Even Though The Match Against Valencia Flooded With Yellow Cards, Atletico Madrid Succeeded In Ending A Negative Trend

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JAKARTA - Week 22 of the 2021/2022 Spanish League presents a hot match between Atletico Madrid and Valencia on Sunday, January 23. In the match which was held at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Atletico Madrid succeeded in ending the negative trend.

In this meeting Atletico Madrid narrowly won 3-2 over Valencia, but that victory was also achieved through tough games throughout the match. Quoted from Football Espana, it was recorded that the referee awarded 11 yellow cards in this match of which five were awarded to Atletico and the remaining 6 to Valencia.

Despite running hard and tough, Diego Simone's troops were finally able to ensure victory after being left behind at the beginning of the match. Valencia as the guest team scored first in the 25th minute through Yunus Musah's kick.

Not only once, Los Che doubled their advantage to 2-0 through a kick by Hugo Duro in the 44th minute.

The first half match indeed belonged to the visitors, but Atletico did not necessarily give up. In the second half they started to step on the gas to get full points.

The host's efforts proved to be running smoothly, because they had a successful comeback with three goals. The first goal was opened by Matheus Cunha in the 64th minute which was then followed by Angel Correa in the 90+1 minute and closed by Mario Hermoso in the 90+3 minute.

With this comeback, Atletico managed to secure three points at home which makes them now occupy 4th place in the 2021/2022 Spanish League standings.

But not only securing full points, this victory over Valencia also made Atletico managed to get out of a negative trend. In the previous three matches, namely when they met Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao they lost and then the match against Villarreal ended in a draw.