▲ Lee Kang-in
South Korean midfielder Lee Kang-in of Spanish professional football club Atletico Madrid scored his second goal of the season and played his first full match since transferring to the team.
Starting as a right winger in the home match of the 2026-2027 Spanish La Liga 6th round against Osasuna held at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain, on September 17 (Korean time), Lee scored an additional goal in the 9th minute of the second half while his team was leading 1-0.
Moving toward the goal from the right side, Lee trapped a pass from Jonathan David in the center with his left foot and fired a right-footed shot toward the bottom far corner of the net to score.
Having scored his debut goal in his debut match for Atletico in the league opener against Malaga (2-0 win) on August 20, Lee recorded his second league goal in five matches.
Lee has now recorded 2 goals and 1 assist in the league this season.
Playing the full 90 minutes for the first time since his transfer, he was also selected as the Man of the Match (MOM) through a fan vote.
Football statistics site FotMob gave Lee the highest rating of 9.0 out of both teams, noting his 100% dribble success rate, 3 chances created, 1 big chance created, and a 76% pass success rate.
Atletico took the lead in the 24th minute of the first half with an opening goal by David.
After the opposing goalkeeper blocked his initial shot, David immediately followed up to score as the ball came right back to him.
Having seized momentum with Lee's additional goal, Atletico relentlessly pressed into the opponent's territory.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Robin Le Normand extended the lead further with a shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area, and in the 37th minute, Alex Baena sealed the 4-goal landslide victory.
Lee ran across the pitch until the final whistle blew.
Having left Paris Saint-Germain (France) after three seasons to transfer to Atletico ahead of this season, Lee had been substituted in just one of his first six official matches while starting the other five, though he had not previously played a full match.
He had previously left some regret by being substituted relatively early in the second half of his last three games.
Extending their winning streak to two games, Atletico sit in 3rd place with 13 points.
The gap with 2nd-place Real Madrid is 2 points.
Atletico will face Real Madrid in the Madrid derby at 11:15 PM on September 20.
Osasuna remained in 13th place with 7 points.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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