{"id":12763,"date":"2026-11-08T23:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/lookman-benched-as-atletico-madrid-suffer-2-1-home-defeat-to-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T23:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T23:00:56","slug":"lookman-benched-as-atletico-madrid-suffer-2-1-home-defeat-to-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/lookman-benched-as-atletico-madrid-suffer-2-1-home-defeat-to-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Lookman Benched As Atletico Madrid Suffer 2-1 Home Defeat To Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ademola Lookman was an unused substitute as Barcelona came from a goal down to beat Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 2-1 on Sunday, at the Metropolitano Stadium in LaLiga, with Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez scoring both goals.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman has made 11 appearances and has just one goal in the Spanish topflight this season.<\/p>\n<p>The result restored Barcelona\u2019s three-point lead at the top of the table (33 points from 12 games) heading into the international break. Real Madrid sat second on 30 points after beating Valencia the day before, while Atl\u00e9tico dropped to third on 28 points.<\/p>\n<p>Atl\u00e9tico started strongly and took a deserved early lead in the 10th minute. Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez provided the cross for Giuliano Simeone to finish from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Atl\u00e9tico continued to threaten, with \u00c1lvarez nearly adding a second as his shot going through Joan Garc\u00eda\u2019s legs but gathered by the Barcelona keeper. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/caf-awards-2026-osimhen-lookman-missing-from-mens-player-of-the-year-shortlist\/\">CAF Awards 2026: Osimhen, Lookman Missing From Men\u2019s Player Of The Year Shortlist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona gradually improved, and in the 45th minute L\u00f3pez equalized with a sharp left-footed finish from inside the area after the ball fell to him following defensive indecision.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the second half, \u00c1lvarez missed another chance after his attempted lob went over the bar before Barcelona then took the lead in the 66th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Lamine Yamal played a precise through ball, and L\u00f3pez swept a first-time shot past Jan Oblak for his second of the game (his seventh league goal in 11 appearances this season).<\/p>\n<p>Lookman will now shift his attention to the Super Eagles, who will take on Tanzania in a 2027 Africa Cup of Nations double-header.<\/p>\n<p>The first leg comes up in Uyo on November 13 while the reverse tie is billed for November 17.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><strong><br \/>By James Agberebi<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ademola Lookman was an unused substitute as Barcelona came from a goal down to beat Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 2-1 on Sunday, at the Metropolitano Stadium in LaLiga, with Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez scoring&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}