The bottom team Levante won 1-0 in the field of Atlético de Madrid (5th) this Wednesday in a late game of LaLiga matchday 21, deepening the doubts of the rojiblanco team that receives Manchester United in the Champions League next week.
A goal by Gonzalo Melero (54) gave three golden points for Levante’s aspirations
to leave the bottom of the leaderboard that it still occupies.
The rojiblanco team, which had beaten Getafe 4-3 last weekend, was unable to maintain its winning ways in a game in which Atlético suffered pressure from the visitors.
After this result, Atlético is left with 39 points, tied with Barcelona, fourth and that closes the Champions zone.
The reigning league champion again showed problems in defense, which complicate his aspirations to get into the top four of the championship.
A cloudy Athletic
Atlético did not disturb the opposing goal in the first half, while Levante were able to take the lead in a one-on-one that Jorge de Frutos lost to goalkeeper Jan Oblak (22).
Levante pressed the rojiblanco game, quickly recovering the ball to plant themselves for speed in the opposite area.
Atlético, hampered by the good positioning of the rival, tried to get down the flanks to put balls into the area in search of Matheus Cunha and Ángel Correa, who were the starting forwards.
Luis Suárez and Joao Félix, who watched the game start from the bench, came on in the second half, coinciding with an improvement in Atlético’s game, which advanced lines and put more intensity into the pressure.
At Atlético’s best moment, Levante found the goal when Gonzalo Melero took advantage of a pass into the area to unleash a shot that Oblak managed to touch, without preventing it from slipping into his goal (53). Behind on the scoreboard, Simeone moved the bench in search of more mordant, but he found Levante well placed and successful in defense.
Specialist in coming back games in the last minutes, Atlético turned in the last minutes on the opposite goal, but without managing to move the scoreboard.
Atlético remains in fifth league position, fifteen points behind the leader Real
Madrid, and tied on 39 points with Barcelona, fourth classified.
AFP
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