An Atletico suffered a defeat at the worst moment of the season. Javier Aguirre’s team loose against Celta (2-3) and their options are getting more complicated to play at Europe the next campaign when just have left a match to the end of the Championship. So things, the red and white team give the sixth place to Villarreal and they don’t depend of theirselves to achieve the continental dream.

The blue sky risked the descend at Calderon and demonstrated from the first instante. Until three occasions of goal made Celta at the begining, though the performances of Seitaridis and Leo Franco prevent the first goal. It didn’t finish there the Galician danger. After a while Canobbio, Bainao and Gustavo Lopez will come back to try it with the same result: Leo Franco, masterly, prevent things went worst.

Fernando Torres, recoverying in a record time of a left sprain ankle, was the charge to respond the attack with an splendid left fooded which Pinto blocked. The red and white resurrection perpetrate minutes after when the locals inaugurate the scoreboard with a Maxi goal. The minute 28’ was running when F. Torres put a header ball to the Argentinian, that Pinto couldn’t blocked the right fooded very near of the post.

The goal happiness didn’t last a lot to the red and white team. Harly few minutes after Seitaridis knock down to Gustavo Lopez at the area and Baiano transformed the maximun punishment living Leo Franco. Everything started again and Atleti wasn’t prepared to let the match. Firstly Petrov, after that Maniche and at the last Maxi tried without result recovery the lost advantage. While that Celta didn’t stop his insistence to achieve the three points and also enjoy of occasion to score before the break.

The begining of the second half couldn’t be worst to the local team: two minutes took Yago Yao to header at the end of the net thanks a corner kick shoted by Nene. The goal didn’t suit very good above Atletico team that was again behind the boardscore . The answer came from the boots of Fernando Torres after sending this poison shot from outside of the area that left it high just few centimetres.

Javier Aguirre decided to put more force to the attack living entered to ‘Kun’ Agüero instead of Seitaridis. If things weren’t enough bad, Atletico had ten players after the sending off the middlefielder Peter Luccin. Celta knew how to get the most of his numerical superiorita and Baiano scored the third goal that put the match very difficult to the locals.

In spite of the adversity, Atleta kept looking the goal and found a reward in a braid play between Petrov and Maxi. The Argentinian scored the second one and took place to new hopes, though the red and white force was diluting little by little against a tough Celta letting the time run. Finally, inappropiate defeat of Atletico at the first ‘match-ball’ at Europe, a result that obligues to risk everything to a card in the last season against Osasuna.


Technnical data:

Atletico Madrid: Leo Franco; Seitaridis (Agüero, 56’), Pablo Ibañez (Perea, 71’), Fabiano Eller, Antonio Lopez; Luccin, Maniche (Gabi, 85’), Petrov; Maxi and Fernando Torres.

Celta: Pinto; Angel, Contreras, Lequi, Placente (Yago Yao, 34’); Oubiña, Pablo Garcia; Gustavo Lopez (Nuñez, 79’), Canobbio (Jonathan Vila, 89’), Nene, and Baiano.

Referee: Perez Burrull. On Atletico Madrid side he showed a red card to Luccin (64’) and a yellow card to Pablo (70’) and Petrov (87’); At Celta was warned to Lequi (3’), Contreras (53’), Baiano (61’), Pablo Garcia (63’), Ángel (72’) and Pinto (75’).

Goals:

1-0 (28’). Maxi makes a powerful shot after Fernando Torres’ header.

1-1 (30’). Baiano scores from the penalty area.

1-2 (47’). Yago Yao scores with a header coming from a corner kick shoted by Gustavo Lopez.

1-3 (67’). Baiano makes a powerful goal from the middle of the area.

2-3 (69’). Maxi scores from a Martin Petrov’s pass


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