2023-08-29 11:20:32
And Vallecano Ray finally arrived in the neighborhood to debut with his people after two days playing as a visitor and in which he added victories -against UD Almería and Granada FC-, also leaving a very good feeling in the last game against Granada FC with a Álvaro García who has started at an impressive level since the preseason began. And as Francisco pointed out in the preview, they came wanting to debut at home and being the only team that had left a clean sheet until today.
For their part, those of Simeone traveled to Vallecas adding a resounding victory at the Metropolitano and a draw at Villamarín against Betis in a fairly thick match in which he was not able to score and the colchoneros sought to make up for it. For this, Cholo introduced changes in the eleven compared to last day and instead of playing with a 5-3-2 he went out with a 4-4-2 sitting Azpilicueta and advancing Carrasco and removing Lemar and Marcos Llorente to draw the Pablo Barrios and Saúl who together with De Paul would form the midfield.
Francisco also made changes and decided to RDT is coming after giving him a few minutes in Los Cámenes to the detriment of Nteka, for the rest, the man from Almería did not touch anything more compared to the previous day that gave him such good results.
Atlético was ahead very soon
And it is that this time Rayo did not show off what they always do at home and that the Argentine coach highlighted in the previous press conference: going out to bite, on the contrary. Griezzman put his team ahead in minute 2 when the players were just settling down on the recently released Vallecas grass.
Those from the southeast of Madrid were trying to recover from the blow when The second of the rojiblancos arrived, Saúl put a cross into the area that Aridane was unable to clear and Depay put it inside – although minutes later he would leave due to injury. He was not going to be the last to receive a Lightning strike that, although he looked eager, was not at all successful in defense.
Thirty minutes had gone by in the first act when the locals seemed to wake up and shake off the pressure, but it didn’t last long since in minute 35, youth squad player Barrios -who was one of the best of the game- stole a ball, gave it to De Paul and he put it for Nahuel Molina who put it between Dimitrievski’s legs in the face of Francisco’s anger and disbelief in the band. The break was coming and despite leaving three goals behind on the scoreboard, nothing presaged what was going to happen in the second act.
Morata celebrating the fourth goal. Photo: EFE
Lightning was neither there nor expected
I was trying on the break shake the hornet’s nest Francisco and introduced changes to try to surprise Atlético and gave entry to Ciss and Nteka for Trejo and unai lopez and, although at first it seemed that the strategy was working and the visitors locked themselves behindThe reality is that this was a mirage. Rayo, who had nothing to lose, went up, which gave Cholo’s men more space to appear more clearly in the area of those on the strip.
In one of these came the mattress room and Saúl attended again, this time to Morata. From then on, Rayo was diluted with a midfield that was more offensive than defensive, Correa and company did as they pleased in the face of the impotence of the Isi, Álvaro and company who did not have their best night.
Correa was going to put the fifth after a bad pass from Dimitrievski who put the ball at his feet so that the Argentine scored his first goal in this league championship, scoring a teaspoon above the goalkeeper. The 79th minute was running but those from the strip were already asking for the time… the Vallecanos saw too much punishment against a team that scored a goal every time they arrived.
The sixth and seventh were to arrive in less than three minutes: Morata scored the sixth in minute 84 after a pass from Correa and Marcos Llorente would close the night at 87. The final minutes served for Cholo to try things and for Rayo to realize once again that, despite the storm, they are never alone since the fans never stopped cheering .
It’s time to get up and think about Betis, since after the hard corrective Villamarín seems like a complicated fiefdom, for its part, Atlético will receive Sevilla at home.
Datasheet:
Vallecano Ray: Dimitrievsky; Balliu, Aridane, Lejeune, P. Hawthorne (Chavarria, 81′); Isi (De Frutos, 66′), U. Lopez (Pathé Ciss, 45′), Trejo (Nteka, 45′), Ó. Valentine, Á. Garcia; De Thomas (Camel, 59′).
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; N. Molina, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso, Carrasco (Samuel Lino, 66′); Saúl, Barrios (Soyuncu, 75′), De Paul (Llorentem 66′); Griezmann (Correa, 75′), Memphis (Álvaro Morata, 35′).
Goals: 0-1, Griezmann (Min.2); 0-2, Memphis (Min.15); 0-3, Molina (Min.36); 0-4, Morata (Min.72); 0-5, Correa (Min.79); 0-6, Morata (Min.84); 0-7, Llorente (Min.85).
Referee: Munuera Montero (Andalusian). WHERE: Figueroa Vazquez (Andalusian) He admonished Isi (Min.38), Barrios (Min.48), Lejeune (Min.64), Griezmann (Min.74), Espino (Min.80), Hermoso (Min.86); Balliu (Min.87)
Incidences: Match of the third day of the League, played at the Estadio de Vallecas in front of some 14,000 spectators.
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