At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 3, the 30th round of La Liga, the defending champion Atletico Madrid hosted vice-captain Alaves.
In the Real Time La Liga table, Real Madrid led with 69 points in 30 games, Sevilla ranked second with 57 points in 29 games, Barca ranked third with 54 points in 28 games, and Atletico ranked fourth due to the goal difference disadvantage with 54 points in 29 games. For Atletico, there is little hope of defending the title, and keeping the top four is a more realistic goal.
Alaves has 22 points in 29 games, at the bottom of the La Liga table, five points behind 17th-placed Cadiz, and the relegation pressure is extremely high.
Atletico started 352, Felix and Griezmann double forwards, midfielders Lodi, Lemar, Condobia, Llorente and Fossarico, three centre-backs Rainiero, Gimenez and Savage, and goalkeeper Oblak. The total value of the starting eleven is 410 million euros.
Alaves started 433, with Joselu, Rioja and Mendes forming a forward trident. The total value of the starting eleven is 34.5 million euros.
After the match began, Atletico went on the offensive. In the 9th minute, LeMar scored a goal and the offside was invalid.
In the 11th minute, Fossariko crossed from the right, Felix jumped high and shook his head to attack the goal, and the ball was scored! Atletico led 1-0.
In the 32nd minute, Alaves broke the ball in front of him, Ponce straight, Jose Lu formed a single knife, which was defused by Oblak's first strike.
In the 60th minute, Suarez came off the bench to replace the mediocre Griezmann.
In the 63rd minute, Vos crossed from the right, Escalante stepped in with a header, Oblak saved and Alaves equalised.
In the 74th minute, Cunha was kicked down by Lejong with the ball in the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty. Suarez hit the penalty. Atletico are once again ahead of the score.
In the 82nd minute, Felix took the ball on the left and swept it in front of the goal, Cunha's shot was saved, and Felix followed up with a shot. Atletico 3:1 Alaves.
In the 90th minute, Felix assisted and Suarez scored and Atletico locked in a 4-1 lead.
Atletico rose to third in the La Liga table with 57 points in 30 games, scoring one goal less than Sevilla in the second round of the second fewer rounds, and three points more than the fourth-place Barça Multi-Round 2. In the last 6 rounds of La Liga, Atletico have won 6 consecutive games, if they had played this way earlier, the current leader of La Liga may be Atletico.
At the beginning of the season, Atletico lost the strength of last season, and could only watch Real Madrid lead the La Liga table for a long time, and even fell out of the top four after losing 2:4 away to the rapidly reviving Barca in the 23rd round. After defeating Getafe 4-3 at home in the 24th round, Atletico's record rebounded strongly, and La Liga won seven consecutive wins, which Real Madrid and Barca failed to do in the same period.
Atletico's recent record has been outstanding, also thanks to the explosion of rising star Felix. The 22-year-old Atletico No. 7 is seen in Portugal as Ronaldo's successor.