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Spanish Football League title-holders Atletico Madrid suffered a shocking loss to bottom Alaves 0-1 as Villarreal held back host Real Madrid by forcing them to a goalless draw , Saturday, during the seventh stage.
In the first game, veteran Victor LaGuardia’s header was enough in the fourth minute to inflict Argentina coach Diego Simeone’s first defeat this season, after four wins and two draws. Alaves had lost all five of their games before Saturday’s surprise.
Despite their relatively good score this season, Atletico grabbed the points with difficulty, while Villarreal equalized in the deadly time (2-2) and won in the last breath over Espanyol 2-1, all reversing his delay against Getafe with a victory goal in the murderous moments with a brace for veteran Uruguayan striker Luis Soares, who played a key player on Saturday alongside Frenchman Antoine Griezmann failed.
But on Saturday at the small Mendisorosa stadium, the Rojiblancos could not turn the numbers this time, and suffered their first defeat before facing Milan, Italy on Tuesday in the Champions League.
The capital’s players were absent from the reflections and threatened Alaves’ goal only in rare cases. Simeone tried to change the equation by making three changes in the 60th minute, but his tactics failed.
On the other hand, captain LaGuardia was the star of the game, scoring his side’s second goal this season, as he saved his own goal early in the second half on a goal from Argentina’s Rodrigo. from Paul.
Atlético’s balance froze at 14 points and fell to third place with a goal difference behind Sevilla, who continued their relaunch and took their second straight and fourth victory this season by beating their guest l ‘Espanyol with two net goals scored by Moroccan international Youssef Al-Nusairi (13) and Rafael Vicente Mir (87).
It should be noted that Sevilla have a postponed game against Barcelona.
Simeone expressed his displeasure at the loss, and admitted at a press conference the lack of ideas, “We have had this before against Espanyol and Porto (the Portuguese in the European Champions League). Today (Saturday), we really ran out of ideas. The entry of Argentina’s Angel Correa helped us in the second half thanks to his qualifications. Technique, his forays and his superiority in bilateral confrontations. I don’t like it face teams that lose a lot because they will end their disappointing streak with victory, and unfortunately we fell into this trap today. “
In the second match at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium in Madrid, Real Madrid fell into the trap of a disappointing draw against their guest Villarreal, but the latter was the most dangerous and the closest to victory. The royal club’s winning streak ended at four.
This is the capital club’s second draw this season, against 5 wins, which consolidates its leading position with 17 points, 3 points ahead of Sevilla.
The “yellow submarine” team were the most dangerous in the first half, and the Nigerian-born Dutchman Arno Danjuma almost did it by breaking into the box and hitting a powerful ball, which was barely pushed back by Belgian international goalkeeper Thibaut. Courteous in a corner (13).
And the same player returned to threaten the Madrid goal when he received a ball inside the box and handled Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde and shot him near the right post (38).
Portuguese defender Eder Militao almost gave Real Madrid the advantage with a header after a free kick to the side of Croatia international Luka Modric, but his ball went close to the right post (50).
Courtois continued to shine and blocked a powerful shot from Danjuma from outside the box, and he bounced off him, and Brazilian defender Eder Militao pushed him back in a corner that didn’t pay off ( 54).
Substitute Isco almost opened the scoring with a close-range header after a cross pass from fellow Belgium international Eden Hazard, but the guest keeper shoved him away with his hands and braced ahead of Brazilian Vinicius Junior , which hit the former Real. defender Raul Albiol and shot outside the field (82).
In a third game, Brazilian striker Marcos Andre saved his Valencia side from a third straight defeat (he fell to Real Madrid and Sevilla) by equalizing against his guest Athletic Bilbao in the fifth minute of extension.
Athletic Bilbao were on the verge of restoring balance after a draw with Atletico Madrid and a loss to Rayo Vallecano when they advanced with a goal from Inigo Martinez in the 69th minute, but Andre equalized in the timeout despite the numerical lack in his team after his Uruguayan striker Maximiliano Gomes was sent off in the 82nd minute.
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