A French incontestable - Antoine Griezmann was the difference between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club Bilbao , situated in Madrid set at the height of Barcelona at the top of the leaderboard and frustrated a good team Bilbao, which was not sufficient merit to be defeated.
Atletico has a treasure with the French international, a player who wins games, like Sunday, when his team felt that he went two points between struggling to attack and defend that generated the Athletic, who raised 0 -1 Laporte with a header Saul and the decisive goal by Griezmann.
2-1 perhaps unfair to Athletic, who won in many sections of the duel, which overcome the impetuous staging the home side -four minutes bilbaíno- burden for the team, continually lowered the offensive vividness of Atletico, which since she tangled in its pressure and determination.
And hit him in his net a few times, both 26 minutes First a beautiful Vaseline control and Aritz Aduriz the troubles resolved with the Slovenian Jan Oblak towards the corner. In the back corner, a good pitch, a touch at the near post and the ball past the second Aymeric Laporte joined the 0-1.
Had changed minutes before, at 20, the Argentine Diego Simeone its initial plan from the 4-4-2. He then turned back to 4-3-3 in recent meetings, beginning no effect on the rate proposed by the Athletic and on which the duel was developing until the final minutes of the half, to 1-1.
He had not finished off into the net all Madrid from the 18th minute, a goal or canceled for offside Argentine Luciano Vietto until the stroke of half, first with a volley of Belgian Yannick Carrasco and then in the corner immediately, with the draw. Put Koke , headed Ñíguez Saul.
There was no time even to put the ball back into play after a 1-1 midfielder, as the second top scorer this season with Atletico four goals, surpassed only by the French Antoine Griezmann. Strategy, with a new header Saul's goalkeeper, identical to week and a half ago in Reus .
From there, from their productive skills pieces, revalued in recent duels, left the rush Atletico among the lamentations of the Athletic for the time being as inconvenient to their interests as the key to all Madrid goal, but for which He rebuilt immediately on his return from the locker room.
For Athletic, contrary to what might assume the 1-1, the meeting resumed with conviction, determined to shake again marker, unmoved by two sensational appearances Oblak. The first to Eneko Boveda center; the second, saving in an individual duel with Aduriz, who guessed the intention of your shot.
The match was the Bilbao set until Griezmann broke. He had had no role in the whole game ... until 66 minutes until it made the difference in a loose ball on the edge of the area with an unstoppable left-footed shot which suffered worth three points and shared top of the league with Barcelona .
- Technical sheet:
2 - Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Juanfran , Gimenez, Godin, Filipe ; Saul, Gabi , Koke, Carrasco (Correa, 57 m.); Griezmann (Savic, m. 87) and Vietto ( Fernando Torres , m. 60).
1 - Athletic Club: Gorka Iraizoz ; Eneko Bóveda (Susaeta, 70 m.), Xabi Etxeita, Laporte, Balenziaga; Iturraspe ( Mikel Rico , 58 m.), Beñat; Oscar de Marcos, Raul Garcia , Iñaki Williams ( Kike Sola , 85 m.); and Aduriz.
Goals: 0-1, m. 26: Laporte satin finished at the far post corner. 1-1 m. 45: Saul header a corner of Koke. 2-1 m. 66: Griezmann with a left-footed shot from outside the box.
Referee: Martínez Munuera (C. Valenciano). He admonished visitors Aduriz (m. 73).
Subs: the fifteenth day of the Premier League match at the Vicente Calderon stadium before some 53,000 spectators. Before kickoff, the captains of both teams, Gabi for Atletico and Athletic Gorka Iraizoz, sweatshirts delivered their equipment to Auxi and Gari, ages eight and nine, with seven five transplanted organs and followers of Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club, respectively.
