First Division - Day 4

Atlético Madrid 5 - Sporting Gijón 0

Atlético: Oblak; Vrsaljko, Savic, Godín, Filipe Luis; Gaitán, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Carrasco (Augusto Fernández 46‘); Griezmann (Fernando Torres 69’), Gameiro (Correa 60’). 4-4-2.
Sporting: Cuéllar; Lillo, Jorge Meré, Amorebieta, Isma López (Viguera 46’); Sergio Álvarez, Nacho Cases; Douglas, Victor Rodríguez (Akram Afif 63‘), Burgui; Duje Cop (Carlos Castro 69‘). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 02. Griezmann. Picked up Gameiro pass and struck low shot wide of Cuéllar.
2-0. 05. Gameiro. Took Filipe Luis pass and curled shot in to far top corner of net.
3-0. 31. Griezmann. Collected Koke pass and struck long shot wide of keeper.
4-0. 72. Fernando Torres. Got on end of Correa cross to turn ball in on near post.
5-0. 91. Fernando Torres (penalty). After Lillo brought down Gaitán in the area.

Yellow cards: Amorebieta 16’, Lillo 90’.

Atlético Madrid moved up to fourth in the table after a 5-0 victory over Sporting Gijón on Saturday afternoon. Within five minutes they were already two up, Griezmann picking up Gameiro’s assist to open the scoring, and Gameiro himself cutting in from left of the area to curl in the second. Gaitán and Carrasco went close after that, and Gameiro had a strike ruled out for a questionable offside, and with just over half an hour gone Griezmann ran through to fire the third past Cuéllar. Sporting’s best efforts came from Cop and Burgui before the break, but Carrasco hit the outside of the post, and Griezmann came close to his hat-trick before Simeone decided to give him a rest. That brought on Fernando Torres though, and within five minutes “El Niño” got on the end of Correa’s centre to make it four. Nacho Cases should have scored for the visitors when through on goal if he had not snatched his shot wide, but with the game coming to an end Torres wrapped things up from the penalty spot after Lillo fouled Gaitán in the area.