Saul Niguez provided a world-class finish and Atletico Madrid added two second half goals to take a commanding lead in their Europa League tie.
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Saul Niguez provided a world-class finish and Atletico Madrid added two second half goals to take a commanding lead in their Europa League tie. Atletico Madrid grabbed a sizable advantage over Lokomotiv Moscow by earning a 3-0 victory in the first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 clash on Thursday.
Saul Niguez, Diego Costa and Koke were all on target at the Wanda Metropolitano to take the pressure off ahead of next week’s trip to Russia.
Midway through the first half, Lokomotiv allowed Saul to have entirely too much space and he made them pay with a 30-yard rocket for the opening goal.
It was nearly 2-0 soon after when…
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