory in four league games, giving up another little with the head, and Real, still in crisis of results since it is more Closer to relegation than Europe, but with a better taste in the mouth.
Match technical sheet
Royal Society (1): Remiro; Aramburu, Zubeldia, Aguerd, Javi López (Brais Méndez, descanso); Zubimendi, Sergio Gómez, Sucic; Kubo, Becker (Barrenetxea, m.61) and Oyarzabal.
Atlético de Madrid (1): Clouds; Molina, Giménez, Witsel, Lenglet, Javi Galán (Reinildo, m.83), Koke, Gallagher (De Paul, m.64), Barrios, Griezmann (Riquelme, m.83), Julián Álvarez (Sorloth, m.74) .
Goals: 0 – 1, m.1, Julián Álvarez. 1 – 1, m.84, Sucic.
Arbitrator: Díaz de Mera Escuderos (C. Castilian-La Mancha). He cautioned Lenglet (m.55) and Galán (m.80) at Atlético.
Scenery: Reale Arena Stadium.
Source Europa Press / photo
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