Frenchman Antoine Griezmann allowed Atlético de Madrid to win against Valencia in La Liga (2-1).
After two consecutive defeats in La Liga, Atlético Madrid returned to success on Saturday against Valencia 2-1 thanks to a beautiful goal from Antoine Griezmann, during the 16th day.
The Madrilenians (34 points) consolidate their fourth place and temporarily return to six points behind the leader, FC Barcelona, which welcomes the poorly ranked Osasuna on Saturday late afternoon.
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Against Valencia (16th), Diego Simeone’s players opened the scoring thanks to Koke, lying in wait in the area after a first strike from Alexander Sorloth was pushed back (17th). But after the break, Lucas Beltran superbly equalized by sending the ball into the left corner (63rd).
Griezmann, who entered on the hour mark, offered victory to his team by achieving a very good sequence of control and powerful strike from the left (74th).
«In the end, I’m there when the team needs me. It was the team that played in the Champions League this week, they gave a lot, and we, the substitutes, went in to look for and find the little spark“, welcomed Griezmann at the microphone of Movistar+.
