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00:00From the team that got a credible 1-1 draw against Betis to open up the campaign
00:05The change comes up front with Viktor Tisankov coming in, the Ukrainian
00:10Tremendous seasons that he normally has, they conceded a lot of goals last year
00:14Some options in midfield, Riquelme and Barrios come in
00:17They haven't lost a ball and given Atletico some sort of opportunity to counter
00:24Riquelme has seen a lot of it though
00:26He has
00:28Lino
00:30Lino really is the one that's had the two efforts on target that have
00:34Goldangle was going to take something special
00:38And in the end just kind of tries to
00:41Match week 2
00:44And match week 3 will start immediately
00:46A midweek round this week in Spain starts with a Monday night fixture
00:51And the games will be coming thick and fast before the first international break
00:57The first card of the game has been brandished by Martin Muniera
01:06Just a little nibble case, he wasn't much but
01:09The referee left his guard behind
01:12Get on with it
01:26Now Girona trying to apply the press
01:29With a little bit too much relish
01:31Right in front of a man who's
01:34Done plenty of that himself
01:36Abel
01:40Girona have had a 10 day wait for this second game of the season
01:44And he opened up on a Thursday night
01:46Oh!
01:47Was that handball outside the area?
01:49It was!
01:50Kazaniga misjudged it
01:52A horrible moment for him
01:54He's only going to be booked
01:57And the Atleti players
01:59Bing him
02:00Now he's clearly
02:02Handled the ball outside the penalty area
02:04Was that the denying
02:06Of an obvious goal scoring opportunity
02:08Is what Martin Muniera
02:10Is going to have to decide
02:18And he was very quick to bring out the yellow card
02:22Julian Alvarez
02:23But it really looked like a penalty
02:25And it was
02:28Julian Alvarez
02:29But it really looked like that he was
02:31Outside the box to start with
02:34And then
02:36Tried to readjust and get back into the box
02:39Griezmann
02:40Meanwhile it doesn't matter
02:42Because Antoine Griezmann
02:44Has delivered a moment of magic
02:46He's barely touched the ball
02:48In this first half
02:50But now he has Kazaniga
02:52Picking it out the back of the net
02:54The play and then all of a sudden
02:56From a set piece, bam
02:57Back of the net, goal
02:581-0 Atletico Madrid
03:00And Antoine Griezmann
03:02Continues to be
03:04Such a marquee player for this
03:06Atletico Madrid side
03:08And steps up when they need him the most
03:10Did take just the
03:12Slightest deflection didn't he
03:14I don't know if that helped take it past
03:16Justice was eventually
03:18Served
03:22It was an extraordinary error from Kazaniga
03:25And Abel Ruiz on the break
03:27And all black had to come up with the
03:29Save from point blank range
03:31And they say
03:33How susceptible you are
03:35Once you score
03:37For Alvarez to run in behind
03:39But how quickly Girona gets back
03:41Abel Ruiz
03:43And Abel Ruiz
03:45We talked about what this Girona side
03:47Can do, it's not just in possession
03:49Yeah
03:51Well Julian Alvarez
03:54For one played so much football didn't he this summer
03:58In Copa America and in Olympics
04:00As Llorente
04:02Storms forward
04:04What a hit
04:06A thunderball from Marcus Llorente
04:10Well last week's goal was good against Villarreal
04:15This was something special
04:17As much distance
04:19But Marcus Llorente
04:21Smashes this ball
04:23Similar to the way he did
04:25To get the goal last weekend
04:31Sometimes you just get fooled
04:33As a defender
04:35As a striker
04:37As a goalkeeper
04:39And I just think it was
04:41Past him before he could react
04:43I don't know why
04:45He kind of dipped down
04:47Confusing the goalkeeper
04:49And just sneaking in
04:52To the top of him
04:54Rodrigo De Paul
04:56Certainly
04:58Suggesting he got
05:00A little something in the face there
05:02And I think Martin Munier
05:04Agreeing
05:06He'll go into the book
05:08I'm not quite so sure he needed
05:10Number 30
05:16Here's the cross, takes a little deflection
05:18Still up for grabs, Miguel
05:20And then finally one taken
05:24In the end
05:26A strong run here
05:28From Barrios going all the way
05:30Help arriving, Llorente
05:32Cross and it is three
05:36Well a layer
05:38A thick layer of icing applied
05:40By Koke
05:42And it tastes mighty sweet
05:44To those here at the Metropolitano
05:46A scoreline that perhaps
05:49Flatters Atleti a little bit
05:51But they won't care about that
05:53He won't care about that
05:55Three goals
05:57And three points
06:02Well this goal only materialized
06:04Simply because we knew that Girona
06:06Needed to push a lot of numbers forward
06:08To have any hope to get themselves
06:10Back into this match
06:12But when you have that much quality on the pitch
06:14It starts with that turn into the space
06:16The willingness of Barrios
06:19To rip off the defender
06:23Keep possession, link up
06:25And then this nice little ball
06:27From Llorente to find Koke
06:29Koke being the fresher
06:31Ever to come in
06:33But the composure to be able
06:35To find this overlap of Llorente
06:37Llorente then just popping his head up
06:39And finding Koke who makes that
06:41Late run into the box
06:43For the simplest of finishes
06:45The captain in his
06:47Sixteenth year of the club
06:49The one man who's been here longer than
06:51El Cholo, Koke
06:55And you know we talked a lot about
06:57The high profile arrivals
06:59But how about that, Barrios, Llorente
07:01And Koke all combining
07:03The support cast
07:07And it is some support cast
07:09Isn't it? Atletico Madrid have served notice
07:15Maybe Michel
07:17Is indeed right in his assessment
07:19You wouldn't really doubt him
07:21Would you?
07:23Maybe Atleti are true title
07:25Contenders, a long way to go
07:27And a long journey
07:29But it is certainly a highly
07:31Satisfactory start, Casey
07:33For Atletico Madrid at home
07:35Yep, and Marco Llorente
07:37With the man of the match for the goal
07:39And the assist, but it is
07:41I think it's only in the Atletico Madrid
07:44Side that's going to get better over the next couple
07:46Weeks as well