Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 February 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 17 February 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Athletic Club: match report
Atlético de Madrid lost to Athletic Club 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 17 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.
Antonio López opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goal came from Antonio López (5'). Athletic Club scored through Susaeta (39') and Fernando Llorente (45+1').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 4th on 41 points from 23 and Athletic Club 16th on 26 points from 23. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Athletic Club 11th with 50.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Athletic Club's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Antonio López
- 16'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 39'Goal · Susaeta
- 39'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 41'Yellow card · Sergio Agüero
- 45'Yellow card · Antonio López
- 45+1'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 47'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 51'Second yellow · Raúl García
- 52'Yellow card · Pernía
- 87'Yellow card · Pablo Ibáñez
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Christian Abbiati, Antonio López, Pernía, Fabiano Eler, Pablo Ibáñez, Luis García, José Jurado, Raúl García, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Armando Riveiro, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Aitor Ocio, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Susaeta, Aritz Aduriz, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola