Atlético Madrid Defeats Valencia | Argentine Players Shine

It was a momentous match for him. Atlético de Madrid and the team of Cholo Simeone He played it as such. Although he did not shine in terms of performance, the Colchonero achieved a hard-fought home victory that brings it closer to the top of La Ligafrom where he was away several dates ago. With the presence of six Argentines on the field and one great goal by Lucas Beltránone of them, Atleti won 2 to 1 against the Valencia in the Metropolitano and got into Champions League positions.

Until the match was finished, Atlético had a hard time getting a foothold in a match that began with both teams very measured in attack. However, From a stopped ball, the local team managed to find the key to the goal in just 15′ of the first half. After a series of rebounds after a corner from the right, the ball floated in the heart of the Valencia area and Sooncaptain and emblem of Aleti, came in to hit a bomb at the near post to make it 1-0.

With this goal, the local team tried to get the ball, something they did not achieve and ended up suffering, since Valencia created several clear chances. One of them was Hugo Duro’s shot against the crossbar and the other was a goal by Pepelu that, due to a very fine offside, was disallowed at 34′ of this first half. Despite these turbulences, Atleti went into halftime with a partial victory that helped them leave ST with an advantage.

Although the team looked more comfortable during the first minutes, the arrivals of Le Normand, Gallagher, Almada and Griezmann; as well as the departures of Molina, Nico González, Julián Álvarez and Pablo Barrios They made Colchonero lose brand and dynamics in the middle of the fieldsomething that was evident in the tying goal, which did not take long to arrive.

After a very good double wall with André Almeida in three quarters of the court, Beltrán took the ball on the edge of the areahe got rid of the recently admitted Thiago Almada with one foot at a time and He did not hesitate to hit a right-footed shot that hit the near post. of the goal defended by Jan Oblak.

Pressed by the result and with just under thirty minutes left in the game, Simeone’s team began to propose more in attack due to the need to achieve a victory in La Liga. Through several deliveries behind the backs of the two Valencia defenders and thousands of diagonals from the Atleti attackers, the local team was able to generate dangerous chances, of which they ended up converting one.

With the clock showing 20′ of the second half, Marc Pubill, Colchonero’s defender, made a good pass from the galley into space that found Antoine Griezmannwho With a superb control of his left foot he killed the ball to end up defining the near post and thus give the much-needed victory to Atleti.

Thus, the Madrid team returned to the path of victory at the local level, where it came from two consecutive defeats (Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao). Thanks to this victory, Simeone’s team maintained its fourth place in the general table, although it is still far from reaching the leader Barcelona, ​​a team from which it is six points away. Valencia, for its part, remains at the bottom of the table and is left with 15 points, which places it in 16th position.