Atletico Madrid took to the field in the La Liga match at Rayo Viocano in mourning. Atletico's winger Angel Correa lost on Thursday (April 6). Rejiblancos, who played in black jerseys with black armbands, turned grief into strength and defeated the hosts. And Nahuel Molina, the World Cup-winning Argentine star, dedicated a goal to his teammate who had just lost his mother by scoring a goal on the way to the team's victory.
Nahuel Molina, who won the Qatar World Cup title for Argentina, scored in the 22nd minute of the match against Rayo Viocano. After scoring the goal, the defender ran towards the dugout. He held up the number 10 jersey of his teammate Angel Correia. At that time the rest of the team clapped and supported him.
Correa's mother Marcela Martinez, one of the members of Argentina's World Cup winning squad, has lost a long battle with cancer. Molina dedicated his goal to the grieving Correa to console him.
This is Molina's first goal in Atletico's jersey. This fullback played a great role in the way of winning the title of Argentina in the World Cup in Qatar. He scored the goal that gave Argentina the lead in the quarter-final match against the Netherlands. And that was his first goal in the jersey of the national team. And his team won in this case.
A defender also scored the goal that secured Atletico's victory after Molina's goal. Mario Hermoso scored a minute after Molina's goal. Five minutes before the end of the match Fran García redeemed a goal for Viocano.
After the match, Atletico shared the photo of Correa's late mother on social media after the match. Along with the photo, they wrote, 'Anhelito (Correa's nickname), this is for you.' He shared the picture when he returned to Korea to perform his mother's last rites. Wrote, 'Thanks to the team.'
With this win, Atletico reduced the gap with Real Madrid in the points list. Rejiblancos are in third place with 2 points less than second place Los Blancos with 57 points from 28 matches.
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