Atlético de Madrid has taken a giant step towards the qualification for the qualifying stages of the Champions League, beating the Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 an exciting assembly in Metropolitan, which means that the two club clubs came out victorious after the Impressive victory of Barcelona in Benfica.
Diego Simeone made two changes to the side that lost to Leganes last weekend, with Jose Maria Gimenez and Marcos Llorente returning to the line-up. Atleti were tasked with bouncing back from their first non-victory in 15 matches, although their objective started poorly as Pablo Barrios was sent off for a high challenge on Leverkusen defender Nordi Mukiele.
Atleti opposed the wall at that time, and his efforts to see the adjustment in part time did not have a good time. In the prevention time before the interval, Leverkusen took the front while Mukiele’s cross in the rear post had returned the house through his compatriot Piero Emphapie.
Despite the disadvantage of the man, Atleti launched at the time in the middle, and at 53 minutes, they forced an elegant equalizer through Julian Álvarez. The Argentine striker went very well to access Antoine Griezmann through the ball, and ended prolific in the case opposed to the Leverkusen goalkeeper, Matej Kovar.
Atleti had played precisely 50 minutes with a player less when Leverkusen also reduced 10 men after the striker emphasized a yellow moment after a foul on Giulian Simeone. From that moment, the procedure was more uniform, it was the hosts who the hosts who the decisive objective.
In the 90th minute, Angel Correa played a ball in compatriot Álvarez, and stabbed his space for his time, Atleti purpose of the night, which caused internal wild scenes, the Metropolitan.
In the end, Atlético de Madrid saw the game, and with this result they are now third in the League level classification, despite playing a game more than some groups around it. However, it means that they are automatically in the back 16 of the Champions League.
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