By the 28th round of the Spanish league, Atlético de Madrid defeated Cádiz 2-1 at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. The goals of the local team were converted by Rodrigo De Paul and Joao Félix, while Álvaro Negredo did the same for the visit. The “Colchonero” opened the scoring of the match two minutes into the match through Portuguese striker Joao Félix, who took advantage of an error by the Argentine goalkeeper of Cádiz, Jeremías Ledesma, to score the 1-0.
As for other actions of play, in the 38th minute of the match, the referee of the match expelled the defender of the Madrid team Reinildo Mandava for an infraction on the midfielder Rubén Alcaraz. Despite this decision, the judge reviewed the play in the Var and decided to reverse his ruling and only admonished the native of Mozambique.In the closing of the first half, the Spanish attacker of Cádiz Álvaro Negredo put the partial tie of head after a center to the area. In the complement, the cast led by Diego Simeone got the advantage again through the goal of the Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, who finished off the goal after a rebound from the rival goalkeeper. In the 74th minute of play, Cádiz almost equalized the score again, as defender Luis Hernández took advantage of a bad start by goalkeeper Jan Oblak and finished off the goal, but the ball was cleared before entering by José María Giménez.At the end of the match, The Atlético de Madird midfielder Javi Serrano was sent off for a hard cross, but the numerical disadvantage was not an impediment to the 2-1 victory of the local cast. With this result, Atlético de Madrid remains in third place in the Spanish league with 51 points, while Cádiz is in the relegation places with 24 units.
