Atletico Madrid 3-0 Girona: Simeone's side seal first victory of LaLiga season.
2024/2025 La Liga
3-0
Match Events
38' GOAL! Atletico 1-0 Girona (Antoine Griezmann)
48' GOAL! Atletico 2-0 Girona (Marcos Llorente)
93' GOAL! Atletico 3-0 Girona (Koke)
Match Report
Marcos Llorente scored a fine individual effort as Atletico Madrid claimed their first LaLiga victory of the season with a 3-0 win over Girona.
Antoine Griezmann and substitute Koke were also on target for Diego Simeone's side at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano.
Atletico, who handed a debut to new signing Conor Gallagher later on, broke the deadlock six minutes before half-time.
Griezmann stepped up and drilled a fierce 18-yard free-kick beyond Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who had been penalised for handball just outside his own penalty area.
Gazzaniga was helpless again within three minutes of the restart, as Llorente embarked on a powerful solo run from just inside his own half, before rifling into the roof of the net from 20 yards.
And Los Rojiblancos sealed the victory in stoppage time following a swift counter that culminated in Llorente crossing for Koke to volley home.
10 - Since 2015/16, Atlético de Madrid have scored 10 direct free-kick goals in all competitions, nine of them by Antoine Griezmann, with today's being the first for the red & white side since Luis Suárez's in January 2021 v Cádiz in @LaLigaEN.
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Data Debrief: Griezmann picks up where Suarez left off
Since the 2015-16 season, Atletico have scored 10 goals directly from free-kicks in all competitions, with Griezmann scoring nine of those.
His effort today was the first such goal by a Los Rojiblancos player since Luis Suarez against Cadiz back in January 2021.
Griezmann also continued his personal scourge of Girona. Indeed, that was the midfielder's fifth goal against them in LaLiga (equalling Borja Iglesias), with no player registering more.
Line-ups
Atletico XI: Azpilicueta, Oblak, Griezmann, De Paul, Gimenez, Llorente, Robin Le Normand, Samuel Lino, Julián Alvarez, Riquelme, Pablo Barrios
Subs: Witsel, Koke, Alexander Sørloth, Correa, Reinildo Mandava, Javi Galán, Nahuel Molina, Conor Gallagher, Alejandro Iturbe, Giuliano Simeone, Ilias Kostis, Antonio Gomis
Girona XI: Blind, Romeu, D.López, Gazzaniga, Viktor Tsygankov, Yangel Herrera, Abel Ruiz, Iván Martín, Miguel Gutiérrez, Gil, Arnau Martínez
Subs: Stuani, Juan Carlos, Juanpe, Portu, P. Lopez, Van de Beek, Ladislav Krejci, Bojan Miovski, Alejandro Francés, Gabriel Misehouy, Jhon Solís, Iker Almena