Spanish football resumed during the weekend with lots of interesting games. Atletico Madrid set a new club record for draws in a single LaLiga season on Sunday, as they were held by Athletic Bilbao on their return to action.
Atletico Madrid players
Playing for the first time since football in Spain was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, Diego Simeone’s side had to settle for a point on the road at San Mames.
Iker Muniain’s delightful 37th-minute goal opened the scoring, though Atletico were not behind for long. Just 129 seconds later, Diego Costa claimed his third goal of the season – and first since October – to bring the visitors level, though the 1-1 result does little to boost Atleti’s hopes of a top-four finish.
They sit sixth in the table having drawn 13 of their 28 league games in 2019-20, already the most recorded in a solitary season in the club’s history. Simeone will hope for a more positive outcome when his Champions League quarter-finalists travel to Osasuna on Wednesday.
In another news, La Liga have said they will launch criminal proceedings against the pitch invader who ran on during Barcelona’s match against Real Mallorca on Saturday, which was supposed to be behind closed doors.
In the 52nd minute of Barca’s 4-0 win at Son Moix, a man wearing an Argentina shirt with Lionel Messi’s name on the back entered the pitch and posed for a picture on his phone near Jordi Alba.
He was not wearing either a mask or gloves and was chased before being caught and escorted away by security.
La Liga has imposed strict a medical protocol for matches, which resumed in the top flight on Thursday with Sevilla’s victory over Real Betis. Fewer than 300 people are allowed into stadiums and games are closed to the public.
“La Liga will file criminal actions against the invader who entered the pitch without permission and broke the protocols established in current health legislation and disobeyed the orders of private security personnel,” a statement from the league said. “His actions constitute a crime.”
It added: “La Liga wants to express its absolute condemnation of this type of conduct that jeopardises the health of others and the integrity of the competition.”
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