Atletico Madrid Crushes Sevilla 6-1 in La Liga Rout, Depay Scores Twice

Things went quickly in this match, with Atletico’s Memphis Depay scoring a brace in the first 30 minutes of play. The Dutch striker scored the first goal in the 23rd minute, after receiving a pass from Griezmann, and four minutes later, he followed up with the second goal.

Sevilla’s Moroccan striker, Youssef En-Nesyri, reduced the score in the 39th minute, before the break. At the start of the second half, Griezmann scored Atletico’s third goal in the 53rd minute, before Belgian Yannick Carrasco scored the fourth goal in the 69th minute.

Sevilla could have come back into the game in the 73rd minute, but Croatian Ivan Rakitic missed his penalty. Three minutes later, Álvaro Morata scored Atletico’s fifth goal, after a shot from Griezmann was parried by Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. Morata then scored the sixth and final goal in stoppage time (90+2).

With this victory, Atletico becomes third in the standings, one point ahead of Real Sociedad (now fourth). Sevilla, on the other hand, plummets to fifteenth place in the standings, very close to the relegation zone.