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Atlético de Madrid set themselves apart from local rival Real by at least one day in the fight for the Spanish soccer championship title. The Madrilenians beat Real Sociedad 2-0 on Tuesday night in the hit of the 15th round, leaving third place in the league at six points. In FC Barcelona’s 3-0 win at Real Valladolid, Lionel Messi faced the Catalans for the 644th time and became the sole world record holder.
At Atlético, it didn’t matter that the ailing offensive star Joao Félix was missing. Even without the 21-year-old Portuguese, Atlético recorded their 300th win in the 499th competitive match with coach Diego Simeone. The goals were scored by Mario Hermoso (49th) with a header and Marcos Llorente (74th) with a shot only after the break. “We knew how important the game is. Although it might look like that from the outside, it wasn’t easy,” Hermoso said.
The Society, meanwhile, is down, has lost for the third time in a row and now has nine competitive games without winning. Real Madrid are only in action against Granada on Wednesday, but have already played one more game than their local rivals. Barcelona raised five points to Real, fifth in the league. Clement Lenglet (21st) and Martin Braithwaite (35th) laid the foundations for success before the break. The final point was reserved for Messi.
With his 644 goal in competition for Barça, he set a new world record for goals for a single club in the 65th minute. Before he was tied with Brazilian Pelé (FC Santos). Messi also set up the second goal and was unlucky with a shot from the bar in the 92nd minute.
Those: APA
