Alexander Sorloth got here off the bench to attain a second-half hat-trick and assist Atletico Madrid wrap up their underwhelming season with a powerful 4-0 win at lowly Girona on Sunday.
With Barcelona having secured the LaLiga title, there was not a lot to play for at a half-empty Montilivi stadium the place two depleted squads squared up in a recreation that was gradual to get going.
Diego Simeone determined to depart a number of key starters on the bench, although Atletico dominated possession with out reward within the opening half.
It took them 68 minutes to interrupt the impasse via Sorloth’s close-range strike after Girona made a poor mistake and Rodrigo De Paul arrange the Norway striker to faucet the ball into an empty web.
Clement Lenglet headed in a rebound within the 87th minute earlier than Sorloth took benefit of two fast counters to attain twice in added time.
Atletico completed their LaLiga marketing campaign in third place on 76 factors, with Barca, who host Athletic Bilbao in a while Sunday, topping the standings with 85 factors, one level forward of Actual Madrid in second.
Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal full the highest 5, who will all symbolize Spain in subsequent season’s Champions League.
Girona, who final season had been the shock packages, ended sixteenth on 41 factors, only one level away from the relegation spots.
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Information Debrief: Tremendous sub Sorloth
Sorloth’s hat-trick made him the primary participant to attain 10 objectives as an alternative in a single LaLiga season this century.
It additionally noticed Atletico develop into the primary LaLiga facet this century to have two substitutes rating hat-tricks from the bench, with Sorloth becoming a member of Kevin Gameiro, towards Sporting Gijon in 2017.
Simeone’s facet will likely be disillusioned with their failure to problem the highest two, although they’ve stored 17 clear sheets this season, probably the most of any facet within the competitors.
His defence had been hardly ever troubled on Sunday as Atletico amassed 2.92 anticipated objectives to Girona’s timid 0.05.
