Atlético, with many rotations, defeated a harmless Valencia in the Metropolitano and with its victory Simeone’s team equals Barcelona in third place in the standings, with 44 points. Valencia thus breaks a good streak because they appeared in Madrid after four consecutive victories in the League.
Atlético was more in tune. They played with more intensity and Simeone’s men had plenty of chances in the first half, especially through Griezmann, who ran into Mamardashvili, but they only scored through Samuel Lino on the stroke of half-time after a pass from Griezmann himself. Thus the law of the former was fulfilled.
The second goal would come shortly after the start of the second half, in the 57th minute. Valencia had come out well, but they defended poorly on a counterattack, a play that Koke started with a pass to Molina and a cross from him that Memhis Depay took advantage of, who had already He scored in the Cup against Sevilla. The Dutchman is living his best moments in the Atlético shirt.
From there Valencia began to dominate the ball clearly, but the play of the match was once again from Memphis Depay, a hat with the spur to Mosquera and then a volley that narrowly missed him in what would have been one of the goals of the season.
In the 70th minute, De Burgos Bengoetxea gave a penalty for Gayà’s knockdown of Molina. They notified him from the VOR room, he went to the monitor and reversed his decision when he realized that the defender had touched the ball.
Valencia tried until the end, but without any bite and without Oblak having to intervene. Javi Guerra’s shot over the crossbar was his last chance. Atlético remains intractable in its stadium, where on Wednesday it hosts Rayo Vallecano in a match postponed due to the Spanish Super Cup dispute.
