In the 3rd round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid hosted Espanyol at 3:30am Beijing time on August 29th. The game was a fierce battle between offense and defense, but unfortunately, despite the exciting moments on the field, the final score of 0-0 handshake. Atletico is now in fourth place in the table after the draw.
At the beginning of the first half, both sides quickly entered the state, Atletico showed a strong desire to attack in the cheering of the home fans. In the 8th minute, De Paul sent a precise direct ball in front of the penalty area, Lino quickly plunged forward and stabbed the ball, but unfortunately the ball hit the post and bounced out, unable to rewrite the score. The attack made the fans break out in a cold sweat and signaled that the match would be a close one.
The second half resumed with both sides continuing their fierce confrontation. In the 54th minute, Atletico Madrid had another good chance to break through. Barrios in front of the right side of the field to send a low ball cross, the Spanish goalkeeper although struggling to save but could not put the ball far, Koke quickly followed up the shot, the ball was once again blocked out by the goalkeeper. However, just then, Riquelme parried the ball in front of the goal and scored. But then the VAR video assistant referee intervened, and after replaying the ball, the referee ruled that Riquelme was in an offside position when he received the ball, and the goal was therefore ruled invalid. The Atletico players felt very sorry for this decision.
The game went into injury time with both teams still unable to break the deadlock. In the 90th minute, Riquelme had another chance to score. He took a pass from a teammate in the penalty area and fired a shot from a narrow angle, but unfortunately, the goal was also disallowed due to offside. Riquelme's two goals in this game were not counted due to offside, which is undoubtedly a big regret in his career.
Finally, with the referee's whistle, the match ended. Atletico Madrid drew with Espanyol at home with a score of 0-0.
