Julian Alvarez carried out two penalties while Atletico Madrid sent the lower side of Bas Valladolid 4-2 Monday to La Liga. The son of coach Diego Simeone, Giuliano and Alexander Sorho, were also on the target while the Rojiblancos returned to the seven points of the League Barcelona League. Atletico, third, trail also competes on three -point Real Madrid and still retains thin hopes to win the title. “We can do nothing more than keep moving forward, reflecting on what will happen,” Alvarez told Dazn.
Valladolid, without victory in 12 games, gave Atletico a more uncomfortable evening than they would have imagined or hoped.
Visitors took the lead thanks to a penalty from Mamadou Sylla after Clement Lenglet has handled a corner kick while he was on the head.
However, the hosts were quickly at the level with a penalty after their own penalty after Javi Sanchez dirty Simeone.
Alvarez, who controversial a penalty excluded for having supposedly touched the ball twice against Real Madrid while his team had been eliminated from the Champions League, caressed it in the middle.
Two minutes later, Simeone sent to Atletico in front, moving inside the right and exploding at home after Pablo Barrios sent a ball on the top for him.
Atletico was dominant but could not add to their advance and Lenglet allowed Valladolid to return with a fault outside its region.
Sanchez took the free kick and he diverted the shoulder of Conor Gallagher in the wall in front of the helpless Jan Oblak.
Atletico received a chance to recover the head when Marcos Llorente turned into a box and was awkwardly shot by Henrique.
Alvarez slipped the third kick of the match at home, sending Andre Ferreira in the wrong direction.
It was his 14th championship goal of the season and 26th all the competitions after joining Manchester City last summer.
Sorho concluded Atletico’s victory with another goal on the bench, as was his penchant this season, unleashed after Ferreira saved an effort from Alvarez.
“We have to rest and we have a very difficult match against Las Palmas (Saturday),” said Diego Simeone, refusing to rely on if his team still hoped to catch Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Her son was also determined to follow the party line.
“We must continue to work, take advantage of this victory, then think of Las Palmas,” said Giuliano.
The defeat leaves Valladolid 14 points of security with seven games to play, and their fate will probably be sealed by the end of the month.
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