Atletico Madrid Close To La Liga Title, Beat Real Sociedad 2-1
Atletico Madrid close to La Liga title, beat Real Sociedad 2-1.
Atletico Madrid strengthened their hopes of becoming champions by defeating Real Sociedad 2–1 in Spain’s top domestic football league, La Liga, with goals from Yannick Caracasso and Angel Korea in the first half.
Manager Diego Simeon’s team took a 2–0 lead in the first half at their home ground. Igor Jubeldia of Sociedad narrowed the margin of defeat by scoring a goal in the 83rd minute.
With this victory, the team has come so close to winning the title for the first time since 2014.
Atletico has reached 80 points in 36 matches, four more than second-placed Barcelona and five points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid.
Real Madrid, however, has played one matchless. Atletico has two more matches to play in the league and if Real Madrid wins their next match in Granada, then the gap between the two teams will be two points.
Atletico’s claim to the title would be much stronger if the match was drawn or Real Madrid lost. In other bouts, Celta Vigo beat Getfey 1–0 while Huesca beat Atletico Bilbao 1–0.
Torino thrashed 7-0 from Milan with a hat-trick from Rubik.
Milan, Ep. AC Milan kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League by beating Torino 7–0 in Italy’s top domestic football league, Serie-A, with a hat-trick made within 12 minutes of Ante Rebic.
In addition to Rebic’s hat-trick, Theo Hernández also scored two goals for the team. With this victory, Milan’s team remains third in the table.
Milan and Atlanta face 75–75 points in 36 matches but Atlanta is in second place due to better goal difference.
Atlanta defeated Benevento 2–0 in another bout. Juventus, ranked fifth in the table, defeated Sassuolo 3–1. Inter Milan, who confirmed the league title, beat Roma 3–1 and Genoa beat Bologna 2–0.
Champions League final in Porto.
London, Ep. The Champions League football final between Chelsea and Manchester City will be played in Puerto. The Portuguese government has allowed the entry of spectators into the stadium.
The UEFA (Federation of European Football Federations) on Thursday confirmed that 12000 spectators will be present in the stadium for this match.
The match will be played on 29 May at the Dragao Stadium with a capacity of 50,000 spectators, with thousands of supporters from England’s clubs.
There was a ban on the entry of spectators to the stadiums in Portugal but now 10 percent of the spectators will get admission after the concession in the Corona Protocol.
Uefa said that six thousand tickets would be sold to Chelsea and Manchester City fans. Uefa president Alexander Severin said that fans have not been getting a chance to see their teams for the past 12 months.
It is a big thing for any football club to reach the final of the Champions League. Keeping the spectators away from the match was not an option and I am glad that it has been resolved to some extent.
Initially, the match was to be held at Wembley Stadium in London but the broadcasters and guests could not get relief from the British officials in the quarantine.
