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2 – Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Llorente (De Paul, m. 57), Witsel, Hermoso, Reinildo, Riquelme (Lino, m. 57); Vermeeren (Molina, d. 46), Barrios, Saúl (Koke, d. 70); Memphis and Correa (Griezmann, d. 57).
1 – Rayo Vallecano: Dimitrievski; Ratiu (Baillu, m. 65), Aridane, Lejeune, Hawthorn; Isi (De Frutos, m. 75), Oscar Valentine, Kike Perez (Crespo, m. 65), Pep Chavarria; Alvaro Garcia (Trejo, m. 75); Camel (Falcao, m. 83).
Goals: 1-0, m. 35: Reinildo. 1-1, m. 42: Álvaro García. 2-1, m. 90: Memphis.
Referee: Soto Grado (C. Riojano). He cautioned the visitors Kike Pérez (m. 38) and Isi (m. 59) with a yellow card. He sent off Francisco, Rayo’s coach, in the 90th minute.
Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano. 47,003 spectators
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He Atlético de Madrid has won 2-1 against Rayo Vallecano thanks to a goal in the 90th minute by Memphis Depay, the forward who has been supporting the team lately. With this victory on the edgethe red and white team extends its good streak in the stadium Metropolitan and puts pressure on the fight for the League.
This Wednesday’s match corresponded to the 20th round of the League, which was postponed due to the Colchoneros’ participation in the Spanish Super Cup.
Atlético was unable to create chances until the 20th minute of play, when Depay showed off with two brilliant touches. The red and white team, very stuck until then, began to roam around the area of a very well-organized rival.
The second came shortly after after a delicatessen by Pablo Barrios in the center of the field, with two dribbles to get away from each rival on a span of land and launch a play that ended in a one-on-one Correa con Dimitrievski.
The scene was repeated shortly after and then the attacker beat the goalkeeper in fits and starts and was about to overtake Atlético. The VAR checked to see if the ball had crossed the goal line (in the replay it seemed like it had), but what was called was offside by the striker.
The home team’s goal finally came from a set piece in the 36th minute. Riquelme hung the ball and Reinildo overcame the defense At the far post, he headed it in and scored. In the replay she looked like the player He clearly grabbed his marker Lejeunebut the refereeing team did not consider that it was serious enough to be punishable.
But Rayo reacted and tied before the break (43) after a very well-connected play with the first touch that Álvaro Garcia finished with a great cross shot from the edge of the area.
In the second half the game stagnated again. Simeone sought the stimulus with the changes, successively bringing on the usual starters who this time started on the bench (Griezmann, De Paul or Koke). In fact, he exhausted the changes in the 69th minute.
Depay: the first canceled, the second validated
But they created few chances and the next one was played by the two most inspired red and whites from the start, with a assistance from Barrios to Depay so that he could dial with a single touch. But the goal was disallowed for a tight offside.
Finally, when the 90th minute was reached, Griezmann He got hold of a ball, won an aerial duel (Rayo protested a lot because they considered it was a foul in attack) and put in a cross so that Depay once again sent the ball into the back of the net.
Depay takes five goals in the team’s last five games. And Atleti has 47 points and is eight behind the leader Girona after 22 games. In the middle, Real Madrid with 54 and one game less, which they will recover this Thursday.
Rayo, for its part, remains in 13th position with 24 points, eight above the relegation places.