Alvarez saved Atletico Madrid. The “Rojiblancos” won in the 90′ at “Balaidos” in the match that completed the seventh matchday of La Liga and returned to third place, surpassing Villarreal by +1, despite the latter’s victory in Barcelona over Espanyol, reducing to -5 from the top and Barcelona, continuing to “chase” the “blaugrana” and hope to overcome +1 of them Real in the derby of the capital next Sunday at the “Wanda Metropolitano”, leaving the “bigistas” in the middle of score and at -2 from the privileged six.
Diego Simeone’s men pressed from the first half, but it took Griezmann’s cross to Alvarez and the Uruguayan international midfielder gave the Madrid side the three points.
The schedule of the seventh game:
Tuesday 17/09
Mallorca-Sociedad 1-0
(36′ pen. Prats)
Thursday 19/09
Leganes-Bilbao 0-2
(65′ Vivian, 76′ Inaki Williams)
Tuesday 24/09
Sevilla-Valladolid 2-1
(45′ auto. Torres, 85′ Etzuke – 56′ Peres)
Valencia-Osasuna 0-0
Real Madrid-Alavés 3-2
(1′ L. Vasquez, 40′ Mbappe, 49′ Rodrigo – 85′ Benavides, 86′ Garcia)
Wednesday 25/09
Girona-Rayo Vaguecano 0-0
Barcelona-Getafe 1-0
(19′ Lewandowski)
Thursday 26/09
Espanyol-Villarreal b1-2
(45’+1′ Carreras-45’+6′, 63′ Ayothe Pereth)
Las Palmas-Betis 1-1
(9′ Moleiro-45’+3′ Lo Celso)
Celta-Atletico Madrid 0-1
(90′ Alvares)
The next (eighth) matchday:
Friday 27/9
Valladolid-Mallorca (22:00)
Saturday 28/9
Getafe-Alavés (15:00)
Rayo Vagecano-Leganes (17:15)
Sociedad-Valencia (19:30)
Osasuna-Barcelona (22:00)
Sunday 29/9
Celta-Girona (15:00)
Bilbao-Seville (17:15)
Betis-Espanyol (19:30)
Atletico Madrid-Real Madrid (22:00)
Monday 30/9
Villarreal-Las Palmas (22:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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