Atletico Madrid – Espanyol football video: Second half tension, 90+10 minute penalty (Round 32 La Liga)

(Football video – Football results, Atletico Madrid – Espanyol, round 32 of La Liga) The match saw a very suffocating second half and was decided by a 90+10 minute penalty.

The fact that Real Betis was held to a draw by Real Sociedad caused Atlético Madrid There is a chance to increase the gap to 3 points if you win this match. Espanyol is 11 points above the relegation zone, so they don’t have to worry too much, only the goal is to win points to end the season in the top half of the table.

The appearance of Carrasco gives life to Atletico in attack

There were not many chances in the first half but both sides were close to scoring, Jan Oblak had to block a dangerous header from Cabrera while Joao Felix across the field of the field Joao Felix shot over the bar from a corner. not so favorable after bouncing down from Kondogbia’s cross. Coach Diego Simeone decided to substitute up to 3 people after the break, including Griezmann, Carrasco and Cunha on the field.

Immediately the game turned hot, Oblak had to save from Darder’s shot in the 51st minute and just a minute later Atletico had scored, Cunha poked Carrasco down and he knocked the keeper with a kick into the near corner. . Espanyol flooded, 69 minutes De Tomas caught the volley which was saved by Oblak and 2 minutes later they had the advantage when the referee showed Kondogbia a red card for handball after a long shot from Darder, although the spin was slow for saw that Kondogbia was wronged because the ball had touched Felipe’s feet first.

It took three minutes for the free-kick after the red card to be taken but Espanyol scored, De Tomas’ shot went around the fence and Oblak made a mistake when the ball hit the post into the net. The two sides then tit for tat, Griezmann and Llorente repeatedly missed the post before Wu Lei from a narrow angle was blocked by Oblak. The second half had 5 minutes of injury time and at 90+5 minutes Carrasco almost scored, but the ball was pushed by Diego Lopez with his foot.

Carrasco scored the decisive goal in the 90+10 minutes

Right at the corner, the VAR team came into play because De Tomas let the ball touch his hand, it took about 3 minutes for the referee to decide to give Atletico a penalty, causing the Espanyol players to react violently. The 11m kick was taken in the 90+10 minute, and it was Carrasco who fooled Lopez to seal the suffocating victory.

Match score: Atletico Madrid 2-1 Espanyol (1st half 0-0).

Scored:

– Atletico Madrid: Carrasco 52′ 90’+10 (pen)

– Espanyol: De Tomas 74′

Starting lineup:

Atletico Madrid: Jan Oblak; Sime Vrsaljko, Stefan Savic, Felipe, Renan Lodi; Marcos Llorente, Koke, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Thomas Lemar; Angel Correa, Joao Felix.

Espanyol: Diego Lopez; Fernando Calero, Sergi Gomez, Leandro Cabrera, Adria Pedrosa; Oscar Gil, Keidi Bare, Sergi Darder, Tonny Vilhena, Raul De Tomas, Javier Puado.