On Monday afternoon, the Atletico Madrid premiered on Spanish Championship 2023/24 with a 3-1 victory over Granada, at the Cívitas Metropolitano Stadium, in the capital of Spain. Álvaro Morata, Memphis Depay and Marcos Llorente scored the home goals, while Samu decreased.
Thus, the Madrid team has the first three points in the competition and takes fourth place. In turn, with zero goals, the visiting team is in 16th place.
In the next round, therefore, Atlético de Madrid will visit Betis, at 4:30 pm (Brasília time) on Sunday (20), at Benito Villamarín Stadium, in Seville (ESP). At the same time on Monday, Granada receives Rayo Vallecano, at Los Cármenes Stadium, in Granada (ESP).
Atletico Madrid and Granada goals
The first goal of the game came in the last minutes of the initial stage. At 49 minutes, Granada’s defense avoided a bad cross in the area, and the ball was left with Morata. The Spaniard dominated and, unmarked, hit goalkeeper André Ferreira on the way out to open the scoring.
On the way back from the break, the visiting club reached the tie in the 17th minute. Carrasco tried to leave the defensive field alone and lost possession to Gonzalo Villar. The midfielder, who had entered the field four minutes ago, kicked cross to the middle of the area, where Samu was, who just put his foot to push Oblak into the back of the net.
The happiness of the Granada fans was short-lived. Just five minutes after the tie, Memphis Depay put Atlético Madrid ahead again. Soyuncu stole the ball in the midfield and set off Carrasco, who found the striker in the central area. The number 9 dominated by adjusting to his right foot and dropped a bomb from afar, surprising the opposing goalkeeper and scoring a great goal.
Finally, in the 53rd minute of the second half, Marcos Llorente gave final numbers to the confrontation. After a move from the right with Ángel Correa, who carried the ball in “leaps and bounds” from the side to the area, it was left for the versatile Spaniard to beat under André Ferreira and make it 3 to 1.
Plus three to start the season 🔴⚪🔥 pic.twitter.com/kuWBepojth
— Atletico Madrid (@Atleti) August 14, 2023
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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