Atletico held in check despite Griezmann

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By: Manu Tournoux

Bad operation for Atletico de Madrid who only drew on Wednesday at Celtic Glasgow (2-2), in a Champions League group match. FC Porto won in Antwerp (1-4).

Second draw in three Champions League matches for Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann’s partners came close to disaster on the pitch at Celtic Glasgow on Wednesday evening (2-2). After Kyogo Furuhashi opened the scoring on the Scottish side (4th), Antoine Griezmann equalized in two stages, after missing a penalty (1-1, 25th). But in the process, Celtic regained the advantage through Luis Palma (28th). The equalizer will finally be validated by the Madrilenians thanks to Alvaro Morata (53rd). The Colchoneros will finish at ten, after the second yellow received by Raul de Paul at the end of the match (82nd).

In the Group E standings, Atletico remains one point behind leader Feyenoord and only one point ahead of Lazio. Celtic are dead last with just one unit on the clock. At the same time, FC Porto did not provide details on the Antwerp pitch. The Dragons won easily (1-4). If the first period was Belgian with the goal from Alhassan Yusuf (1-0, 37th), Porto completely reversed the situation in the second half with a festival from Evanilson, author of a hat-trick (46th, 69th and 84th) , without forgetting the goal of Stephen Eustaquio (54th). The club from the Portuguese capital finds itself second in Group H, three points behind FC Barcelona and the same amount ahead of Shakhtar.

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