Ruthless towards their neighbor, Antoine Griezmann’s Atlético Madrid humiliated Rayo Vallecano 7-0 at the end of the third day of La Liga in Vallecas, and took second place in the standings. Atléti left no chance to its Madrid rival, whose enclosure is located in the popular suburbs of the Spanish capital.
Antoine Griezmann launched his team perfectly from the third minute, scoring his first goal of the season with a crossover from the left on a good cross from Molina. The Colchoneros then took advantage of the defensive errors of the Vallecanos to score two more goals, thanks to Memphis Depay (16th) and Nahuel Molina (36th) to return to the locker room with a three-goal lead. Like their supporters, the Rayo players did not give up and tried until the end to save their honor.
Entering the game in place of Depay, injured, Alvaro Morata punished them on the counter to widen the gap (73rd), imitated a few minutes later by Angel Correa, who lobbed the poor Macedonian goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski (79th), released by his defence. Morata even offered himself a double, taking advantage to the end of the defensive largesse of Madrid (84th), who let Marcos Llorente slip away to score the 7-0 goal (86th) and conclude the offensive evening festival.
Simeone’s men, who remained on a 0-0 draw against Betis Sevilla, resume their march forward and are second in the table, two points behind Real Madrid, still unbeaten. During the match, Rayo supporters in unison demanded the resignation of the president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales, after his forced kiss to their former player Jenni Hermoso.
