Atletico Lineup for Real Sociedad Showdown Awaits
The upcoming 2015-2016 La Liga season game at the Vicente Calderon Staduim on Tuesday, 1 March, would be one of the most awaited event to date of all the sports enthusiasts in Madrid.
Sports zealot has followed the power house squad Atletico Madrid (18-4-4, 58 points) against middling team Real Sociedad (9-10-7, 34 points) that would stage face to face to bag the crown.
On Saturday, Skyports reported that Atleti came off at an enormous 1-0 victory to its neighborhood counterpart Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, according to Bleacher Report.
According to a report, in La Liga history Diego Simeone's boys became the first team to win three games in a row at Los Blancos' home stadium.
Antoine Griezmann, French striker, webbed the winner for Los Colchoneros at the 53rd minute of the match. Thus, he grabbed the three points and apportioned themselves further away from their capital city rivals in the league table, Yibada cited.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the real basketball icon, got his chance of equalizing the game. However, as the range header went straight into Atleti goalkeeper Jan Oblak's arms grabbed it at the 69th.
In the league at present, Atleti is known to have the ironfisted defense that they had permitted only 11 goals in all of their opponents in this season so far. They have lived up to its billing for they have overthrown a high-scoring team such Los Vikingos even with goalscorers Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Isco, and James Rodriguez who are all present in the pitch.
Meanwhile, also on Saturday, Real Sociedad, in a 1-1 draw managed to strain its opponent Malaga CF at their home field of Anoeta Stadium, ESPN confirmed.
When both teams went adrift in the first match, the scoring at the 56th minute opened as Malaga forward on Duje Cop and lift with a short range right-footed shot which escaped from the hands of Geronimo Rulli, La Real goalkeeper.
However, the men of Eusebio Sacristán did not give up and look for a way to level the game, courtesy of a goal from Imanol Agirretxe, Spanish striker nine minutes prior to the full time off Xabi Prieto, team captain assist.
In the league table, what lifted the team up to the ninth spot was the draw, for it was the team's first after four straight victories.
The anticipated result is a tilt 3-0 win for Atletico Madrid. The team will start a new winning run after being strained into an aimless draw by Villarreal which was precedent to their win at the Bernabéu.
Atletico Madrid starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Oblak; Juanfran, Gimenez; Godin, Luis; Niguez, Gabi;Fernandez, Koke; Griezmann and Torres.
Real Sociedad starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Rulli; Zaldua, Gonzalez:Martinez, Berchiche; Reyes, Pardo; Vela, Prieto;Bruma, and Oyarzabal.
A perfect match to cool one's heels.
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