Atlético Madridvs
OsasunaSome nights the scoreline tells you everything. Atlético Madrid were never threatened at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano on Wednesday, turning a 60,869-strong crowd into witnesses to a performance that had Osasuna chasing shadows from the first half-hour onward.
Our pre-match read made Atlético Madrid the clear favorite at 72%, and they left absolutely no doubt.
The First Blow
Jonathan David opened the scoring in the 24th minute, and from that point the match had a shape Osasuna couldn't change. The visitors came in riding back-to-back wins but found nothing to build on here — three shots across the full ninety minutes, zero corners, and a goalkeeper who had to make seven saves just to keep the margin from going higher earlier. That is not a team that believed it could win this game.
Atlético, meanwhile, were comfortable to the point of methodical. Sixty-eight percent possession, 656 passes at ninety percent accuracy — they moved the ball like they owned the place, because at home, they do.
The Second Half Buried It
Whatever Osasuna tried to reset at halftime didn't last long. Nine minutes into the second half, Lee Kang-In doubled the lead, finishing off an assist from David — who now had a hand in both goals. Cabal, that was the moment the match died as a contest.
Robin Le Normand made it three in the 63rd minute, and at that point Osasuna were just trying to keep it respectable. They couldn't. Álex Baena, set up by Johnny Cardoso, added a fourth in the 82nd to complete the rout.
The bookings were mostly administrative. Ademola Lookman picked up a yellow in the 50th for Atlético, and Osasuna ended the night with cautions for Rubén García (86') and Abel Bretones (90'+3') — the kind of cards that come when a team is frustrated and out of ideas.
Verdict
Atlético look like a side that knows exactly what it wants to be this season. David is clearly the focal point and already looks at home in the Spanish capital — his goal and assist show a player who understands how to operate in a system built around him. El chispudo de Lee Kang-In, always finding the right moment to arrive in the box, continues to be one of LaLiga's more quietly devastating weapons.
For Osasuna, those two wins that closed out their recent form feel like a distant memory right now. Conceding four at home is one thing; being this toothless away from home — one shot on target, zero corners — points to deeper structural problems. The question now is whether they can find a way to be competitive on the road, because nights like this will drag them toward the wrong end of the table in a hurry.
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