Atlético Madrid lost two points on Saturday in their distance duel with Valencia and Real Madrid, who will face each other on Sunday, by conceding at home the draw against the Basques of Athletic Bilbao (0-0) in the 5th day of La Liga.
The Madrilenians, defending champions, now have 11 points, one ahead of Valencia and Real, with whom they shared the chair of the leaders before this 5th day and who face each other on Sunday evening in Valencia in a duel at the top.
Griezmann never in the game and replaced in the 54th minute of play
Returned to the last hours of the transfer window in the club which revealed him at the highest level after two seasons in Barcelona, the Blues striker Antoine Griezmann, replaced by the other ex-Barcelona Luis Suarez at the start of the second half ( 54), has still not scored this season for the “Colcheneros”, with whom he played his second La Liga game since his transfer.
Antoine Griezmann SERGIO PEREZ / REUTERS
Whistled bluntly in the Champions League on Wednesday when it came into play by the public from the Wanda-Metropolitano stadium, Griezmann, this time holder, received this time a slightly warmer welcome, but was hardly more convincing, for example not registering any shot on target. The “Matelassiers” played in the last minutes of the game at 10, after the 77th minute dismissal of Portuguese striker João Félix. Still undefeated, Athletic Bilbao was after the meeting in 4th place in La Liga, with 9 points. For the Madrilenians, who touched the post in the 75th by Marcos Llorente, but also came close to defeat when Asier Villalibre missed the target against Oblak in the 90th + 2, this is the third draw at home in a row,after the 0-0 recorded Wednesday against Porto in the Champions League, and a 2-2 conceded on August 29 against Villareal in La Liga.
Before this meeting, a former Atlético Madrid, Colombian striker Rayo Vallecano Radamel Falcao, also passed by Monaco and Galatasaray, celebrated his return to La Liga with a late goal to seal the 3-0 victory of his own against Getafe. Entered in the 71st, Falcao scored a goal in the 82nd for his new team, which at the end of this meeting was in 7th place in the championship. Globetrotter of European football, including Porto (2009-2011), Atlético Madrid (2011-2013), Monaco (2013-2014 then 2016-2019), Manchester United (2014-2015) and Chelsea (2015- 2016), the “Tiger” left his mark on Spanish football during his first visit. At Atlético, he notably won the Europa League and the European Supercup in 2012, scoring a hat-trick against Chelsea.
