Sunday November 20, 2011 Day 13 Finished Estadio Vicente Calderón

Atlético Madrid 3 - 2 Levante UD

  • Pizzi 69’
  • Adrián 74’
  • Diego 83’
  • Xavi Torres 72’
  • Rubén Suárez 90’

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  1. Atletico Madrid pour misery on Levante

    Atletico Madrid pour misery on Levante

    Atletico Madrid warmed up for next weekend’s Madrid derby at the Bernabeu with a 3-2 Liga win over Levante at Vicente Calderon. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Atlético Madrid
    • Levante UD
    • 93' FULL TIME. The pressure is lifted off coach Manzano, whose introduction of Pizzi and Reyes proved the difference.
    • 90' Ruben makes it 3-2! Again sloppy from the Atletico defence, Juanfran able to get to the left by-line and Ruben sweeps the ball into the top of the net.
    • 90' Three minutes of injury-time. Levante could easily concede another.
    • 90' What a save from Munua! The Uruguayan leaps across goal to keep out an effort from Pizzi, after a good run down the right from Luis Filipe.
    • 89' Iborra hacks at Reyes, and gets a yellow card. The former Arsenal man has proved the difference in this second half.
    • 88' At the other end, Munua then saves low to his right from a goalbound Reyes effort.
    • 87' Miranda's cross to the far post is missed by Kone.
    • 83' Diego makes it 3-1 and wraps up the game with a cool finish. The ball drops to him after Javi Venta miscontrols an attempted interception of Adrian's reverse pass straight to the Brazilian.
    • 81' Ruben Suarez's free-kick goes for a corner off Adrian, but the corner is cleared.
    • 80' Miranda receives a yellow card for a cynical challenge on Aranda.
    • 78' Farinos shoots just wide from the edge of the box after a corner. This is some game now!
    • 76' Double change for Levante, with Ruben Suarez replacing Xavi Torres, and Carlos Aranda on for Barkero.
    • 71' Adrian has made it 2-1 Atletico. This is ridiculous! Two goals in three minutes. Reyes to Turan, who crosses deep for the striker to attack the ball and finish from close range.
    • 70' Xavi Torres has equalised for Levante! Barkero took advantage of a sleeping and probably still celebrating Atletico defence, driving to the byline and cutting the ball back for Torres to bundle home.
    • 68' And Pizzi breaks the deadlock for Atletico, as he finishes through the legs of Munua after a lovely pass from Reyes. That was Reyes' second touch! He has only been on the pitch for four minutes, and he made the difference.
    • 67' Nano stops Reyes' first touch, an attempted through ball down the centre.
    • 65' El Zhar off for Levante, with midfielder Vicente Iborra on to add legs to the midfield.
    • 64' Manzano is bringing on Reyes for Salvio, and then Dominguez goes close again for the home side with a header.
    • 61' Arda Turan skips down the right and feeds Diego, who sees his shot cleared off the line, then Pizzi has a long-distance shot saved.
    • 59' A huge chance for Atletico. Diego slips the ball in for Adrian, who is denied by a fine stand-up save from Munua, and Salvio squirts the rebound wide.
    • 57' Silvio is carried off, to be replaced by Luis Perea. The Atletico physio is earning his money tonight!
    • 56' Diego shoots wide again, the 12th shot, and eighth from outside the box.
    • 54' Pizzi blasts over the rebound, after Munua flaps at Diego's shot from outside the box. Levante are defending too deep, and are likely to be caught out soon if this goes on.
    • 53' Reyes is warming up, to the delight of the crowd. Manzano will not appreciate him applauding the fans for their reception.
    • 52' Dominguez has fallen to earth now, and is limping. He handles the ball as he goes down, and receives a yellow card!
    • 49' And what a save again by Courtois as he flicks the ball away from the feet of Valdo, as he ran on to Arouna Kone's through ball.
    • 48' Xavi Torres is released by a lovely short pass from Barkero. And he shoots straight at Thibaut Courtois.
    • 46' Tiago did not manage to get over his injury, and he is replaced by Pizzi.
    • 46' Second half starts, and it is quiet at the Calderon. The home fans seem deflated.
    • Levante's gameplan will have been to get into half-time without conceding. They have managed it, with not too many frights, apart from the Adrian penalty claim.
    • 45' El Zhar hobbles after receiving Filipe Luis's studs down his leg. All the injuries are happening in injury-time!
    • 45' Just a minute of injury-time.
    • 44' Tiago might have pulled a muscle when straining for the ball. The physio is on, but they will wait to half-time to assess the injury.
    • 42' El Zhar falls down in the area at the other end when trying to reach Barkero's pass, but does not claim a penalty. Not after Adrian's punishment!
    • '39 Adrian does really well to take the ball off Ballesteros, Farinos trips him, but the referee says that it was a case of simulation. It looked an obvious penalty.
    • 38' Filipe Luis tries an effort to the far post, but sweeps his effort wide. It is all about the home side so far.
    • 36' Munua saves easily from Arda's long-distance shot.
    • 34' El Zhar is given a yellow card as he handles the ball as he falls over Arda.
    • 32' Alvaro Dominguez trips Nabil El Zhar on the right-hand side of the box, but the free kick is wasted by Jose Barkero.
    • 29' Levante's Javier Farinos chests the ball in the area, and there are loud calls from the Atletico fans for a handball. It probably isn't, but it was clumsy from the veteran.
    • 26' Levante's Sergio Ballesteros tries a quick free-kick which whistles just wide of goal.
    • 25' Xavi Torres is clattered by Tiago. Free-kick to Levante, their seventh of the game.
    • '22 Adran caught offside for Atletico.
    • '19 Diego rolls a shot wide of the goal, an unimpressive effort from the Atletico midfielder. Levante goalkeeper Gustavo Munua watches it go wide.
    • Atletico coach Manzano knows that he needs a victory to relieve the pressure on him, after just one win in seven La Liga games. Still, it is his 15th club job, so he is probably confident of getting another, even if he loses this!
    • '12 Arda tackles Juanfran late, and the full-back falls to earth. It is the first yellow card of the night.
    • '11 Arda Turan runs out of space as he tries a one-two down the right channel.
    • ATLETICO MADRID: Courtois, Silvio, Miranda, Domínguez, Filipe, Mario, Tiago, Arda Turan, Diego, Salvio, Adrian.///LEVANTE: Munua, Kone, Nano, Farinos, Barkero, Juanfran, Xavi Torres, Javi Venta, Ballesteros, Valdo, El Zhar
    • '2 .Juanfran then Diego go close for the home team, a bright start against a side that have never won at Atletico in eight attempts.
    • '1 And we are off at Vicente Calderon.
    • Four changes for Atletico Madrid for Sunday's visit of Levante, though coach Gregorio Manzano has included Jose Antonio Reyes on the bench after their fall-out. There are two changes for Levante.

