For a long time sluggish and without ideas, Atlético can thank “Grizou”. Down 1-0 at the hour mark by Leganés, the Madrid club ended up overwhelming their neighbor (3-1) thanks to a goal from French striker Antoine Griezmann, well placed in the area to cut a cross from Giuliano Simeone to a few minutes from time (81st, 2-1).
In a Metropolitano stadium behind closed doors due to the bullets that caused the interruption of the Madrid derby against Real (1-1), the rojiblanco club surprised itself in the first half by granting the lead to the former Saint player -Étienne Yvan Neyou (34th, 1-0), but returned to the game in the second half thanks to a nice backheel from Sorloth (69th, 1-1).
Upcoming exams for Lenglet
Antoine Griezmann, once again decisive, thought he would be sent off for a poorly controlled tackle but the referee decided to transform his red card into a yellow card after seeing the video (89th). In this way, Sorloth scored a brace at the end of injury time (90th + 9, 3-1) completing a significant success for the Colchoneros, three days before receiving Lille in the Champions League. The Colchoneros are now third with 20 points.
The only flaw for Diego Simeone’s men is the other French international present this Sunday, the central defender Clément Lenglet, who arrived at Atlético this summer, left the pitch visibly injured on his knee after an unfortunate contact with a teammate, the Belgian Axel Witsel (65th). The details of his injury are not yet known. He will undergo in-depth tests on Monday.
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