Atletico Madrid Goes Top of La Liga with Win over Levante, Ahead of Rivalries in Italy and Germany
Alejandro Grimaldo and Giuliano Simeone scored as Atletico reached 28 points and moved one point ahead of Barcelona.
- On Saturday, October 31, 2026, Atletico Madrid defeated Levante 2-0 at the Ciudad de Valencia stadium, moving to the top of La Liga with 28 points.
- Coach Simeone secured a historic milestone during the match, matching Luis Aragones as the coach with the most wins in La Liga history with 345 victories across 565 matches.
- Alejandro Grimaldo opened the scoring in the 36th minute, pouncing on a loose ball, before Giuliano Simeone finished an incisive team move from Baena to double the lead.
- Barcelona can reclaim the top spot if they defeat Alaves later Saturday, while Levante remains sixteenth with 10 points.
- Across Spain, players wore black armbands to mourn after a deadly train collision, while the Spanish soccer federation postponed 24 Copa del Rey games originally scheduled for Wednesday.
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Atlético de Madrid defeated the Levante with goals of Grimaldo and Simeone to become leader of the general table.
Atltico Madrid won Saturday on his host to Livanti with two unrepeated goals, among the 11th round competitions of the Spanish Football League.
After Vanja Drkušić recorded a victory with Espanyol in the 11th round, the other Slovenian representative in La Liga, Jan Oblak, was also successful with his club, as he celebrated with Atletico Madrid on the road at Levante with 2:0. The Colchoneros recorded their seventh consecutive victory in the Spanish championship and are thus breathing down the neck of the leading Barcelona.
The colchonero team won 2 to 0 as a visitor and has seven consecutive wins in the local tournament, where momentarily it reached the tip; Julián Alvarez was a starter, while Cuti Romero did not add up minutes
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