After going down with an injury, Alvaro Morata was unaware that he had scored for Atletico Madrid in their victory over Elche.
With a determined 2-0 victory over the bottom team in La Liga, Diego Simeone's team moved up to third place in the standings.
In the first half, Elche made things difficult for Atletico, but that decision changed when Gonzalo Verdu was kicked out just before halftime.
Atletico had Mario Hermoso sent off eight minutes after the game started, but Joao Felix scored the opening goal.
Morata enveloped up the three focuses by the 74th moment. He didn't realize what he had actually done for a while, though.
The 30-year-old was awarded the ball by Antoine Griezmann, but the defender forced him wide. He advanced into the box after brilliantly dinking the ball through the fullback's leg.
Morata hit a shot that deflected off one of the defenders despite having two more Elche players standing in his way.
As Morata fell to the ground with a foot injury, it looped high into the air and over the head of goalkeeper Edgar Badia instead of going out of play.
While Morata was on the ground, the players of Atletico Madrid celebrated as they doubled their lead.
Morata jumped into Griezmann's arms after getting back on his feet, thinking he had scored the goal.
The former Chelsea player was then informed that the goal was actually his by Griezman and Sergio Reguilon. The way the ball fell into the net was even influenced by Reguilon's arm movement. one of the weirdest goals he'll likely ever score.
No comments:
Post a Comment