It was not Atleti’s day and it was Athletic’s. The latter will defend the Super Cup against Madrid on Sunday. The former will return to Madrid full of doubts and with El Cholo with endless questions to answer. The team was called upon to be familiar with the greats and it manages to be tutored by almost everyone and that makes Simeone live his worst hours since he sat on the bench. The 1-2 was overwhelming and showed the rojiblancas deficiencies where before there were virtues, in the stopped ball. Two corner kicks separated by four minutes and caged by Yeray and Nico Williams turned the game around that between João Félix, the stick and Unai Simón put their face for Atlético. You have to look for answers, in ‘El Larguero’ they found guilty.
There were two pointed out, two currents of opinion. The first aimed at the bench. “Atlético de Madrid does not play at anything and they are insufferable matches. El Cholo has been a miracle, but today he is the problem. The players in this dressing room have gotten out of hand. Oblak in his statements points to him. It is not asking tiki-taka, but what is doing right now the problem is him, and in the club they know it “, argued Javier Matallanas, soccer correspondent in AS.
Suárez, “a limpet bomb”
“Oblak said it. He said it happened to us again and we have taken a step back. He is not the first footballer to give that message. You cannot have 7 or 8 players who like to have the ball and put them in the big area. . I have the feeling that this squad does not believe in El Cholo and he is not comfortable. The one who is to blame for Llorente playing right back is Simeone. Today it does not make any sense to remove Luis Suárez, but it is for fear that he will put faces on him “, answered Antonio Romero, linking directly with the second ‘indicated’: Luis Suarez.
The center forward entered the field of play in the 70th minute, replacing Ángel Correa, with the score 1-0, moments before the double blow of the comeback. Santi Giménez, Barça’s chief editor at AS, also pointed in his direction, saving El Cholo from burning: “Those who play are the players, and they are not at their best level. This is not Simeone’s fault. Barça has put a sticky bomb with a delayed explosion in the Atlético de Madrid dressing room “.
Finally, Miguel Martín Talavera generalized and distributed the blame: “(Simeone) He is responsible in the victories and in the defeats, but it is necessary to deepen. He is not touching the key, but there are players who are far below his level. That team has not been able to forget to play soccer in six months. With these same players he has been league champion. The team does not work. “It will be time to reflect back in the capital. There is a long season left, but the sensations in the rojiblanco team are not the best …
