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FT Sunday, August 21, 2022
Villarreal DWWWW 2
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Atlético Madrid WWWWW 0
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Match Report

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Villarreal sink Atletico Madrid behind stellar goalkeeping from Geronimo Rulli

Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli made a series of brilliant saves to keep out Atletico Madrid and help his side to a 2-0 away win on Sunday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
3
49.8
Possession
50.2
19
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
443
Accurate Passes
410
491
Passes
473
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
9
Crosses
30
0.3
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
35
37
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
9
Blocked Shots
2
2
Effective Tackles
15
6
Tackles
18
0.3
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
2
31
Effective Clearances
10
31
Clearances
10

Highlights

01:14 Yeremi Pino boots in a beautiful goal off the corner kick Watch on ESPN 00:30 Matheus Cunha's goal attempt is denied by the crossbar Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ATM leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ATM · 3-1-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 20Axel WitselCD
  3. 23Reinildo MandavaCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 6KokeSW
  6. 11Thomas LemarCM-L
  7. 14Marcos LlorenteCM-R
  8. 21Yannick CarrascoLM
  9. 16Nahuel MolinaRM
  10. 7João FélixCF-L
  11. 19Álvaro MorataCF-R

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 24Alfonso PedrazaLB
  5. 8Juan FoythRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 6Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 17Giovani Lo CelsoLM
  9. 21Yéremy PinoRM
  10. 26Nicolas JacksonCF-L
  11. 7Gerard MorenoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 48' João Félix (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo de Paul replaces Thomas Lemar.
  3. 62' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann replaces Marcos Llorente.
  4. 69' Substitution, Villarreal. Francis Coquelin replaces Etienne Capoue.
  5. 70' Substitution, Villarreal. Álex Baena replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  6. 70' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Matheus Cunha replaces Álvaro Morata.
  7. 70' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces João Félix.
  8. 73' Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 1. Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 76' Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Yeremi Pino because of an injury.
  10. 76' Substitution, Atletico Madrid. José Giménez replaces Stefan Savic.
  11. 84' Substitution, Villarreal. José Morales replaces Nicolas Jackson.
  12. 90' José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+3' Daniel Parejo (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+4' Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  15. 90'+5' Álex Baena (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+7' Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Villarreal 2. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alfonso Pedraza following a fast break.
  17. 90'+9' Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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