Football was cruel to one Athletic generous in effort, ambitious and proposing football. This time nothing could be blamed on Simeone, who did his homework and put together a perfect match. But another defensive blow, and two shots on goal, prevented the mattresses from achieving a well-deserved victory that feeds, in any case, their self-esteem for the rest of the season.
joao felix is a swan in the lake of Simeone. A different player, a hedonist surrounded by stakhanovists. He proved it in six minutes by throwing himself to head off, in an extraordinarily plastic way, a cross from Lodi that will touch the pal of De Gea and ended up on the net. A majestic aesthetic goal that rewarded the departure of one Athletic cannibal who suffocated theUnited with high pressure, aware of the vulnerability of the Ranknick. The ball did not last at the feet of the English and the white-and-reds appeared in the spaces, well sewing the game with Herrera i Correa between lines, or with Lodi i Llorente by the bands.
In defense, after months of Simeone insisting on the defense of five, al cholos the bet worked on day D. Kondogbia it grew as a midfielder and short-circuited Bruno Fernandeswhile Savic, Gimenez i reinildo they closed well. The enormous tactical work of the coach, the fierce intensity of his players and the atmosphere of the boiler of the Metropolitan they made up an unbeatable mix. No news from Pogba ni Fredgame generatorsUnited, Rashford i Sancho were left out of coverage and Cristiano he was one more spectator. The locals were able to leave the locker room with one more goal of income if a shot of Vrsaljko he would not have stumbled upon the crossbar. At rest, theAthletic it was a tsunami and the Manchester a shell again.
When you return from the locker room, Simeone he continued to pierce the wound of one United doubtful that he was unable to decipher the white-and-red pressure. Ranknick he was unable to read the proposed match cholos. They warmed up Griezmann i Suarez, at game time, when it started to change. He Manchester he grew up because Atlético did not last long due to fatigue due to the wild demands of pressure. He needed to pause, rest with the ball at his feet. Just one joao felix majestic was able to understand what the team needed. The Portuguese put theAthletic on the back in a class exercise.
L’United moved tab and changed sides, to give more depth to his attacks with tellez i Wuan-Bissaka, in addition to replacing an insignificant one Pogba per Matic. He replaced 4-2-3-1 with a more offensive 4-3-3 trying to get into a game he hadn’t played before. Simeone played pieces (Lemar per Lodi to lane i Griezmann per joao felix with gallons), but maintained the same approach. It doesn’t touch what works. I cloud he hadn’t had to stop in 70 minutes.
An error, a tie
But on the first occasion between the three sticks he arranged, one against which reinildo it was played to cut a pass from Bruno Fernandes, Elanga he was left alone and beat cloud halfway out. Another defensive error penalized one Athletic that he did not deserve this punishment. But not being able to double the goals away from home, the result was a little less uncomfortable. Simeone lamented to the band and asked to have none. There were minutes left and there was a lap ahead. And he was about to rescue the triumph Griezmann, who brilliantly put the ball into the back of the net. It couldn’t be. Play an epic journey to Old Trafford.
