Atlético Madrid vs Celta Vigo, 2023-24 LALIGA
· Spanish LALIGALate De Paul stunner helps Atlético Madrid towards UCL spot
Atletico Madrid's Rodrigo De Paul scored a brilliant late goal to snatch a 1-0 home victory against relegation-threatened Celta Vigo as they consolidated fourth spot in Laliga on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Jaílson (Celta Vigo).
- 2': Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Attempt saved. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rodrigo Riquelme.
- 3': Delay in match (Celta Vigo).
- 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 7': Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Foul by Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo).
- 8': Foul by Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid).
- 8': Hugo Álvarez (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa is caught offside.
- 12': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Correa.
- 14': Attempt saved. Rodrigo Riquelme (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Lino.
- 14': Attempt saved. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 17': Foul by Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo).
- 17': Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Attempt missed. Jørgen Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jonathan Bamba.
- 21': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Riquelme (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Koke.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Koke (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ángel Correa.
- 23': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Stefan Savic.
- 25': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Jaílson.
- 29': Foul by Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo).
- 29': Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
- 34': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Carl Starfelt.
- 35': Delay in match (Atletico Madrid).
- 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 36': Foul by Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo).
- 36': Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Attempt saved. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Koke with a through ball.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Koke.
- 43': Delay in match because of an injury Óscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo).
- 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+1': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Celta Vigo 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Atletico Madrid 0, Celta Vigo 0.
- 45': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Samuel Lino.
- 46': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by César Azpilicueta with a cross.
- 49': Foul by Damián Rodríguez (Celta Vigo).
- 49': Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Delay in match (Atletico Madrid).
- 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
- 52': Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid).
- 52': Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 53': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Mario Hermoso.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by César Azpilicueta.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 55': Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid).
- 55': Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo De Paul replaces Stefan Savic.
- 59': Attempt saved. Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Bamba.
- 60': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa is caught offside.
- 62': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Pablo Barrios replaces Ángel Correa.
- 64': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo Riquelme is caught offside.
- 65': Foul by Koke (Atletico Madrid).
- 65': Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Mario Hermoso.
- 67': Attempt saved. Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Damián Rodríguez.
- 67': Foul by Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo).
- 67': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Tadeo Allende replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
- 68': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 71': Foul by Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid).
- 71': Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo Riquelme with a cross.
- 74': Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid).
- 74': Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Reinildo replaces Rodrigo Riquelme.
- 75': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Memphis Depay replaces Antoine Griezmann.
- 75': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
- 76': Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 77': Attempt saved. Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
- 77': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 77': Attempt missed. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 78': Corner, Celta Vigo. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Llorente.
- 84': Attempt saved. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Reinildo.
- 84': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.
- 84': Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, Celta Vigo 0. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Fran Beltrán (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
- 87': Attempt missed. Hugo Álvarez (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fran Beltrán.
- 88': Attempt missed. Jaílson (Celta Vigo) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Damián Rodríguez.
- 88': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Luca de la Torre replaces Jonathan Bamba.
- 88': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Tasos Douvikas replaces Damián Rodríguez.
- 88': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Javier Manquillo replaces Unai Núñez.
- 89': Foul by Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid).
- 89': Jaílson (Celta Vigo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Tasos Douvikas (Celta Vigo).
- 90': Reinildo (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Celta Vigo. Miguel Rodríguez replaces Carl Starfelt.
- 90'+4': Foul by Miguel Rodríguez (Celta Vigo).
- 90'+4': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 1, Celta Vigo 0.
- 0': Match ends, Atletico Madrid 1, Celta Vigo 0.
Statistics
 CEL |
ATM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 4 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 7 | Saves | 2 |
| 44.5 | Possession | 55.5 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 21 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 424 | Accurate Passes | 560 |
| 502 | Passes | 635 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 16 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 34 | Long Balls | 58 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 10 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 25 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 25 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 63,014
Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 63,014
LALIGA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 12 | +29 | 33 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 11 | +10 | 24 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 12 | +11 | 23 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 11 | +1 | 21 |
Line-Ups
Atlético Madrid (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Jan Oblak (GK) |
| 20 | Axel Witsel  |
| 22 | Mario Hermoso |
| 15 | Stefan Savic |
| 6 | Koke |
| 14 | Marcos Llorente |
| 17 | Rodrigo Riquelme |
| 3 | César Azpilicueta |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann |
| 12 | Samuel Lino |
| 10 | Ángel Correa |
Celta Vigo (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Vicente Guaita (GK) |
| 2 | Carl Starfelt |
| 4 | Unai Núñez |
| 16 | Jailson |
| 8 | Fran Beltrán |
| 34 | Damián Rodríguez |
| 33 | Hugo Álvarez |
| 3 | Óscar Mingueza |
| 18 | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 17 | Jonathan Bamba |
| 10 | Iago Aspas |
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