The derby of the 27th round of La Liga went to Atlético de Madrid - the "colćoneros" defeated Betis 3:1 tonight away from home and overtook them in the standings.
After tonight's match, Madrid are in 4th place with 48 points, two more than Betis, who dropped out of the Champions League zone. In 3rd place, Barcelona has the same number of points as Diego Simeone's team, but also a match less.
The current champion played an excellent match at the "Benito Villamarin" stadium, and young Joao Felix shone, scoring two goals. Toma Lemar also entered the list of scorers, while Teljo scored the goal for Betis.
Atlético took the lead from the first serious attack. Already in the second minute, Oblak sent a long ball, and Corea found Felix in the penalty area.
In the 11th minute, an important moment - Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini made a forced substitution, when he introduced Teljo instead of the injured Gvadrado. The former Barcelona player is in the fifth minute of stoppage time in the first half with a shot from a distance equalized and brought the home team back into the match.
Teljo had two outstanding opportunities at the beginning of the second half, he didn't use them, and after that Atletico could have scored - first, Felipe hit the post with his head after a corner, and Jimenez tried to put it into the net, but Bravo saved.
Five minutes after the chances of Felipe and Jimenez, Atletico took the lead again, and another goal was scored by Felix - Llorente broke through on the right side, was faster than the keeper, assisted the young Portuguese representative, who hit an empty net.
The final result set up by Lemar 10 minutes before the end, assisted by Griezmann, who previously had a chance to score, but didn't use it.
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