Atletico Madrid, the Sheets Army, which has significantly improved its offensive ability this season, performed well in the Champions League group stage, beating the Serie A giants Blue Eagle Lazio, and advanced to the round of 16 with the first place in the group, but in the last round of La Liga, they lost to Athletic Bilbao away, in order to keep the hope of winning the league title, the Sheets Army must want to return to the winning track as soon as possible, the 18th round of La Liga in midweek, Atletico Madrid returned to the home field to face Getafe, and now the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium has become a nightmare for all away teams, the Sheets Army has won 20 consecutive wins across the season, can this campaign continue the winning streak and continue to catch up with the leader GironaAtletico Madrid was sent off early, but they still played a very good performance, relying on Griezmann's brace and Morata's goal, once took a two-goal lead, but Getafe scored the equalizer in the 93rd minute of injury time, and finally retreated from the away 3-3!
Coach Simeone continued to use the team's most familiar 3-5-2 formation, with goalkeeper Oblak starting as the last iron gate, Hermoso, Witsel and Savic at the back, Lino, Riquelme, Koke, De Paul and Llorente forming a midfield five, and the in-form Antoine Griezmann partnering Depay up front.
After the start of the game, the two teams started to play against each other, and in the 9th minute, Atletico Madrid, who were playing at home, almost broke the balance on the field, three defenders on the left side of Riquelme's penalty area, and shot directly into the far corner, but unfortunately it was unlucky, and the ball hit the crossbar and went out of the bottom line.
In the 28th minute, after De Paul got the ball at the top of the arc, in the face of three defenders who pounced, he directly sent a high-quality through ball, creating a direct opportunity for Depay to get off his feet, but unfortunately the Dutch striker's turn and volley was bravely defused by the Getafe goalkeeper, and 9 minutes later, Atletico Madrid was hit, Savic fouled while defending, and was sent off with the second yellow card of the game, and the Sheets Army fell into a situation of one less player at home.
However, Atletico Madrid took the lead before the end of the half, Riquelme took the ball on the right side and quickly hit the front, after observing Griezmann following up in the middle, Riquelme decisively sent a cross, Griezmann tackled in front of the goal, helping Atletico Madrid to take a 1-0 lead back to the dressing room.
In the 54th minute, Greenwood received a long pass from his teammates and moved from the right side to near Atletico Madrid's bottom line, and although the subsequent cross was saved by Oblak, the ball fell to former Real Madrid striker Mayoral who scored with a header to help Getafe chase the score to a 1-1 draw.
Only 9 minutes later, Atletico Madrid tore open Getafe's goal again, substitute Morata after receiving a cross from his teammates on the right side, grabbed a header in front of the goal, helping the Sheets to rewrite the score to 2-1, the morale of the Sheets then caused a foul in the Getafe penalty area, the referee decisively gave Atletico a penalty, Griezmann hit steadily, scored a brace to extend the advantage to 3-1, scored the 173rd goal of Atletico Madrid's career, and the legendary star Aragonés tied for the team's all-time top scorer。
In the last moments of the game, Getafe launched a crazy counterattack, Oscar's goal in the 87th minute, let them see the hope of getting points, in stoppage time, Riquelme handball in the penalty area, the referee gave the away team a penalty, Mayoral hit it steadily, and the score was fixed at 3-3!
After the end of this game, Atletico Madrid's cross-season home winning streak was ended, and they were winless in two consecutive league rounds, which also made them gradually widen the gap between Girona and Real Mara, if they can't recover in time, they will withdraw from the ranks of La Liga titles early!