Thanks to a penalty obtained and transformed at the very end of the match, Antoine Griezmann offered victory to Atlético de Madrid who hosted Real Sociedad on Sunday (2-1, 9th day of La Liga).
THE Colchoneros were hot again! Last week, Diego Simeone’s men came back from nowhere when they were trailing 0-2 at home by Cadiz, after only twenty-seven minutes of play. Author of a double, Angel Correa was the hero of the day and great architect of a stunning victory (3-2). This Sunday, it was Antoine Griezmann who wore this costume. Thanks to a penalty obtained by him against Real Sociedad, the Basque transformed the offering to offer his team a fourth success in a row in the championship (2-1). He took the opportunity to be elected man of the match.
Against his former club, the very place where he had revealed himself, “Grizou” did not show his feelings and therefore transformed the sentence after a handball from the unfortunate Carlos Fernandez in the Basque area. Before this winning goal scored in the 89th minute, it was Samuel Lino who opened the scoring for the locals in the first period (1-0, 22nd), before the indestructible Mikel Oyarzabal equalized for Sociedad (1- 1, 73e). Thanks to this success, Atlético de Madrid consolidates its fourth place in the standings and takes the opportunity to make a gap with its opponent of the day who finds himself fifteenth, four points behind.
Villarreal is still sinking
A little earlier in the afternoon, Villarreal fell further by losing at home against promoted Las Palmas (1-2). Fourth match in a row without success in La Liga for the “yellow submarine” who is slowly but surely getting closer to the depths of the ranking, he who is now provisionally sixteenth and who could even find himself in the red zone at the end of this day. Las Palmas is tenth.
