Atletico Madrid broke the ice »The first victory obtained by” Cholo “Simeone in the new season in Liga
Article by Dragoș Petrescu – published on Saturday, September 13, 2025 23:54 / Updated on Saturday, September 13, 2025 23:54
Atletico Madrid imposed on their own ground in front of those at Villarrealscore 2-0, in a duel of the round with the number #4 in La Liga, thus ticking the first seasonal success.
The full program of stage #4 of La Liga
Before the dispute this evening, the “Rojiblanco” band came after two equality results and a defeat in the first three stages of the new season in Liga, thus marking the weakest season of Diego Simeone on the Madrid bank.
Atletico Madrid broke the ice this season after 2-0 with Villarreal
Pablo Barrios was the one who unlocked the table on Metropolitano, only nine minutes after the start of the match. The Spanish midfielder was served excellent by Julian Alvarez and defeated the goalkeeper Luiz inside the box.
Just before the break, Villarreal was extremely close to restoring equality, but the shot sent by Nicolas Pepe hit Oblak's cross.
The final score of the meeting was set at the beginning of the second act, more precisely in the 52nd minute, when Atletico's new acquisition, Nicolas Gonzalez, an Argentine footballer who was transferred from Juventus, completed a center from Marcos Llorent.
As a result, Diego Simeone's team accumulated 5 points and climbed the 9th position in Spain. On the other hand, the people from Villarreal went down the 4th place, with 7 points.
In the next stage of La Liga, Atletico will evolve on the field of Mallorca, while Villarreal will receive the visit of Osasuna.
Until then, for the two teams follow the duels in the Champions League from the middle of next week. “Los Colchoneros” will face Liverpool, Anfield, and the “yellow submarine” will evolve against Tottenham, London.
La Liga ranking:
Atletico Madrid – Villarreal »Start teams:
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak – llorent, Le Normand, Lenglet, Ruggeri – G. Simeone, Barrios, Koke, Gonzalez – Griezmann, Alvarez
reserves: Esquivel, Musso – Cardoso, Galan, Gallagher, Hancko, Martin, Molina, Monserrate, Publel, Raspadori, Sorloth
Coach: Diego Simeone
Villarreal (4-4-2): Luiz – Mourino, Foyth, Veaga, Cardona – Buhanan, Party, Parejo, Moliro – Pepe, Mikautadze
reserves: Conde, Tenas – Akhomach, Altimira, Comesana, Gueye, Marin, Navarro, Oluwaseyi, Pedraza, Perez, Solomon
Coach: Marcelino
Stadium: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (Madrid)
Referee: Jose Munuera
