Atletico Madrid is very near to have a place at Europe. Fernando Torres was decisive at the triumph at the victory of the red and white team made against Gimnastic of Tarragona (0-2) after affirming the two red and white goals, the second from the penalti area. So things, Manzanares team keeps the sixth place on the board before the pressure of Villarreal and they have left two more matches to confirm the European dream.

After the triumph of the Castellon team against Valencia, Atletico Madrid just need it a triumph at Tarragona to keep its place, a very important match against a rival descended to Second category. Tha’s why the red and white team look for the first minute to monopolize the ball, although Nastic team left it clear it wasn’t going to put an easy match: Ruben Castro tested Leo Franco’s reflex with a point blank shot . The scared open way to the happines when Fernando Torres open the scoreboard at the minute 11. The captain recieved a great pass from Maxi in the area and didn’t failed at the shot beating to Ruben Perez.

After the goal , the battle slowed the pace and open way to a phase with lower intensity. The red and white team gave the ball to its rival waiting for wide differences at some counterattack. Gabi tried it, with a shot from the front that left lightly deflected, while the Nastic men didn’t worried to Leo Franco with far shots that the Argentinian blocked without any problem. It didn’t happened much more until the break. The local team, willing though harmless, didn’t show force to cut distance against an Atletico that close its lines and hardly left chances to get closer with danger.

The second half Nastic started warning with a header of Makukula that Leo Franco blocked without problems. The ties hopes didn’t last too much time for Nastic, since at the 54’ Calvo made a clear penalty to Maxi and Fernando Torres scored from eleven metres his second goal of the match and the fourteenth at the four season, confirming his condition of top goalscorer of the team. The pace of the match decline to low levels and Javier Aguirre decided changing some players Petrov and Maxi instead of Jurado and Antonio Lopez.

The incorporation hardly change the color of the match. Three minutes to the end Fernando Torres gave his place to ‘Kun’ Agüero. The Argentinian player could score the third goal in an individual action, after dribble two defenders, his shot left a little bit deflected. After finalizing the match was time to see how Nastic had left 10 player because the sent off Makukula.


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