At 19:00 on January 26, in the 21st round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid, who is third in La Liga, played at home against Leganes, the second-to-last in La Liga, and they hope to use their victory to bite the distance between barca and Real Madrid in front of them.
Atletico Madrid starters: 13 Oblak, 24 Fosarico, 18 Felipe, 15 Savic, 12 Lodi, 10 Angel Correa, 14 Marcos Llorente, 5 Thomas, 8 Saul, 7 Felix, 9 Morata.
Leganes starts: 1 Cuerral, 3 Bustinza, 4 Omero, 5 Jonatan Silva, 24 Rodriguez, 16 Rosales, 6 Mesa, 8 Resio, 12 Avasem, 17 Herazo, 7 Brevester.
In the first half, the away team Leganes had several very threatening attacks. Less than a minute into the game, Leganes crossed and Oblak made a mistake, but Felipe was able to clear the ball off the line. In the 10th minute, the Leganes player picked out a pass to the middle of the field, the ball was pushed to the left of the arc, and the follow-up player hit the goal and was saved by Oblak sideways! In the 12th minute, the Leganes player picked out a pass inside the penalty area, was pushed out by Savage, the perimeter was still Leganes' ball, a straight forward foot, Breevester followed up with a small angle to play a kick, was Oblak with his foot to block the ball! In the 32nd minute, Leganes picked up a high cross and was pushed by Thomas to the top of the penalty area and fired high with a long-range shot!
Atletico did not have more of an advantage at home, though. In the 19th minute, Lodi on the left side of the penalty area got the ball, passed it to Correa in the box, and invisibly pushed a kick, the ball was obtained by Kueral. In the 36th minute, Correa burst into the box, picked up a high cross, the ball crossed Felix's head to the back of the box, Morata appeared in the position where it should be, a right-foot volley, was saved by Kueral! It was atletico's most threatening attack in the first half.
At the end of the first half, Atletico drew 0-0 with Leganes. Atletico had just three shots on goal, while Leganes had six; the possession rate between the two sides was 50.3%-49.7%, almost equal.
In the second half, Leganes took the lead in attacking. In the 50th minute, leganes players were taken to the left rib of the penalty area, a low cross was blocked out of the bottom line, Leganes took a corner kick, and offside again. Since then, Atletico have used a breakthrough from the flank to strengthen their 45-degree angle cross, but unfortunately the ball was obtained early by Kueral. Leganes midfielder Elasso snatched the ball and kicked rodded into Lodi's thigh, then both fell to the ground and the referee gave Ellaso a yellow card!
In the 56th minute, Felix's direct pass was met by Correa's kick into the net, which was blocked off the sideline by a defender. In the 60th minute, Savage broke the ball and split Felix on the left side of the front, Felix tried to cooperate with his teammates against the wall, but made a mistake! In the 62nd minute, Leganes played a quick counter-attack to give Jonatan Silva on the left side of the arc a long-range shot from the outside, and the ball was obtained by Oblak! Leganes then fired three more shots on goal, all of which were cleared by Atletico defenders. During this time, Leganes formed a siege against Atletico.
In the 70th minute, Atletico Madrid won a free kick in front of them, the main free kick was hoisted into the box, and Felipe's header was deflected off the goal! Bustinsa got the ball, got a high cross, breevester at the back point hit the goal, no defender blocked it, hit the crotch! In the 74th minute, Felix got the ball and gave it to the box, there was Atletico player Bitolo was shoveled, Atletico players were all on the ball, the referee did not say! Bitolo fell a bit far-fetched!
In the 83rd minute, the two sides clashed a little, Felipe was pushing and shoving Resio, Felipe looked like he was just about to shoot and didn't shoot out, so he was very angry! In the 93rd minute, the referee showed a yellow card to Leganes goalkeeper Kueral, then turned the yellow card into a red card, and Kueral was sent off! Jonatan Silva put on a goalkeeper jersey to make a cameo appearance as a goalkeeper! Now the situation seems to be very chaotic, the two sides seem to have a conflict, and many outsiders have come in! Slow motion shows that it was Morata who was pushing and shoving Kueral!
At the end of the game, both sides ended up with no achievements, 0-0 handshakes, this game is fragmented, completely not exciting! Atletico Madrid stepped up their attack in the second half, but their shooting footwork was not good, with only three of the 14 shots in the game hitting the frame, while Leganes had 10 shots and 4 of them on goal. The ball control ratio between the two sides is 55.3-44.7%, and Atletico Madrid has the upper hand!