Atletico Madrid conquers the lead after a close victory against Bilbao!

Atletico Madrid conquers the lead after a close victory against Bilbao!

Metropolitano Stadion, Madrid, Spanien - On the 26th matchday of the Laliga, Atletico Madrid was able to celebrate a narrow but decisive 1-0 home win against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. The match in the metropolitano stadium was exciting, even if the first half remained goalless. The crucial goal was scored in the 65th minute through the substitute Julian Alvarez, who hit Llorente into the net after a brilliant pass from Marcos. Alvarez, who met after an assist from Llorente, underlined the importance of the victory: "It is an incredibly important victory, we knew that it would not be easy," said the Argentinian striker, who achieved his eighth goal of the season, said yahoo sports .

Although Atletico dominated, Bilbao had the chance to equalize several times, but scored three times the aluminum, which made it clear how close they were in a draw. The player Inaki Williams in particular caused danger with his shots, but could not achieve the balance. The BASKE gave the impression that they deserved more, but Williams found that "it is not about who deserves it, but who scores the goals", like laola1 reported.

league leadership conquered

This victory climbed Atletico Madrid to the top of the table, while Real Madrid, who lost 1: 2 against Real Betis, is now under pressure. Atletico is now a two -point lead over the direct pursuer Barcelona, who will play against Real Sociedad on Sunday. Athletic Bilbao still remains in the race for the Champions League places, but has a gap of eight points to the leader. "We are in the fight for the title, but we know that there is still a long way ahead of us," added Alvarez when he prepared his teammates for the challenge.