In Spain "Atletico" secured a victory against "submarines

2023-11-13 00:10 © "Scanpix"

In La Liga of Spain, Madrid's "Atletico" beat "Villarreal" with a score of 3:1.

Interestingly, in the last 20 matches between these two teams, "Villarreal" celebrated 6 victories, "Atletico" 5, and 9 of their encounters ended in draws.

Turning back to this match, the "Yellow Submarine" took the lead first, with Gerard Moreno scoring a goal in the 20th minute. This was already the 8th goal for the forward from Spain in 13 matches. However, in the 1st minute of added time, Axel Witsel scored a goal "into the top corner" and leveled the score.

In the 80th minute, Antoine Griezmann put the "mattresses" ahead. This was also the 8th goal for the Frenchman in just 12 matches. Based on this stat, both the Frenchman and G.Moreno are 2 goals behind Jude Bellingham. Just 5 minutes later, left-back Samuel Lino sealed the victory for the hosts.

After this victory, "Atletico" is in 4th place in the La Liga championship, but they have a match in hand. Meanwhile, "Villarreal" is currently in the 14th position.