the Athletic of Madrid won 2-1 at the home discount of the Spanish, On the day of the reopening of French striker Antoine Griezmann with the mattress team, which is provisionally placed league leader.
A blow to the head Raúl de Tomás (40) opened the scoring for Spanish, But Yannick Carrasco balanced with another cross shot near the end of the match (80) and in the last sigh of extra time, Lemar made the 1-2 (90 + 9).
On his return with the Athletic, Griezmann he had almost no chances to help his team and was replaced by Joao Felix close to match time.
The Mattresses scored their third win in the league just days before Wednesday’s clash. FC Porto on the first day of the Champions.
the Athletic suffered in the first half, where, despite having control of the ball, he came across one Spanish well planted back that came out in quick counterattacks.
The local team starred in the main danger actions until near the break cloud tap a corner kick away from Embarba.
In the corner, of Thomas was ahead on his scoreboard by head nod the 1-0 (40) with which the match went to the half.
The Cholo Simeone changed everything
On the way back from the break, the ‘Cholo‘He made a triple change with the entry of Thomas Lemar, Which helped give the mattress team more speed.
The Frenchman scored a goal that could have meant a draw, but the referee canceled out the goal after going to video arbitration (53).
This cancellation weighed on the lions who they slowed down with which they had begun the second part, although they continued being owners of the encounter.
with Simeone pushing the band, the mattresses continued to look for the tie, which would come ten minutes from the end in a persevering action of Carrasco.
The Belgian received in the area and turned between a tangle of opponents to release a cross shot that put the 1-1 on the scoreboard (80).
The tie seemed final when he reappeared Lemar in the last sigh of the ten-minute overtime granted by the referee.
The French combined with Carrasco per drop a cross shot than the Spanish goal Diego López he got to play without being able to prevent him from sneaking into his goal (90 + 9).
The hard-fought victory temporarily leaves the league’s only leader in the ‘ Athletic of Madrid, Waiting for what Real Madrid can do against Celtic and the Valencia against the Health.