The VAR validated a goal from Morata in the discount for Atleti to add three fundamental points.
Atlético de Madrid visited Girona this Monday to close matchday 25 of LaLiga 2022-23. Diego Simeone’s team arrived weakened after beating Sevilla at the Metropolitano, while the Catalan team had lost to Getafe in Madrid and wanted to smile again for their fans. In a draw, Morata had to appear at a discount to give Atlético three fundamental points. The striker scored from a corner and the goal was disallowed by the linesman, but confirmed by VAR.
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A solitary goal by Álvaro Morata in stoppage time, with VAR intervention to correct Melero López’s first decision, annul the goal for offside, condemn Girona to defeat (0-1) and win gold for the colchoneros , taking advantage of punctures from Real Sociedad (1-1 against Mallorca) and Real Betis (1-1 against Villarreal) on the day itself. The stopped ball again saves the Madrid team, worsened with the carousel of changes introduced by Diego Pablo Simeone.
Álvaro Morata’s goal allows Atlético de Madrid to continue their good run of results, having already gone nine straight games without losing in LaLiga (W6 3E). The rojiblancos have changed the chip since the return of the World Cup, they are pragmatic and have enough capacity that the setbacks during the match don’t make a dent. Four of their last five national championship wins have been 1-0.
It has been difficult for the rojiblanco team to continue to dominate the match since the triple substitution introduced by Diego Pablo Simeone. Instead of improving their image with the arrival of Correa, Rodrigo de Paul and Álvaro Morata, Atlético de Madrid had a period where they suffered and even Girona were able to take the lead with chances from Tsygankov and Rodrigo Riquelme.
Despite coming on as a substitute in his last four games, Álvaro Morata distinguished himself as the team’s top goalscorer in LaLiga with this Montilivi goal. The Spain international has already scored 10 goals, surpassing his goalscoring record with Juventus last season (nine in 35 Serie A appearances).
The Gironista team have played eight games in all competitions against Atlético de Madrid without winning one (5E 3D), their highest number of games against the same rival without winning.
Tonight’s result thus reinforces Atlético de Madrid’s third place, three points ahead of Real Sociedad and six points ahead of Real Betis. Girona must press on, with only four points ahead of the relegation positions.
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8′ Atlético de Madrid, playing with fire. Josema Giménez initially failed to clear a cross from the right wing into the penalty area, leaving the ball dead for ‘Taty’ Castellanos to take a shot that landed in Stefan Savic’s hand. There is no penalty in favor of the local team due to the illegal position of the Argentine striker at the start of the game.
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