Three days before a trip to Paris in the Champions League, Atlético Madrid provided the essentials on Sunday at home against Las Palmas (2-0), during the 12th day of Liga, which gave rise to numerous tributes to the victims of the deadly floods in the country.
At the Metropolitano, Atlético players dedicated their goals to these victims of the violent bad weather in the Valencia region (east), which left at least 217 dead: they brandished a flocked jersey “Strength and Courage” in Valencian, imitating gestures observed on other La Liga pitches since Friday.
Sportingly, Atlético Madrid, which remained on two defeats in its last three outings, returned to success thanks to two achievements from the young Giuliano Simeone, son of the legendary Argentine coach, well launched on the right wing by his compatriot Nahuel Molina (37th, 1-0), and Norwegian striker Alexander Sortloth (84th, 2-0), who came on in the second half.
The Colchoneros climb onto the podium
The Colchoneros, fifth at kick-off, thus recover their third place with 23 points, one length behind their neighbor and rival Real Madrid (2nd, 24 points), whose meeting in Valencia was postponed due to flooding, and seven from FC Barcelona (1st, 30 points). Barça faces Espanyol Barcelona in the afternoon at Montjuic.
Another meeting was postponed due to deadly floods, that between Villarreal (east) and Rayo Vallecano.
On Saturday, Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone estimated that there was no “no sense” to maintain this championship day, to which the president of La Liga Javier Tebas responded that “the best message” was “not to stop, except in affected areas”by sharing a Red Cross donation call number.
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