Atletico beat Barcelona in the 10th round of the Spanish Championship. The meeting took place in Madrid and ended with the hosts' victory with a score of 1: 0.
The teams started the game at a fairly good pace and exchanged scoring chances at the start. First, Antoine Griezmann shot from a few meters just above the hosts' goal after a cross by Usman Dembele. And then Marcos Llorente shot from outside the penalty area into the crossbar of the guests' goal.
At the end of the half, Lionel Messi did not use half a moment. The host captain, having received a cool pass from Jordi Alba, shot from an acute angle. Ian Oblak caught the ball.
And at the very end of the half, the hosts unexpectedly scored. Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a grave mistake, running almost to the center of the field and unable to intercept the pass to Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco. The Belgian coped with the task of hitting an empty net perfectly.
In the 57th minute, the score in the match should have been compared by Clement Langlet, but his header from the goalkeeper's line fell right into the hands of Oblak. In the 73rd minute, Carrasco could have made a double. However, his shot from the right edge of the penalty area of \u200b\u200bthe guests was slightly inaccurate.
As a result, the match ended with a minimal victory for the hosts..
Atletico has 20 points and overtook Real Sociedad in the standings, which is ranked 1st and has one more game.
Barcelona after 9 matches takes an unusual 10th place with 11 points in the asset.