  • Summary

    • 90' Ruben makes it 3-2! Again sloppy from the Atletico defence, Juanfran able to get to the left by-line and Ruben sweeps the ball into the top of the net.
    • 83' Diego makes it 3-1 and wraps up the game with a cool finish. The ball drops to him after Javi Venta miscontrols an attempted interception of Adrian's reverse pass straight to the Brazilian.
    • 71' Adrian has made it 2-1 Atletico. This is ridiculous! Two goals in three minutes. Reyes to Turan, who crosses deep for the striker to attack the ball and finish from close range.
    • 70' Xavi Torres has equalised for Levante! Barkero took advantage of a sleeping and probably still celebrating Atletico defence, driving to the byline and cutting the ball back for Torres to bundle home.
    • 68' And Pizzi breaks the deadlock for Atletico, as he finishes through the legs of Munua after a lovely pass from Reyes. That was Reyes' second touch! He has only been on the pitch for four minutes, and he made the difference.

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Atlético Madrid

    Manager: Gregorio Manzano

  • Levante UD

    Manager: Juan Ignacio Martínez

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
      Substitution Out58′ 3.3 -
      5.2 -
      Yellow Card 6.6 -
      4.3 -
      Midfielders
      4.3 -
      Substitution Out45′ 3 -
      Substitution Out64′ 4.5 -
      Goal 6.8 -
      Yellow Card 7.1 -
      Strikers
      Goal Yellow Card 5.6 -
      Subs
      Substitution In64′ 9 -
      Substitution In58′ 5 -
      Substitution In45′ Goal Yellow Card 4.7 -
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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      Midfielders
      Goal Substitution Out77′ 3.5 -
      4 -
      5.8 -
      Yellow Card Substitution Out66′ 9.3 -
      Substitution Out77′ 5.4 -
      Strikers
      4.5 -
      Subs
      Substitution In66′ Yellow Card 3 -
      Substitution In77′ Goal 3 -
      Substitution In77′ 3 -

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