Atletico Madrid pipped metropolis rivals Real Madrid to the La Liga title on Saturday after Luis Suarez fired them to a 2-1 comeback win at Real Valladolid, which secured them the Spanish championship for the primary time in seven years.
Valladolid took a shock lead within the 18th minute when Oscar Plano slotted previous Jan Oblak to finish a sweeping counterattack after Yannick Carrasco had misplaced management of the ball following an Atletico nook.
Just as that they had completed in final week’s comeback win over Osasuna, Atletico missed a sequence of clear alternatives however they drew stage after a second of magic from Angel Correa, who danced his means by way of the defence earlier than arrowing into the underside nook within the 57th minute.
Suarez then pounced on a giveaway by the Valladolid defence to attain within the 67th and put Atletico on their method to a victory that will safe the title it doesn’t matter what occurred in Real Madrid’s sport at house to Villarreal.
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Valladolid missed a pair of evident alternatives down the opposite finish whereas Geoffrey Kondogbia wasted an opportunity that will have given Atletico a extra stress-free end when he blasted into the side-netting.
Real Madrid ended up preventing their means again from a aim right down to beat Villarreal 2-1 which meant they might have swiped the title from Atletico’s palms if Valladolid had equalised because of a greater head-to-head file.
However, Diego Simeone’s facet noticed out the victory and wildly celebrated on the pitch.
“Atletico have had an incredible season despite all the difficulties we’ve had. We’ve been the most consistent team and we are champions,” mentioned Suarez.
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The sport was performed behind closed doorways like all of Atletico’s matches this season though a number of hundred supporters cheered them on from exterior the stadium.
Atletico completed high of the standings on 86 factors whereas Real got here second on 84. Valladolid completed nineteenth and had been relegated to Spain’s second division together with 18th-place Huesca and Eibar, who completed backside.