Goals and Highlights of Atlético Madrid 3-1 Granada in LaLiga

Final at Civitas Metropolitano, Atleti win their first 3 points at home. Morata, Llorente and Depay scored the winning goals.

8 more minutes in the game.

Depay misses a great opportunity in front of the goalkeeper, who minutes before Correa fell into the six-yard box.

5 minutes on the clock, Granada comes from behind and the colchoneros seek to protect the result.

9 minutes on the clock. Atleti seeks to maintain the advantage, Saúl finished off with a header and is saved.

Grizi almost finished off, Llorente did not reach the ball. Changes are coming for Atleti after this hydration break.

Samu finishes off with a header that leaves, on the one hand. Great youth game that he is giving in this second half.

Goool came 2-1. Tremendous goal from Atleti. Memphis Depay takes a kick from outside the area and sends it to save the corner.

Atleti narrowly made it 2-1, Carrasco was looking for Depay who can't finish off.

Goool the tie arrived, Samu scores the 1-1 goal. Granada rations wonderfully, Omorodion finishes off in a great way and Oblak fails to save.

Oblak saves Atleti, Samu overcomes the defenders and finishes off with a header that the mattress goalkeeper saves his door.

The second half begins, Atleti looking for 2-0. Granada begins by taking the ball from the wings. Azpi does a great job getting the ball out.

Half time, we go to rest. Goal disallowed for Morata, out of place, it is Llorente who is ahead.

It was the second for Atleti.

Goooal by Álvaro Morata, he takes advantage of the defensive error and sends her to wait, after the ball hit Vallejo.

Morata leaves with yellow for a possible hand that finishes off instead of going with his head. 4 minutes from the end.

Morata sends her out, Atleti had her close. Azpi made a great offensive chance along with de De Paul. Hydration break.

Carrasco sends a 3-finger pass, looking for Morata, but the goalkeeper keeps the ball.

De Paul sends her out, Rodri was alone and Atleti loses 1-0.

Grizi and Morata are wrong in the last pass. Atleti come out from behind, playing on the wings with De Paul, centering looking for Álvaro.

Atleti seeks to put pressure on, after Koke's injury. Morata falls to the ground by Ferreria. Again de Paul falls to the ground due to a foul by Gumbau.

Koke goes off due to injury for Pablo Barrios. Rodri falls to the ground.

The ball is rolling at the Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano.

Oblak, Azpilicueta, Llorente, Savic, Carrasco, Hermoso, De Paul, Koke, Lemar, Griezmann y Morata.

Andre, Vallejo, Miguel Rubio, Miquel, Sergio Ruiz, Gumbau, Melendo, Uzuni, Callejón and Samu.

In the last few hours, the possibility of an exchange between Ansu Fati and Joao Felix, who does not count for Cholo, has begun, but the colchoneros would only listen to offers for him if it is in the form of sale. 
Ansu wants to stay at Barcelona, but that his place in the eleven is assured, otherwise the club will look for a way out, because the jewel of the Masia does not want to be a substitute, like the young Portuguese of Atleti.

Both teams are already warming up, minutes before the start of this first league match, where the home team receives the great support of its fans, in search of the 3 points at home.

The two teams have already arrived at the stadium, just minutes away from warming up, after which they will start the actions in this first day of league play.

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— Atlético de Madrid (@Atleti) August 14, 2023

Raúl F, Manafa, Miguel Rubio, Vallejo, Callejón, Puertas, Uzuni, Richard, Andre F., Miquel, Neva, Victor Díaz, Nj Petrovic, Digdhiou, Sergio Ruiz, Melendo, Perea, Gumbau, Villar, Samu, Adri and Miki Bosch.

Everything is ready for the players of both teams to arrive, the locker rooms are already complete with all the players' accessories.

Both fans are already reporting to the Metropolitano Stadium, minutes before the ball rolls in this first participation of both teams in this first day of the league.

We're back for a minute-by-minute coverage of Atlético Madrid vs Granada. We will shortly share with you the confirmed rosters, as well as relevant facts about the clash between these two teams. 
 

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters Atletico Madrid vs Granada live, as well as the latest information from the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium, such as statements from the protagonists, players to watch and interesting facts about these two teams. Don't miss any details of the match with VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage.

USA Date: Monday August 14, 2023

USA Time: 3:30 PM ET

USA TV channel (English): In ESPN

USA TV channel (Spanish): InESPN.

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This is the start time of the game Atletico Madrid vs Granada: of Saturday, August 14, 2023 in several countries:

Granada: Andre, Neva, Miquel, Rubio, Ricard, Meseguer, Ruiz, Melendo, Uzuni, Samu and Bryan. 

Atleti: Oblak, Soyuncu, Savic, Hermoso, De Paul, Riquelme, Koke, Llorente, Carrasco, Griezmann and Depay.

Frenchman Antoine Griezmann is the player to watch for Atletico de Madrid, in the last season he made 48 games with 16 goals, 19 assists and 3 yellow cards. Being one of the best seasons of the seven of the colchoneros.

Atletico Madrid's new signings were Caglar Soyuncu who arrived for free from Leicester City, Javi Galan from Celta for 5 million and Cesar Azpilicueta who arrived for free from Chelsea. 
The departures were Matheus Cunha to Wolves for 50 million, Renan Lodi to Marseille for 13 million, Kondogbia for 8 million to the same club and Manu Sanchez who arrived for free to Celta. 
From Granada, Shon Weissman arrived from Real Valladolid, Jesús Vallejo arrived on loan from Real Madrid. Gerad Gumbau, Wilson Manafa arrived on loan from Real Madrid. Gonzalo Villar arrived for 1.8 million from Roma.

Atletico de Madrid has been renewed, under the guidance of Cholo Simeone they will be looking to shake off the dust of last season where they did not come close to being crowned, this time in search of the same objectives: to regain control of the league, reach the decisive rounds of the Champions League and above all to be crowned in the Copa del Rey. 
After their tour of Mexico and the United States against local teams in Spain, in the summer tournament organized by the same league. 
The colchonero team will face Granada, an old rival that was in the second division last season and now returns with a strong desire for revenge.  
The rojiblancos return to the top circuit after their relegation two seasons ago, Granada will debut in the away LaLiga, after a successful preseason, the Granadinistas will seek to start with the right foot in the Civitas Metropolitano, which since the 2022 season they have not set foot on that field in Madrid.

The Spanish league has begun, a new opportunity for teams like Atleti and Granada to start their quest for the top positions, win the league and break the statistics. The colchoneros return from their tour of Mexican and American lands. On the other hand, Granada is coming back from a short preseason with different teams of their division.

My name is Mauricio Gonzalez and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL.