Sporting Gijón 2-5 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
Sporting Gijón 2-5 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 6 December 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Sporting Gijón 2-5 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Sporting Gijón were beaten by Atlético de Madrid 2-5 in La Liga on Saturday 6 December 2008. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Mate Bilic opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Sporting Gijón's goals came from Mate Bilic (3') and David Barral (60'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Sergio Agüero (5'), Sergio Agüero (40'), Diego Forlán Corazo (56'), Maxi Rodríguez (72') and Diego Forlán Corazo (81').
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 10th on 18 points from 13 and Atlético de Madrid 6th on 21 points from 13. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 67.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Atlético de Madrid's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Mate Bilic
- 5'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 39'Yellow card · Matabuena
- 40'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 43'Yellow card · Simão
- 52'Yellow card · Giorgios Seitaridis
- 56'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 58'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 60'Goal · David Barral
- 62'Yellow card · Iván Hernández
- 72'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 73'Yellow card · Tomás Ujfalusi
- 81'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
Team news
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Pedro, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Carmelo, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Matabuena, Mate Bilic
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Giorgios Seitaridis, Pernía, Tomás Ujfalusi, Paulo Assunção, Maniche, Simão, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Leo Franco