At 22:15 Beijing time on April 17, the 32nd round of the 2021-2022 La Liga season ushered in a focus battle, with the defending champion Atletico Madrid sitting at home at the Metropolitan Stadium to meet Espanyol. In the first half, neither team scored; in the second half, the chinese Super League veteran Carrasco broke the deadlock, Condobia then left the field red, De Thomas equalized with a free kick, Chinese player Wu Lei came on as a substitute in the 80th minute, and Carrasco scored a penalty in the last minute of stoppage time to kill his opponent. In the end, Espanyol lost 1-2 to ten-man Atletico Madrid.
Prior to this match, Atletico were in 4th place and Espanyol were 11th. Wu Lei, who killed his opponent in the last round, continued to sit on the bench, and he played as a substitute for 22 consecutive rounds in La Liga. Before the match, Atletico's Felix received the trophy of La Liga's Best Player last month.
In the 7th minute, espanyol's corner kick from the left was driven into the box, Cabrera's header was threatening and Oblak flew over the crossbar. In the 28th minute, De Thomas fired a long-range shot from outside the box that deflected off the upright.
In the 34th minute, Virena received the ball on the left side of the field and fired a long-range shot that was deflected. A minute later, Atletico's long pass to Felix on the left side took the ball into the left side of the penalty area and deflected it off the bar from a tight angle.
In the 37th minute, Condobia stepped on Pedrosa and received a yellow card. In stoppage time, LeMar was injured and could not hold on. At the end of the first half, neither team scored.
In the second half, Griezmann sent a direct shot from the middle of the field, Cunha received the ball into the left side of the box, and the small angle shot was saved by Diego López, and Cunha also offside.
In the 51st minute, espanyol crossed from the right and Duddell inside the box stopped the ball and Oblak saved the ball. In the 52nd minute, Atletico took the lead, Cunha sent a cross in front of the box, Carrasco burst into the left side of the box, clipped the defender and then pumped the goal, Atletico took a 1-0 lead over Espanyol.
In the 69th minute, Dudel midfielder sent a long cross over the top, De Thomas stepped forward into the box with a left-footed shot, and Oblak sideways to seal the ball. In the 71st minute, Dadel's volley from the top of the arc hit Condobia's arm and the referee gave the Frenchman a second yellow card, Condobia was sent off, leaving Atletico with just 10 men left.
Espanyol won a free kick in front of the penalty area, De Tomas took the penalty, his shot went around the wall and went straight to the left side of the goal, the ball hit the upright and bounced into the goal, Espanyol 1-1 Atletico.
In the 80th minute, Wu Lei came on as a substitute and replaced Serch Gomez.
In the 83rd minute, Wu Lei took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and his left foot was deflected from a small angle.
In the 85th minute, Vidal sent a direct plug, Wu Lei received the ball from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, and Oblak confiscated the ball.
In the 90+8th minute, Atletico drove a corner kick from the left into the box, De Thomas accidentally handballed while defending, and the referee gave Atletico a penalty after watching VAR.
In the 90+10th minute, Carrasco took the penalty and he pumped the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal, tricking Lopez into scoring the ball, Atletico Madrid 2-1 Espanyol!
In the end, the match ended and Atletico beat Espanyol 2-1.