◤La Liga◢ Alexander Sørloth scores to rescue 10-men Atlético Madrid with a late 1-1 draw against Celta Vigo..

10-men Atlético Madrid forced Celta Vigo to a late 1-1 draw in matchday 24 of the 2024/25 La Liga season at the Estadio Metropolitano on Saturday.

In the first half, Barrios was sent off for a malicious tackle on Durán shortly after the start of the match. In the second half, Aspas scored from a penalty. At the crucial moment, Sørloth scored from a half-volley. In the end, 10-men Atlético Madrid forced Celta Vigo to a late 1-1 draw. After this round of games, Los Colchoneros is temporarily second on the table with 50 points, only 1 point behind its city rivals Real Madrid; Os Celestes is temporarily 12th with 29 points.

First Half

In the 5th minute, Pablo Durán was maliciously tackled by Pablo Barrios when he intercepted the ball near the midfield center circle. The referee immediately issued a yellow card to the latter. The VAR assistant referee immediately intervened to make reminder. The referee personally went to the sidelines to watch the VAR replay, cancelled the yellow card issued to Barrios, and directly issued a red card to send him off. Atlético Madrid was forced to play the remaining 85 minutes of the game with 10-men!

In the 44th minute, Fer López made a straight pass from the front. After successfully beating the offside trap, Pablo Durán quickly followed up, stopped the ball then half-volleyed with his left foot from the center of the box, but his shot was saved by Jan Oblak.

At the end of the first half, Atléti and Celta Vigo temporarily drew 0-0 and entered the half time break.

Second Half

Both sides switched sides as the match continued. In the 55th minute, Rodrigo De Paul passes horizontally from the right wing, Marcos Llorente quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, volleyed with his right foot from the right side of box, but his shot was saved by Vicente Guaita.

11 minutes later, Borja Iglesias was brought down by Robin Le Normand while controlling the ball in the box, and the referee immediately blew his whistle to award Celta Vigo a penalty! Iago Aspas took the penalty and scored with his left-footed shot. Celta Vigo broke the deadlock first to a 0-1 lead! This was the 211th goal which the legendary Os Celestes captain has scored for the club!

In the 80th minute, Llorente made a straight pass from the right wing. Ángel Correa quickly followed up, got the ball, then dribbled and cuts inside past several defenders who were marking him before shooting from outside the penalty area with his right foot, but his shot was saved by Guaita.

1 minute later, José María Jiménez made a long pass from his own back half. After successfully beating the offside trap, Alexander Sørloth quickly followed up and stopped the ball before half-volleying the ball from the center of the box with his right foot. The ball flew straight into the bottom left corner of the net, leaving Guaita was unable to reach it. Atlético Madrid drew level with Celta Vigo at 1-1! This was the former Crystal Palace center forward's 12th goal of the season!

When the final whistle is blown, 10-men Atlético Madrid forced Celta Vigo to a late 1-1 draw