Atlético de Madrid overtakes Sevilla and consolidates their advantage



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Atlético closed the first half with a 1-0 run through Argentine Ángel Correa 17, and in the second Saúl Nigues doubled 76 points, securing his thirteenth win this season.

Diego Simeone’s team has 41 points at the top of the table, 4 points ahead of Real Madrid, knowing that Atlético has two games postponed.

As for Sevilla, their scoreboard stopped at point 30 in sixth place.

Argentine coach Diego Simeone’s team confirmed their desire to win the title for the eleventh time in their history and the first time since the 2013-2014 season, by achieving their fifth consecutive victory and the thirteenth this season, raising their score to 41 points with two other games postponed, since you can raise the difference if you win them to 10 points. For rivals and neighbors of the capital’s first pole, Real Madrid.

Atlético de Madrid lost once so far, and it was against Real Madrid in particular, 0-2, in the thirteenth stage on December 12, followed by five consecutive victories, which confirmed their adherence to first place.

Atlético de Madrid has also become the second best offensive streak in the League with 31 goals, one goal difference against Real Madrid and six goals behind Barcelona, ​​knowing that they have the best defensive line in the League since They only conceded six goals and are the only team to have scored fewer than 10 goals. This season.

On the other hand, Sevilla lost their fifth this season and stayed by 30 points in sixth place with a postponed match.

Simeone kept his Portuguese star Joao Félix on the bench, preferring to pay Korea, who soon greeted his coach when he opened the scoring during his exploitation of a ball inside the area of ​​the English defender Kieran Trippier, so he prepared it himself same with the right and turned and fired with the left crawling by the left of the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bono (17). .

Argentina’s Marcos Acuña almost equalized with a shot at point-blank range after a rebound from the giant Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak after being pulled from Moroccan international Youssef Nassiri, but he passed it through the left post (22).

Suárez tried to trick Bono with a shot from outside the area, and he deflected it (31). Then Bono deprived the Uruguayan international striker of an investigative goal when he took his left-foot shot “on the fly” from close range (34).

Substitute Nigues assured the fans of the capital team by scoring the second goal with a strong shot to his left from the front of the area, after a pass from midfielder Marcos Llorente who lodged to the left of goalkeeper Bono (76).

Saúl, who arrived with Félix in the 66th minute, said: “I am very happy to help the team with this goal that I scored, which is the first goal that I can dedicate to my wife and daughter. What matters is the daily work and in the end it bears fruit. “



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