Game is over and the final score is Celta 0-1 Atletico. Here is the match report.
Match Report
In the 7th round of the Spanish La Liga, in Balaídos, Atlético de Madrid, despite not having their best night, beat Celta in the final minutes thanks to a goal by Julián Álvarez. 'Cholo's' men had a weak match that Jan Oblak was able to hold on to with two 'blocks' and the Argentinean who came on in the second half and took advantage of the only obvious chance to score.
A first half marked by strong play, inaccuracies and few goal opportunities mainly for Atlético de Madrid, who barely had an approach to the rival goal through a cross from Griezmann.
Although there were not many dangerous chances, the home team had two clearest chances. First in the 9th minute, through Williot Swedberg, who received a cross from the right by Carreira and executed it poorly.
At the end of the game, in the 41st minute, Iago Aspas, who was having a great match, made space for himself at the edge of the area to unleash a powerful low shot that forced Jan Oblak to work hard, thus avoiding the fall of his goal.
In the second half, the trend continued with Celta taking the initiative against a lukewarm Atleti, who understood that it was not their day and tried to play intelligently without taking too many risks. It was in this scenario that the local team had the clearest chance of the night through a brutal header from point-blank range by Borja Iglesias, which Oblak heroically blocked.
Halfway through the second half and faced with a weak proposal from the team, Simeone sent Julián Álvarez, Rodrigo De Paul and Rodrigo Riquelme onto the field, and then put Ángel Correa in for Nahuel Molina.
The changes brought some vertigo to the team, and it was precisely towards the end that Riquelme gave Atleti their most dangerous chance up to that point. The striker led an individual play on the left, got into the area and shot hard and low, forcing the goalkeeper to make a notable intervention.
Towards the end, the home team once again wasted an excellent goal-scoring opportunity through Rodríguez, who had the winning goal, but just like his teammates, he was not sharp and failed to finish.
From the winning goal to the losing goal for Celta. After the miss, in the subsequent play the visitors found the winning goal at the feet of Julián Álvarez, who received a cross from the right by Griezmann, got ahead of the defense and defined to give a victory that was not fair but victory at last to a team that once again showed that, if you leave it alive, it will finish you off.
In this way, Simeone's team has 15 points in La Liga, taking third place on the podium, two behind Real Madrid and six behind leaders Barcelona, and in the next game they will host Madrid at home in a new edition of the Madrid classic. Meanwhile, Celta will host Girona at home, looking to turn around their bad moment.
