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·31 August 2025
Facundo Garcés stars as Alavés hold Atletico Madrid to a draw

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·31 August 2025
The Colchonero drew 1-1 as a visitor against the team led by Eduardo Coudet. Cholo's team did not win in their three appearances. Coudet's team had ex-Colón Facundo Garcés and ex-Talleres Nahuel Tenaglia from the start.
Giuliano Simeone scored the goal for Atlético de Madrid for the 1-1 draw as a visitor against Alavés, in a match corresponding to the third date of La Liga in Spain. The team led by Cholo continues without winning this season, with two draws and one loss, just like Thiago Almada and Julián Álvarez, while Juan Musso and Nahuel Molina were on the bench. The goal came at 7′, after several rebounds and with the protest of the home team for an alleged offside position. Alavés tied the match through a penalty executed by Carlos Robles, at 14′ also of the initial stage. Chacho's team has 4 points.
Today at the Mendizorroza Stadium, there was no improvement in Atleti, about what Diego Simeone intended, who had previously complained about the few dangerous situations that Julián Álvarez generated, who does not receive the ball clearly. Today, the striker of the Argentina National Team suffered the strong mark of Facundo Garcés and ended up being replaced, something that also led to criticism of the coach. Italian Giácomo Raspadori replaced him with 3′ plus added time left for the end.
The penalty for Alavés came after Alexander Sørloth committed a childish foul within the area. As the minutes went by, the result did not change and Cholo's team was heavily criticized by the fans, who were very angry.
Just as they complained that Álvarez is one of the substituted players, they also showed their discontent with the continuity of Sørloth. They even asked for the Norwegian to leave the institution. Through social networks, different users of X (ex-Twitter) made comments ranting against the 29-year-old attacker with a past in Villarreal.
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