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Atlético Madrid made a La Liga Round 6 fixture look like a training exercise, dispatching CA Osasuna 3-0 with three different players finding the net inside 62 minutes at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.
Jonathan David opens the floodgates
It took 24 minutes for Atlético to break the deadlock. Jonathan David found the back of the net to give Diego Simeone’s side a 1-0 lead heading into halftime, a scoreline that flattered Osasuna given the flow of play.
Atlético controlled roughly 70% of possession across the match, creating multiple shots on target and building a significant expected goals advantage. Osasuna, for their part, looked like a team dealing with exactly what they are dealing with: injuries, poor away form, and a rocky start to the season.
Two more goals followed after the break, each from a different scorer, wrapping up the 3-0 scoreline by the 62nd minute.
Atlético’s home fortress holds firm
The Riyadh Air Metropolitano continues to be an uncomfortable venue for visiting sides, and Osasuna’s trip to Madrid followed a well-worn script. Atlético have built a formidable home record against the Pamplona-based club in recent seasons, and nothing about this fixture suggested that pattern was about to change.
For Atlético, this result follows a strong performance against Real Sociedad. That 70% possession figure tells the story of a team that dictated terms from the first whistle. Osasuna’s early-season struggles are becoming a pattern rather than an anomaly, with injuries thinning their squad and their away form particularly dire.
Eyes on the derby
The real significance of this result lies in what comes next. Atlético now turn their attention to Real Madrid, a fixture that carries weight far beyond three points. Arriving at one on the back of a comfortable, confidence-boosting win is exactly the preparation Simeone would have scripted.
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