Getafe Vs Atletico Madrid 1-2: Brace Suarez Brings Los Colchoneros Rise To Defeat Azulones

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JAKARTA - Brace Luis Suarez brought Atletico Madrid back to beat Getafe 2-1 in the match week six of the Spanish League at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez Stadium, Tuesday local time.

Getafe took the lead through Stefan Mitrovic's goal but they then had to go back to 10 men from the 74th minute due to Carles Alena's red card. The situation of 11 against 10 was able to be used by Atletico to turn things around thanks to Suarez's brace.

Don Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz.

Poco más que añadir.

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— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) September 21, 2021

Atletico temporarily climbed to the top of the standings with a collection of 14 points, one point ahead of their city rivals Real Madrid who only played a day ago, while Getafe, who is still pointless, has not moved from 19th in the standings.

Launching Antara, the first half lasted minimal opportunities until finally Getafe, who did appear more aggressive, was able to take the lead right at the end of normal time through Mitrovic's goal.

Starting from an attempt to clear Atletico's imperfect defense, the ball was again controlled by Getafe and was sent by Nemanja Maksimovic to head Mitrovic to the post before failing to be anticipated by goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

Entering the second half in a state of lagging, Atletico tried to get up but Antoine Griezmann's two attempts at the beginning of the half still did not meet the target.

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— LaLiga (@LaLiga) September 21, 2021

Tensions heated up and in the 65th minute, there was a small commotion when Jaime Mata interfered with Oblak's clearance effort. The incident resulted in three yellow cards issued by referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez against two Getafe players namely Mata and Carles Alena and Atletico defender Jose Gimenez.

After a small scuffle, Atletico almost equalized in the 68th minute unfortunately Suarez's header met Rodrigo de Paul's cross still hitting the crossbar.

Six minutes later, doom befell the hosts as Alena fouled Matheus Cunha. The severity of the violation caused Alena, who had previously received a yellow card, to be given a direct red card by the referee, forcing Getafe to continue playing with only 10 players.

The advantage in numbers was quickly taken by Atletico, who equalized in the 78th minute when Suarez made a touch from Mario Hermoso's cross before finishing with a left-footed effort that rounded goalkeeper David Soria.

Atletico had to wait until the end of normal time to completely turn things around and take the lead when Suarez scored his second to head home Sime Vrsaljko's pass to seal a 2-1 win for the visitors.