Atlético de Madrid established itself within the Champions League zone thanks to its 1-0 victory at the ground of its neighbor Rayo Vallecano (13th), this Saturday in the 29th day of the Spanish LaLiga, where on Sunday the Real Madrid-Barcelona.
Waiting for that Clásico, Atlético provisionally placed third, with 54 points, three units more than Barça, who is now fourth.
Koke Resurrection combined perfectly with Joao Félix and ended up scoring in the 49th minute. The Argentine Ángel Correa was sent off in the 85th minute and Atlético finished with ten players. Colombian Radamel Falcao García did not play for Rayo due to injury.
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Atlético de Madrid regained its footing in the League
It is the fifth consecutive win for Atlético in LaLiga, where for the moment they are five points above the fifth, becoming strong in the ‘Top 4’ that qualifies for the next Champions League. Betis (5th) plays on Sunday at Celta’s ground (11th).
It has also been a great week for the ‘mattress’ team, who won 1-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday to eliminate Manchester United in the round of 16 of the Champions League, where Friday’s draw paired them for the quarterfinals with Manchester City.
Like this it was the rest of the day in the Spanish League
In the rest of the matches on Saturday, Valencia (9th) also won as a visitor in a derby, in their case by 1-0 at Elche (14th), with a goal from the Portuguese Gonçalo Guedes (50). Elche finished with one man less due to the expulsion in the final discount of the Colombian Johan Mojica.
Granada (16th) achieved a valuable victory in the fight for permanence by winning 3 to 2 in the field of Alavés (19th), which, on the other hand, is complicated in that same race and remains in the red zone. The winning goal for Granada was scored by Colombian Luis Suárez in the 87th minute.
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The bottom Levante is sinking deeper and deeper into the second division and lost 3-1 at Osasuna (10th), who won with goals from the Argentine ‘Chimy’ Ávila (44), the Croatian Ante Budimir (57) and the Serbian Darko Brasanac (64).
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with AFP
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