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Atletico Madrid edged out Athletic Club in a hard-fought match at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. The La Liga encounter, corresponding to matchday 26, finished 1-0 in favor of the home side. Joao Felix scored the only goal of the game in the 66th minute, assisted by Marcos Llorente. Possession and chances were relatively even throughout, with Athletic registering 15 shots (3 on target) and Atletico 12 (4 on target). The match saw a total of five yellow cards: three for Athletic (Ruiz de Galarreta, Gorosabel and Alvarez) and two for Atletico (Sorloth and an unspecified player). Despite a closely fought contest, Atletico Madrid’s clinical finishing proved decisive.
Substitutions atletico madrid: at minute 58 M. Llorente came in and G. Simeone went out., at minute 59 C. Gallagher came in and S. Lino went out., at minute 59 J. Alvarez came in and A. Sorloth went out., at minute 63 A. Correa came in and A. Griezmann went out., at minute 69 J. M. Gimenez came in and P. Barrios went out.
Substitutions athletic club: at minute 63 G. Guruzeta came in and U. Gomez went out., at minute 64 B. Prados Diaz came in and I. Ruiz de Galarreta went out., at minute 77 M. Sannadi came in and A. Berenguer went out., at minute 77 O. de Marcos came in and A. Gorosabel went out., at minute 81 M. Vesga came in and M. Jauregizar went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Atletico Madrid
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Athletic Club
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