Atletico Madrid win 3-0 against Shanghai SIPG


Shanghai, Aug 5 (IANS): Visiting Atletico Madrid beat Chinese Super League (CSL) side Shanghai SIPG 3-0 in their fourth warm-up match.

Shanghai's key players Wu Lei, Yu Hai and Cai Huikang missed the match as they turned out for the Chinese national team in the East Asian Cup, reports Xinhua.

Atletico's Antoine Griezmann found the net in the 10th and 25th minute, giving his team a 2-0 lead in the first half here on Tuesday .

Fernando Torres, who returned to Atletico last season, came off the bench in the second half and added another goal in the 46th minute.

Atletico gave the Chinese boy Xu Xin his debut with three-goal lead in hand.

"He had a good performance today, with his strong desire for the game. I hope that he can improve and give Chinese and Spanish football more surprise in the future," said Diego Simeone, Atletico's coach.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Atletico Madrid win 3-0 against Shanghai SIPG



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.