March 14, (THEWILL) — Nahuel Molina delivered one of the moments of the LaLiga weekend, producing a stunning long-range strike to hand Atletico Madrid a 1-0 home win over Getafe at the Estadio Metropolitano.
The Argentine right-back put Diego Simeone’s side in front just eight minutes into the contest, capitalising on a poor touch from Kiko Femenia before bending a swerving effort from beyond 25 yards into the top-right corner, leaving goalkeeper David Soria with no chance of reaching it.
Atletico continued to threaten in the opening period, with Alexander Sorloth heading against the woodwork from an Alex Baena cross, though the visitors survived to reach the break with their deficit limited to one.
Getafe’s task grew considerably harder 10 minutes into the second half when Abdel Abqar was dismissed after a VAR review upgraded an earlier booking to a straight red card for violent conduct directed at Sorloth.
The extra man failed to produce a second goal for the hosts, with Baena striking the side netting, Marc Pubill’s low shot being kept out by Soria, and Julian Alvarez seeing a late close-range effort cleared off the line by a last-ditch intervention, yet the single-goal advantage held and Atletico claimed a fourth straight league victory.
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