Atlético Madrid vs Slovan Bratislava, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
· UEFA Champions League
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3 - 1
3 - 1
Atlético Madrid beat Slovan Bratislava, extend win streak to 10
Antoine Griezmann scored twice as Atletico Madrid claimed a 10th win in a row in all competitions with a comfortable 3-1 home victory over Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid).
- 1': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Foul by Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid).
- 4': Juraj Kucka (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Delay in match because of an injury Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid).
- 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 7': César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid).
- 11': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Siemen Voet.
- 14': Foul by Juraj Kucka (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 14': Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 16': Goal! Atletico Madrid 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 0. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Samuel Lino.
- 18': Foul by Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
- 18': Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Javi Galán.
- 23': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 25': Offside, SK Slovan Bratislava. Róbert Mak is caught offside.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 26': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by David Strelec.
- 27': Attempt missed. Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 28': Foul by Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid).
- 28': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Siemen Voet.
- 33': Delay in match (Atletico Madrid).
- 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 35': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Nino Marcelli replaces Tigran Barseghyan because of an injury.
- 35': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by César Blackman.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 36': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Róbert Mak.
- 36': Attempt saved. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 36': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Dominik Takác.
- 38': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
- 38': Attempt saved. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcos Llorente with a through ball.
- 41': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Kenan Bajric.
- 42': Goal! Atletico Madrid 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 0. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Llorente with a cross.
- 44': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Guram Kashia.
- 45'+2': Foul by Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid).
- 45'+2': Nino Marcelli (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Atletico Madrid 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Atletico Madrid 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 0.
- 45': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Koke replaces Pablo Barrios.
- 49': Penalty SK Slovan Bratislava. David Strelec draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 49': Penalty conceded by Clément Lenglet (Atletico Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 50': VAR Decision: Penalty SK Slovan Bratislava.
- 51': Goal! Atletico Madrid 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 1. David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 52': Foul by Siemen Voet (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 52': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 54': Attempt missed. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Lino.
- 57': Goal! Atletico Madrid 3, SK Slovan Bratislava 1. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Koke with a through ball.
- 59': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Giuliano Simeone is caught offside.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
- 61': Foul by Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid).
- 61': Jurij Medvedev (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 65': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Koke.
- 67': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Jurij Medvedev.
- 67': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a through ball.
- 72': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
- 72': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Sharani Zuberu replaces Róbert Mak.
- 72': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Idjessi Metsoko replaces Jurij Medvedev.
- 73': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Alexander Sørloth replaces Antoine Griezmann.
- 73': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo Riquelme replaces Julián Alvarez.
- 73': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Conor Gallagher replaces Samuel Lino.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Riquelme (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Koke.
- 76': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Guram Kashia.
- 77': Attempt missed. José María Giménez (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo Riquelme with a cross following a corner.
- 82': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Javi Galán.
- 82': Attempt missed. Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Siemen Voet with a headed pass following a corner.
- 82': Attempt saved. Siemen Voet (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 84': Foul by Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 84': Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Alen Mustafic replaces Kyriakos Savvidis.
- 84': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Vladimír Weiss replaces Kenan Bajric.
- 85': Foul by Alen Mustafic (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 85': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Koke (Atletico Madrid).
- 90': Attempt missed. Nino Marcelli (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Juraj Kucka.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+1': Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+3': Juraj Kucka (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 3, SK Slovan Bratislava 1.
- 0': Match ends, Atletico Madrid 3, SK Slovan Bratislava 1.
Statistics
 SLB |
ATM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 3 | Saves | 1 |
| 41 | Possession | 59 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 410 | Accurate Passes | 621 |
| 480 | Passes | 682 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 7 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 37 | Long Balls | 29 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 14 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 9 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 27 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 27 | Clearances | 7 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 59,134
Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 59,134
UEFA Champions League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | +12 | 18 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 6 | +14 | 15 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 6 | +9 | 13 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | +7 | 13 |
Line-Ups
Atlético Madrid (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Jan Oblak (GK) |
| 15 | Clément Lenglet |
| 2 | José María Giménez |
| 21 | Javi Galán |
| 14 | Marcos Llorente |
| 8 | Pablo Barrios |
| 5 | Rodrigo De Paul |
| 12 | Samuel Lino |
| 22 | Giuliano Simeone |
| 19 | Julián Álvarez |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann |
Slovan Bratislava (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 71 | Dominik Takac (GK) |
| 4 | Guram Kashia |
| 2 | Siemen Voet |
| 12 | Kenan Bajric |
| 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis |
| 33 | Juraj Kucka |
| 17 | Jurij Medvedev |
| 28 | César Blackman |
| 13 | David Strelec |
| 21 | Róbert Mak |
| 11 | Tigran Barseghyan |
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