DBasia.news – Playing as the host, Villarreal immediately kicked off at the beginning of the match. Andre Anguissa immediately gave the first test for Atletico Madrid’s back line in the 10th minute.
However, his kick had hit the opponent’s defender and resulted in a corner kick. Two minutes later it was Atletico’s turn to surprise the host.
Joao Felix’s hard kick had failed to be cleared by Sergio Asenjo. The goal failed to as the goalpost saved the host from conceeding.
Entering the 34th minute, Villarreal players forced Jan Oblak to struggle to save his goal. This time Manu Trigueros kick was successfully ignored by the Slovenian goalkeeper. Despite appearing to press each other, both teams failed to score throughout the first half.
The situation did not change much in the second half. A poor final finish caused no goals to be scored. Like Renan Lodi’s kick in Villarreal goal that bounced high.
As a result, until the match ended, the score 0-0 did not change. These results has made Atletico Madrid not move from sixth place with a notch 26 points. While Villarreal moved up one place to 12th place with 19 points.