Míchel, the Girona coach, already warned within the preview that this Monday they have been dealing with the fittest staff within the League, and Simeone's males agreed with him by chaining their ninth sport with out dropping.
Míchel, the Girona coach, already warned within the preview that this Monday they have been dealing with the fittest staff within the League, and Simeone's males agreed with him by chaining their ninth sport with out dropping. Now, on this event, Atlético added the three factors in extremis, due to a solitary objective from Morata in added time that needed to be validated by VAR.
Each those and the others went out onto the pitch with a predictable eleven. Within the case of the individuals from Girona, with the return of David López and Miguel Gutiérrez to the line of defense, whereas with respect to the individuals of Madrid, with a single change from the one who thrashed in opposition to Sevilla on the final day, with the entry of Nahuel Molina for Witsel.
The match began very open, with a really excessive tempo of play and with a slight dominance by the locals who within the first quarter of an hour approached the world round Oblak with extra hazard. In any case, it was the colchoneros, by means of Griezmann, who loved the primary clear probability, though his shot was too targeted. Earlier than half an hour, Griezmann himself gained the again of the Girona protection and crossed a ball from the left that Memphis, all by himself, completed acrobatically over the crossbar. And Mario Hermoso nonetheless had one other from a nook however his header additionally went extensive.
And on this means, little by little, nearly as if by inertia, Atlético was gaining floor in a Girona that got here to half-time operating after the ball and attempting to create hazard solely on the counterattack.
Going by means of the locker room didn't change the dynamics even though a convoluted play contained in the native space, as quickly because it began, once more broke the rhythm of the sport. The mattresses complained about some arms from Oriol Romeu and though initially Melero López didn't see something, González González made him verify from the VAR – the identical one which had been the protagonist 24 hours earlier than additionally because the individual answerable for the video arbitration of the Barça match in San Mamés– . However the Andalusian referee not solely didn't see an infraction by Romeu, however he ended up mentioning a foul within the guests' assault.
The minutes handed and discovering himself unable to hurt Girona in assault, Simeone opted to make a triple substitution and introduced on Correa, De Paul and Morata, the person who would find yourself giving him the three factors.
Earlier than, nonetheless, Girona had a few good possibilities. It could have been particularly anthological if David López had been capable of overcome Oblak with a shot from midfield that the Slovenian goalkeeper took nearly beneath the identical line when half a stadium was already singing the objective. And moments later, Roro Riquelme - on mortgage exactly from Atlético - acquired an unmarked ball, on the fringe of the world, which Oblak saved once more
And when it appeared that the 2 groups would share the factors, on the exit of a nook Morata put the toe of his boot to beat Gazzaniga from the far put up and provides victory to his staff. Girona additionally noticed how within the closing stretch two of Míchel's fixtures in midfield, Aleix Garcia and Oriol Romeu, had to get replaced on account of bodily issues.
0 - Girona FC: Gazzaniga; Arnau, Santi Bueno, David López, Miguel; Romeu (Iván Martín, min. 75), Aleix García (Bernardo, min. 87); Tsygankov (Toni Villa, min. 87), Borja García (Valery, min. 64), Riquelme; and Castellanos (Stuani, min. 75).
1 - Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Molina, Savic, José María Giménez, Mario Hermoso, Carrasco (Saúl, min. 76); Marcos Llorente (Rodrigo de Paul, min. 62), Koke (Witsel, min. 81), Lemar (Correa, min. 62); Memphis (Morata, min. 62) and Griezmann.
Targets: 0-1, min. 90 1: Morata.
Referee: Melero López (Andalusian committee). He admonished the locals Stuani (min. 90 11) and Gazzaniga (min. 90 12) and the guests Marcos Llorente (min. 57), Savic (min. 66) and Rodrigo de Paul (90 8).
Incidents: Match of the twenty-fifth day of LaLiga Santander, performed on the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi earlier than 12,499 followers.
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