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Atletico gets back on track with win over Las Palmas
Madrid, Jan 29 (IANS) Antoine Griezmann, Fernando Torres and Thomas Partey helped Atletico Madrid get back on track with a 3-0 win over Las Palmas in the 21st round of La Liga football action.
The Sunday win was Atletico’s first win in four matches, after losing two games to Sevilla in the Spanish Cup quarter-finals and playing to a draw against Girona in La Liga, reports Efe.
After the win, Atletico holds the second spot in the La Liga table, with 46 points, six points ahead of Valencia and eight points behind leader Barcelona, who is to take on Alaves later on.
After resisting during the first half, Las Palmas finally conceded the first goal in the 61st minute, when Griezmann got a pass from Juanfran Torres that put him in a one-on-one situation against Las Palmas’ net minder Leandro Chichizola, who could not block the French forward’s fine touch.
In the 73rd minute, Torres doubled the score for Atletico after blasting a shot from close range that found the back of the net.
And with two minutes to go before second-half stoppage time, Thomas Partey put the icing on the cake for Atletico.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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