Atletico Madrid went to Estadio San Mames on Wednesday evening with one clear goal: to put up a fight for the league title. With Barcelona and Luis Suárez trashing Deportivo 8-0, the Madrid team needed a win against Athletic Club to keep level with the Catalans at the top of the table.It ended up being a win Fernando Torres was more than happy to give them. El Nino who started in his fourth consecutive game for the first time since playing for Milan in 2014, thanked Diego Simeone by scoring the opener after 38 minutes.
The goal arrived through a great header on a cross from Antonie Griezmann. That goal was Torres’ fifth in five games, something he never managed before in his career. It was to be a special evening for the Atletico player who midweek stated that the only thing his life is missing is to win a title with Atleti. Simeone raised doubts regarding Torres at the beginning of the season but with El Nino being directly involved in seven goals during his last five games for Atleti, there is now no doubt the Atletico coach wants Torres to stay at the club. But it was not to be a easy 1-0 win for the visitors at Estadio San Mames.
Athletic Club did their best to change the result and Jan Oblak was forced to make some difficult saves. The Atleti goalkeeper, however, did manage to keep the ball out, making it his 21th game this season with a clean sheet as he is closing in on a new Zamora record. Los Colchoneros also continue their unbeaten run against Los Leones taking it to eight consecutive games without a loss.Yet it wasn’t to be a perfect evening for Simeone’s side since Diego Godin was forced to an early substitution. The Uruguayan suffered a muscle injury, similar to the one he picked up against PSV in the Champions League. Without a doubt, this comes as a big blow for Atletico, who might have to do without the defender in the semi-finals against Bayern Munich next Wednesday.
