Sevilla suffer a first loss against Atlético in their first match of the new LaLiga season. Today's result, Atlético Madrid are in 1st place on the table and has 41 points while Sevilla sit in 5th with 30 points after 1 match.
Atlético Madrid started well with, with a goal from Angel Correa, 17 minutes in, thereby seeing the first half to a 1-0.
Atlético Madrid continued to apply pressure the second half and were rewarded, following a goal from Saul Niguez, 76 minutes in, sealing a resounding 2-0 victory for the home side.
For Atlético Madrid Saul Niguez, Joao Felix, Lucas Torreira and Felipe came on for Thomas Lemar, Angel Correa, Luis Suarez and Yannick Carrasco, while Sevilla brought on Oscar, Luuk De Jong, Oliver Torres and Munir El Haddadi to replace Joan Jordan, Suso, Jesus Navas and Youssef En-Nesyri.
The referee booked Koke and Stefan Savic for Atlético Madrid.
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In the second round of action in the LaLiga Atlético Madrid will play against Athletic Bilbao at home and Sevilla will play against Alavés away.
Atlético Madrid: | Yassine Bounou, Jesus Navas, Jules Kounde, Diego Carlos, Marcos Acuna, Joan Jordan, Ivan Rakitic, Fernando, Youssef En-Nesyri, Suso and Lucas Ocampos |
Sevilla: | Jan Oblak, Jose Gimenez, Mario Hermoso, Stefan Savic, Kieran Trippier, Thomas Lemar, Marcos Llorente, Koke, Yannick Carrasco, Angel Correa and Luis Suarez |
Stadium: | the Wanda Metropolitano |
Goals: | Angel Correa (1-0, min. 17) and Saul Niguez (2-0, min. 76) |