Atletico Madrid beat Seattle Sounders 3-1 on the night of Thursday (19), in a game valid for the second round of the Club World Cup group stage.
Pablo Barrios, twice, and Alex Wistel scored the goals of the Colchoners at the Field Lumen in Seattle, while Rusnák discounted. , which will still have PSG and Botafogo to be played on Thursday.
The Americans face the current Champions champion in the last round, and Atletico Madrid face Alvinegro Carioca.
How was the game?
In the first half, Atletico Madrid completely dominated the actions, but missed numerous clear goal opportunities. Sordo was the one who sinned the most, with two errors in the small area, one out and one stopping at goalkeeper Frei.
Only those who hit the target was Pablo Barrios. And what a great goal: Simeone gave sugar to the midfielder, who played at the angle, with no chance to Friar. The ball hit the crossbar twice before entering. Atleti still had a penalty annulled by arbitration.
Early in the complementary stage, Diego Simeone’s star shone. Alex Witzel, one of his range changes, went to the networks after corner kick.
Seattle Sounders showed that she was not dead in the game five minutes later, with Ruznák, taking advantage of the indecision of the defense of Europeans. There was no time to celebrate, as the Colchoners returned to the comfortable margin of two goals, again with Barrios, in a category kick in the corner.
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The American team even tried to react again, but the goal scored by Jesús Ferreira was contested by impediment. On the side of Atletico Madrid, Julian Álvarez scared with kick in the post.
With the advantage, the sense of urgency of Diego Simeone Diminiu’s team, and Seattle Sounders had no strength to seek the draw.
