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First Division - Day16

Athletic Bilbao 1 - Atlético Madrid 4

Athletic: Iraizoz; De Marcos, Gurpegi, Etxeita, Balenziaga (Ibai Gómez 79’); San José, Mikel Rico; Susaeta (Aketxe 84’), Unai López (Guillermo 68‘), Muniain; Aduríz. 4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Moyá; Juanfran, Giménez, Godín, Siquiera (Lucas Hernández 88’); Gabi, Tiago; Saúl Ñíguez (Cristian Rodríguez 80’), Raúl García, Arda Turan (Jesús Gámez 84‘); Griezmann. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 17. Mikel Rico. Got free of markers to head Susaeta free kick wide of Moyà.
1-1. 46. Griezmann. Got on the end of Juanfran centre to steer header past Iraizoz.
1-2. 53. Raúl García (penalty). After San José tripped Tiago inside penalty area.
1-3. 73. Griezmann. Collected long Gabi pass and ran on to shoot past keeper.
1-4. 81. Griezmann. Turned ball in from close up after Raúl García shot deflected.

Yellow cards: Aduríz 25‘, Griezmann 28’, San José 52’, Muniain 68’, Giménez 74’, Arda Turan 75’, Gabi 89’.

That’s it for 2014, Atlético Madrid closing the year’s formal activities with a 1-4 victory at Athletic Bilbao in the final game on Sunday evening which keeps them in third place, three points behind Barcelona in the table. Simeone’s side were losing at half time though, their hosts giving them a taste of their own medicine when Mikel Rico headed in a Susaeta free kick with just over a quarter of an hour gone. However just a minute in to the second half Griezmann headed in Juanfran’s cross to make it all square, and a few minutes later Raúl García converted a controversial penalty after referee Hernández Hernández ruled that San José had tripped Tiago in the area. Aduríz went close a couple of times after that, but with just under twenty minutes left on the clock Griezmann ran on unchallenged to score the third after Gurpegi slipped trying to cut out Gabi’s pass, and a few minutes later Griezmann completed his hat-trick after Raúl García’s attempted shot came back to him off San José, the referee waving away appeals that the French striker was offside when he scored.