Atlético Madrid 1-0 Athletic Club: overcomes 1-0 with a goal scored by A. Griezmann
BILBAO. Atlético Madrid prevails over Athletic Club 1-0 after A. Griezmann scored just 1 goal (47').
BILBAO. Atlético Madrid tops Athletic Club 1-0 after A. Griezmann scored just 1 goal (47′). Athletic Club was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the San Mamés Barria stadium in Bilbao on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jorge Figueroa Vázquez who was helped by Álvaro Yeray Carreño Cabrera and Teodoro Sobrino Magán. The 4th official was Alberto Fuente Martín. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 18.6 degrees Celsius or 65.39 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.
Match Statistics
Athletic Club was in firm control of the ball 61% while Atlético Madrid was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Athletic Club was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Atlético Madrid was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Athletic Club shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Athletic Club. On the opposite side, Atlético Madrid received 7 yellow cards (D. Simeone, J. M. Gimenez, A. Morata, J. Oblak, S. Niguez, A. Witsel and I. Grbic).
After playing this match, Athletic Club will stay with 17 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Atlético Madrid will have 16 points like Real Betis and Real Sociedad to stay in the 4th place.
Match Events
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10'10'
Á. Morata (Goal Disallowed)
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36'36'
D. Simeone
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36'36'
J. M. Gimenez
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47'47'
A. Griezmann
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58'58'
A. Morata
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67'67'
R. Garcia
I. Muniain
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68'68'
J. Oblak
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69'69'
Ángel Correa
Rodrigo de Paul
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69'69'
Ivo Grbic
Jan Oblak
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69'69'
Saúl
Álvaro Morata
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80'80'
A. Villalibre
N. Williams
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80'80'
O. Zarraga
O. Sancet
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82'82'
A. Witsel
Koke
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82'82'
Joao Felix
T. Lemar
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85'85'
S. Niguez
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86'86'
Dani Vivian
Yeray Álvarez
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86'86'
Dani García
Mikel Vesga
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90'90'
A. Witsel
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90'90'
I. Grbic
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90'90'
Ivo Grbic
Next match
In the upcoming La Liga match, Athletic Club will play away with Getafe on the 18th of October with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Athletic Club (14 draws).
Atlético Madrid will host Rayo Vallecano on the 18th of October with a 13-1 head to head statistic in favor of Atlético Madrid (2 draws).
Athletic Club: Formation and Lineups
Athletic Club started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ernesto Valverde Tejedor chose to play with the following team: Unai Simón , Óscar de Marcos , Yeray Álvarez , Iñigo Martínez , Íñigo Lekue , Oihan Sancet , Mikel Vesga , Nico Williams , Iker Muniain , Álex Berenguer and Iñaki Williams .
Substitutes
Athletic Club made 5 changes: I. Muniain for R. Garcia (67′), N. Williams for A. Villalibre (80′), O. Sancet for O. Zarraga (80′), M. Vesga for D. Garcia (86′) and Y. Alvarez for D. Vivian (86′).
Top player: Mikel Vesga
Probably the most impressive player in Athletic Club was Mikel Vesga.
His rating is
with 54 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16.Atlético Madrid: Formation and Lineups
Atlético Madrid started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Diego Pablo Simeone played with: Jan Oblak , Nahuel Molina , Stefan Savić , José María Giménez , Reinildo Isnard Mandava , Rodrigo de Paul , Koke , Geoffrey Kondogbia , Thomas Lemar , Álvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann .
Substitutes
Atlético Madrid made 5 changes: J. Oblak for I. Grbic (69′), R. de Paul for S. Niguez (69′), A. Morata for A. Correa (69′), Koke for A. Witsel (82′) and T. Lemar for Joao Felix (82′).
Top player: Geoffrey Kondogbia
The player who no doubt impressed Atlético Madrid the most was Geoffrey Kondogbia even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is
with 46 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.Results of the day
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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