Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid
Hector Herrera finally he was able to get back active with the Atletico Madrid and after nearly 50 days without being able to play, both due to an injury and the death of his mother in Mexico from Covid-19, he had minutes in 1-0 against Alavés consolidating Atleti in the league’s leadership.
HH played a total of 16 minutes, since the change to 74 ‘ replacing Thomas Lemar. Thus, the Baja Californian gradually returns to minutes in the team of Cholo Simeone.
LUIS SUÁREZ ACHIEVES 500 GOALS
Round afternoon for the Uruguayan shooter. Luis Suárez, scored his 500th career goal for the mattress victory, with an accurate header in the field, after hitting a ball from the right. Lucho continues to show that he has strength, scoring goals left and right.
JAN OBLAK HAS ARRESTED A PENALTY
And the victory was complete because the archer Jan Oblak saved a penalty on Joselu del Alavés, after an elbow from Savic in the areaThe goalkeeper was effective and saved the maximum penalty, so the score remained 1-0.
With victory, Atleti scored 66 points, six from Real Madrid in second place and seven from Barcelona, which will also play next Sunday.