Atlético continues to grow in the League and added its third consecutive victory, after the derby and the Sadar, this time against Cádiz, who took the lead with two goals in the Metropolitano, but could not resist the continuous attacks of the colchoneros who managed turn the scoreboard around. Atlético, with one less game (the postponed one against Sevilla), is already in the championship positions.
Cádiz had never been able to beat Atlético in the First Division and rarely seemed so close to doing so. Despite playing very defensively, they went 0-2 very soon with two counterattacks, the first culminated by Lucas Pires in the twelfth minute and then with a great Roger goal in the 37th minute with which he surpassed the departure of Oblak, who turned 400 yesterday. matches defending Simeone’s goal. It could have been even worse for the colchoneros because Fali, who would later be injured, was about to score from the center of the field in what would have been the goal of the day.
The problem for Cádiz turned out to be scoring their goals with an hour left. Atlético, in the heat of their fans, redoubled their attacks and Cádiz found themselves defending closer and closer to their goalkeeper.
The 1-2 came from a header from Correa after a sensational cross from Azpilicueta. The tie came in the first minute of the second half in a shot by Llorente, a rebound by Ledesma and a second shot by Nahuel Molina that hit a defender and went in.
After fifteen minutes, Simeone introduced a triple substitution to give more energy to his team: Samuel Lino, Rodrigo De Paul and Giménez were chosen. The 3-2 came in a team play that ended in a cross from Saul and again a shot from Ángel Correa, the man of the match and substitute for Álvaro Morata.
On the other hand, Osasuna vindicated itself in Mendizorroza. Sergio Herrera saved his team with several saves and then Arnaiz and Budimir sentenced Alavés, who were not successful in front of goal and played with ten throughout the second half due to the expulsion of Antonio Blanco. In the red team only Rubén Peña, the two center backs and Oroz repeated.
At the Villamarín, Betis accounted for (3-0) a Valencia that has lost steam. Pellegrini’s team won with goals from Assane Diao, Marc Roca and Abde.
At the Juegos del Mediterráneo stadium, the points were shared in a crazy match in which the locals reached half-time with a 3-0 lead thanks to a hat-trick by Luis Suárez. Granada equalized in 20 minutes after missing a penalty.
Ramazani and Luis Suárez scored the three goals for the Almeria team in five minutes before the break. However, Granada managed to lift the game in the second half on the back of Bryan Zaragoza and thanks to the appearance of Uzuni, who made it 3-3 with a brilliant finish.
The match went crazy in the 41st minute and things didn’t stop happening until the 102nd minute. The two posts in added time, one per team, left a bittersweet taste on both sides. Luis Suárez scored his hat trick in 5 minutes and 23 seconds, one of the fastest in the history of Spanish football. The Colombian player was accidentally injured while finishing off a ball in the 85th minute and ended up in the hospital with a broken fibula.
