Soccer-Lacklustre Atletico Fall 2-0 Away To Alaves

VITORIA-GASTEIZ, Spain: Atletico Madrid suffered a 2-0 LaLiga defeat away to Alaves on Sunday courtesy of a first-half aim from Carlos Benavidez and Luis Rioja’s very good late effort because the guests missed the possibility to cement their benefit in fourth place.

Diego Simeone’s facet had been removed from their greatest after being knocked out of the Champions League in midweek by Borussia Dortmund and stay on 61 factors, seven behind Girona and solely three away from fifth-placed Athletic Bilbao within the battle for European spots.

The hosts grabbed the lead within the fifteenth minute when captain Benavidez pounced on a free ball on the sting of the field to curve a high-quality low shot previous keeper Jan Oblak.

Rioja’s beautiful volley in stoppage time sealed the win that moved the Basque facet additional away from relegation, climbing to thirteenth place with 35 factors, 10 factors away from third-bottom Cadiz.

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