Kickoff: 21:00 CEST / 20:00 BST / 3:00 PM EDT / 12:00 PM PDT
Venue: Balaidos
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez
Lineups:
Celta: Ivan Villar - Oscar Mingueza, Carl Starfelt, Unai Nunez - Luca de la Torre, Fran Beltran, Manu Sanchez, Kevin Vazquez - Jorgen Strand Larsen, Iago Aspas, Jonathan Bamba
Subs: Agustin Marchesin, Vicente Guaita, Carlos Dominguez, Renato Tapia, Carlos Dotor, Williot Swedberg, Hugo Sotelo, Franco Cervi, Anastasios Douvikas, Miguel Rodriguez
Atleti: Jan Oblak - Mario Hermoso, Axel Witsel, Cesar Azpilicueta - Samuel Lino, Saul Niguez, Koke, Pablo Barrios, Marcos Llorente - Antoine Griezmann, Alvaro Morata
Subs: Ivo Grbic, Antonio Gomis, Caglar Soyoncu, Nahuel Molina, Ilias Kostis, Rodrigo de Paul, Javi Galan, Rodrigo Riquelme, Angel Correa
Match Events:
25’ - Hermoso takes a shot all the way from A Coruña, which Villar can’t handle and the ball bounces in front of Morata. Villar tries to recoup the ball but only gets Morata’s feet and the referee awards a penalty to Atleti. Griezmann picks the bottom right corner and Atleti take the lead. Celta 0, Atleti 1 – link
25’ - Red card for Villar
27’ - Substitution for Celta: Guaita on for Villar
33’ - Yellow card for Mingueza
45+4’ - End of half
45’ - Substitution for Atleti: Molina and Riquelmo on for Lino and Barrios respectively
51’ - Yellow card for Starfelt
54’ - Yellow card for Saul
55’ - Bamba hits the crossbar from 20 yards
57’ - Substitution for Atleti: De Paul and Correa on for Saul and Llorente respectively
61’ - Substitution for Celta: Douvikas and Sotelo on for Iago Aspas and Beltran respectively
64’ - Griezmann wins a ball and has acres of space on the right side. Guaita leaves tons of space at the near post which the Frenchman utilizes for his second goal of the game. Celta 0, Atleti 2 – link
70’ - Morata beats Starfelt on the right side, lays the ball of the Correa. Correa centers to Griezmann who completes the hat-trick. Celta 0, Atleti 3 – link
76’ - Unai Nunez’s header goes just wide to the left
76’ - Substitution for Atleti: Soyoncu on for Griezmann
81’ - Substitution for Celta: Miguel Rodriguez and Dotor on for Strand Larsen and de la Torre respectively
87’ - Yellow card for Riquelme
87’ - Yellow card for Miguel Rodriguez
Match Stats - via Livescore.com, as of 75’
| Celta | Atleti :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 0.72 | 1.74 xA | 0.71 | 1.31 Possession | 39% | 61% Shots on target | 3 | 6 Shots off target | 7 | 1 Blocked shots | 3 | 4 Corner kicks | 6 | 2 Offsides | 0 | 4 Fouls | 8 | 9 Yellow Cards | 2 | 1 Red Cards | 1 | 0
Live Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 25 |
| Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 22 |
| Girona | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 22 |
| Barcelona | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 21 |
| Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 |
| Athletic Club | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 17 |
| Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| Valencia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 |
| Las Palmas | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| Getafe | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 |
| Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 9 |
| Cadiz | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 8 |
| Villarreal | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 8 |
| Alaves | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 8 |
| Celta Vigo | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 6 |
| Granada | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 6 |
| Almeria | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | -13 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Celta: at Girona, 10.27, 21:00 CEST
Atleti: vs Alaves, 10.29, 21:00 CEST
Let me know if there are any mistakes, or if there’s something you want me to change
Atleti are going to kill us man, don’t even know if I can be arsed watching
If I’m not mistaken, these were Griezmann’s 162nd, 163rd, 164th goals. Only Adrián Escudero (169) and Luis Aragonés (172) are in front of him
Good game by Atlético. I really enjoy watching Griezmann play.
Still feel Celta are kinda unlucky. They aren’t really bad but still continue to lose.
I wonder how long it will take people to recognize we are a top 3 team in Europe.
Maybe when you win a game convincingly enough in Europe against a team that’s not in relegation zone in your domestic league
When we don’t shit the bed in Europe.
Hoping for a good run in the CL this season.
To be fair City shit the bed in Europe for years and people still considered them one of the best. Arsenal hasn’t even played CL in ages and people consider them a top team right now
Man I don’t think if people realize just how good Simeone is. I think it’s safe to say he’s been the best non-european coach for over a decade.
Celta are so strange this season, they look good in every game I have seen including against the big teams, but just can’t get results. They look good on the ball, Aspas is playing well even though he hasn’t scored for a while. Bamba, Strand Larsen and Douvikas are players with good characteristics and they have some nice midfielders
But if they keep losing then eventually you can’t cut Rafa any more slack. Still, I think they should give him more time because surely it will click eventually
Rafa has a 3 year contract and our owner is more focus on his cash and profits. I don’t see Rafa being fired even if we don’t get any points until Xmas.
PS Our midfield is a disaster, we play 5 at the back and two midgets in midfield. only reason we look good in midfield is because Aspas and Bamba drop back way more than they should. We sold too many good midfielders and we have a huge hole there now. Selling Gabri Veiga and Brias Méndez (and owner kicking out Denis Suárez, and Santi Mina being a rapist) all contributed to our current state of disaster.
We can’t win games with only 3 or 4 quality players (Aspas, Bamba, Starfelt, maybe include Larsen), the rest are making up the squad and getting their wages. For 5 years, our owner focused his efforts on building a training ground and academy, while ignoring our spiral into terrible football.