Atlético de Madrid players, before the game against Huesca

THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP

Atlético beat Huesca (2-0) and returns to the top of LaLiga

Published:22/04/2021 - 20:52h

Updated:22/04/2021 - 20:52h

Atlético de Madrid beat SD Huesca at the Wanda Metropolitano to return to the top of LaLiga, thanks to goals from Àngel Correa and Yannick Carrasco

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Ángel Correa and Yannick Carrasco have dressed of hero again for the Athletic of Madrid. After his goals in the previous day, in front of the Eibar, have gone back to 'wet' and his paper is increasingly vital for his team. This afternoon, in front of the Huesca in Wanda Metropolitan, marked the two goals to add three new points and command to the 'colchoneros' to the highest of the classification of LaLiga Santander.

The 'oscenses' had a bitter party in Madrid and did not achieve enchufarse in the clash, although the Athletic was not so effective of face the goal, compared to the team that lumbered with him a 'manita' to the Eibar the past Sunday. However, the ones of the 'Cholo' Simeone left in the first part a very good image, dominating completely the centre of the field and achieving opportunities with frequency, with a lot of near pressure to the rival area.

The Atleti has all paints it to be recovering, little by little, the feelings and the crash in front of the Huesca has been a proof of this. The visitors only achieved incomodar to Jan Oblak in an opportunity, in the first minutes of party, but toparon in front of a 'wall' in the goal. The esloveno had a spectacular reaction to clear a shot point-blank of Siovas. After a lateral fault the Huesca, the balloon remained loose in the area of the Athletic and finished from the small area the central oscense.

From there, the party was entirely of the Atleti, that looked for the goal quickly. The reward arrived to five minutes of the end of the first part, signed by Ángel Correa, the one who had received the spherical of Llorente in the frontal, turned to orient , seated to Insua and shot. The balloon had touched in a defence and finish going in at the end of the network to put the 1-0.

The colchoneros wanted the second

The second part was a reflection of the first. Álvaro had an intervention importantísima and went out with a lot of speed to cover the spaces to a shot of Koke in the small area after a good deed of Lodi and Correa. Later, a head butt of Giménez, that also covered the guardameta, showed that the ones of Simeone wanted the second but did not go to have a lot of options in front of Álvaro in way hero.

The Atleti had stepped backwards after several minutes with a pressure asfixiante in the rival area and the Huesca took advantage of . The the 66' could arrive the tie after a shot of direct fault, effected by Sergio Gómez. The player 'oscense' looked for the square, but the balloon went something diverted.

The reaction was immediate and could arrive the 2-0. Álvaro went back to scene to clear a powerful shot of Saúl, after a played that it had begun Llorente, the one who alcanxó the background line and centred for his mate that, arrived from backwards and finished. The second so much of the meeting arrived to fault of ten minutes for the end, but with controversy. Yannick Carrasco Signed the 2-0 after defining to pleasure in front of Álvaro after a pass of Marco Llorente. The VAR reviewed the played, by possible offside of the ex of the Real Madrid, but finished being validated by the technology to sentence the meeting.

With this result, the Athletic of Madrid returns tol to first position of the table of LaLiga, surpassing to the ones of Zinedine Zidane by three points (73 on 70). The rojiblancos do not want to surrender and will tighten in the last stretch of the season for 'redeem' of his errors in the last weeks, that cost him the péridida of all his big advantage.

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