He Atlético de Madrid ended a streak of four consecutive away defeats in LaLiga by winning this Monday 0-1 at Nuevo Los Cármenes against Granadawhich remains penultimate in the classification and far from the permanence zone.
A goal by Álvaro Morata in the 54th minute allowed Atlético de Madrid to achieve victory little fine in the first half and much more toned in the second before a brave and impetuous Granada but without a goal.
Granada started the game better and dominated in the first quarter of an hour, althoughand only worried with a shot from Argentine Lucas Boyé that went astray.
Atlético de Madrid monopolized possession as the minutes passed, although they were slow and erratic in circulation against a Granada team that was always well positioned.
At half an hour the visitors appeared on the attack for the first time with an individual play by Rodrigo Riquelme that ended with the ball in the hands of the Argentine goalkeeper Augusto Batalla. The shot against the crossbar in the subsequent attack by Frenchman Antoine Griezmann was disallowed due to a previous lack of Marcos Llorente.
The colchoneros improved towards the end of the break and Álvaro Morata looked for the goal with a header but without aim, an option answered in the last part of the first half by a deflected shot from afar by Gerard Gumbau.
The start of the second half for Atlético was something else, as they were much more incisive and involved. in just five minutes they came close to scoring through the Brazilian Samuel Lino and the Argentine Rodrigo De Paul, the two players who came off the bench at half-time.
The sensations turned into a goal in the 54th minute with a shot from Morata after a cross from Griezmann for the 0-1although the play was analyzed for several minutes in the VOR Room by a possible offside of the attacker who did not exist, according to what the assistant said first and then the technology.
With the score in favor, Lino forgave the 0-2 in the next action before a successful Battle. Then Saúl Ñíguez also scored with a header, although this time there was no doubt that he was offside and it was disallowed.
Granada tried to go up to equalize the contest, but It barely put an Atlético in trouble that lived very calmly.
However, the Slovenian Jan Oblak intervened after Uruguayan Matías Arezo shot and Belgian Alex Witsel had to serve between the posts the shot by also Uruguayan Bruno Méndez.
With the locals dedicated in search of a tie, with more impetus than success, Griezmann had the sentence with a shot that hit the post.
In added time, with Atlético de Madrid suffering, Mario Hermoso avoided Matías Arezo’s goal between the sticks that would have tied the game.
Datasheet:
0 – Granada: Battle; Ricard (Antonio Puertas, m.85), Bruno Méndez, Ignasi Miquel, Carlos Neva; Sergio Ruiz, Gumbau (Melendo, m.80), Gonzalo Villar; Bryan (Callejón, m.80), Uzuni (Matías Arezo, m.67) and Lucas Boyé
1 – Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Nahuel Molina, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso, Riquelme (Lino, m.46); Barrios (Giménez, m.80), Llorente (De Paul, m.46), Saúl (Koke, m.75); Griezmann and Morata (Correa, m.75).
Gol: 0-1, (m.54) Morata.
Referee: Martinez Munuera (C. Valenciano). He showed yellow card to local Lucas Boyé (m.75) and visitors Saúl (m.72) and Savic (m.75).
Incidences: Match corresponding to matchday 21 of LaLiga played at the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium in front of 18,704 spectators.
2024-01-22 22:01:00
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