A hymn to offensive football and entertainment. Girona defeated Atlético de Madrid 4-3 (3rd) and drew again with Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish championship table, which has concluded its first round.
This victory, the 15th in 19 matches for Míchel’s surprising team, leaves Girona with the same 48 points as Real Madrid, who had narrowly defeated Mallorca a few hours earlier.
In a crazy match, the locals took the lead thanks to their captain Valery with a great shot in the 2nd minute.
An inspired Álvaro Morata, who scored a hat-trick, responded in the 15th minute before Brazilian Savinho (27′) and Dutchman Daley Blind (39′) gave Girona a two-goal lead.
But Morata sent him to the locker room with a tight 3-2 (44) and the Spanish national team striker equalized with a chipped ball in the 54th. well served on both occasions by the Argentine Rodrigo de Paul.
De Paul takes the ball in front of Pablo Torre’s mark. EFE/Siu WuThe two teams neutralized each other in an intense and balanced match that kept the crowd at the Montilivi stadium in suspense until Iván Martín slipped the ball into the corner of Jan Oblak’s goal in injury time (90 +1).
Atlético’s Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, for his part, has scored 173 goals with the red and white shirt, and will have to wait to surpass Luis Aragonés’ record.
The Madrid team remains ten points behind its neighbors Real Madrid and Girona, the same as FC Barcelona, which will visit Las Palmas on Thursday.
Source: Clarin
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