Atlético Madrid thrashed Real Sociedad 4-0 on matchday 35 of the 2024/25 La Liga season at the Estadio Metropolitano on Saturday.

In the first half, Sørloth scored four goals in half an hour. In the second half, he volleyed again, but hit the crossbar. At the end of the game, Atlético Madrid thumped Real Sociedad by 4-0. After this round of games, Los Colchoneros is temporarily third on the table with 70 points; Txuri Urdin is temporarily 12th with 43 points, and their UEFA Conference League qualification situation is not looking good.

First Half

In the 7th minute, Pablo Barrios crossed into the box from the right wing. Alexander Sørloth quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, half-volleyed the ball into the high center of the net in the box with his left foot. Atlético Madrid broke the deadlock early to take a 1-0 lead!

Three minutes later, Atlético Madrid launched a deadly quick counterattack. Samuel Lino passes horizontally from the left wing. Sørloth quickly followed up, got the ball and took a few steps before volleying the ball into the bottom right corner of the net with his left foot from the left side of the box to score twice. Atlético Madrid quickly expanded its lead to 2-0!

In the 11th minute, Giuliano Simeone crossed into the box from the right wing. The ball was initially blocked and cleared off not far away by Aritz Elustondo . After picking up loose ball, Sørloth half-volleyed the ball into the bottom right corner of the net with his left foot from a very close distance in the box to complete his hat trick! Atlético Madrid further expanded its lead to 3-0! With this goal, Sørloth officially broke the record and became the fastest player in La Liga history to complete a hat trick!

10 minutes later, Simeone passes horizontally from the center of the box. Samuel Lino quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, pushed the ball with his right foot from the left side of the box, but his shot was saved by Álex Remiro.

In the 30th minute, Javi Galán passes horizontally from the left wing, Sørloth quickly followed up and stopped the ball, before volleying the ball into the bottom right corner of the net with his left foot from the center side of the box. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Real Sociedad! This is the Norway international center forward's 21st goal in all competitions this season!

In the second minute of the first half stoppage time, Takefusa Kubo crossed into the box from the left wing. Martin Zubimendi quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, half-volleyed with his right foot at a very close distance in the box, but his shot flew high out of the pitch.

At the end of the first half, Atlético Madrid was far ahead of Real Sociedad with a score of 4-0 as they entered the half-time break.

Second Half

Both teams switched sides as the match continued. In the 50th minute, Marcos Llorente passes horizontally from the right wing, Sørloth quickly followed up and upon receiving the pass, volleyed with left foot from the center of the box. Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced off. Both Sørloth and Atlético Madrid both missed the golden opportunity to score the fifth goal!

7 minutes later, Pablo Marín passes horizontally from the right wing, Arkaitz Mariezkurrena got the ball and took a few steps before taking a long shot from the edge of the penalty area with his right foot, but his shot was saved by Jan Oblak, this was only the first save that the Slovenia international goalkeeper had to make in this game.

In the 77th minute, Atlético Madrid got a free kick opportunity. Thomas Lemar took the free kick from outside the penalty area and directly strucked the ball with his left foot, but his shot flew high out of the pitch.

In the first minute of injury time, Nahuel Molina passes horizontally from the right wing, Ángel Correa quickly followed up and got the ball, then cuts into the left side of the box before volleying with his left foot, but his shot was saved by Remiro.

When the final whistle is blown, Atlético Madrid thrashed Real Sociedad by 4-0.