Minute 46, 0-0: yellow card for the Brugge captain vanaken after an elbow to saul.
The second half begins
Atlético put the ball into play while their fans sing non-stop in the Metropolitano stands. Without changes, the same 22 men from the beginning continue.
The ABC refereeabout the action in which Atlético requested a penalty for Vanaken’s hand:
“They ask for a penalty for the hand of the Bruges captain and the referee does well not to point out anything, since the defender hits the ball with his head and then goes towards the arm, but does not touch it. Even if he had touched him, it wouldn’t have been a penalty either; It would have been considered a rebound.
The ABC Referee, Martinez Montoroabout the disallowed penalty play:
«The referee sanctions as a penalty a shot down by Nahuel Molina to a Bruges attacker. The VAR recommends that you go see the action, since what really happens is that the Bruges player steps on Nahuel. Well the correction of annulling the penalty as it was the attacker’s fault ».
cherry tree: «We are playing very well, but we need a goal that gives us peace of mind».
cherry treeon Movistar’s microphones: “It was a foul by the Bruges player, I saw it from the beginning,” he talks about the penalty annulled against the Belgian team.
Break time: Atlético 0, Bruges 0
Intense game, full of opportunities and vertical game in the Metropolitano where those of Simeone they deserve more. However, no one was able to unbalance the marker yet.
Minute 45, 0-0: Atlético requests a penalty for the hand of vanaken, although the infringement is non-existent. Savic protested and therefore received a yellow card.
Furthermore, the collegiate Danny Makkelie He cautions Buchanan with a yellow card after stomping on Molina. Breathe, relieved, the Metropolitan Stadium.
Penalty in favor of Bruges annulled by the VAR
Minute 42, 0-0: Buchanan stepped on Nahuel in which the referee in the first instance awarded a penalty. The foul was very clear, good VAR intervention.
Minute 37, 0-0: another clear opportunity to Griezmann, who volleyed the ball far from the Belgian crossbar. Sorry, once again, the rojiblanco team.
Minute 35, 0-0: Kondogbia he is being the support of an atypical and offensive Atlético de Madrid. However, the few but dangerous runs of Olsen and Jutglà bother the Metropolitan.
In particular, the role of Correa, a man who is used to shaking up games in the second half who once again shows that he is much more than a shock. The Argentine knows how to associate, he knows how to run into space, he knows how to go down to receive and, his best virtue, he knows the game very well. Great game of yours.
Very accurate and visually appealing, Atlético’s game in the offensive phase this afternoon. The goal resists him, but with Griezmann y Correa At this exalted associative level, the imbalance in the marker seems a logical consequence.
Minute 26, 0-0: another great opportunity to Griezmann to the center of Saul. The Frenchman’s accurate header was avoided by Mignolet in a stretch worthy of being seen repeated on television. Atlético is looking hard for the 1-0.
Minute 24, 0-0: goal annulled saul, who pushed a goal-line pass from Correa. Although, certainly, the Argentine was clearly offside.
Minute 22, 0-0: Simeone’s men press on in search of the goal that opens the scoring. chance now to Lemar who, from outside the area, shoots low near the left post. Good minutes of an Atleti commanded by Immediately.
Minute 21, 0-0: Atlético de Madrid forgives the 1-0 after a beautiful wall between Koke and Correa. Angelito crossed it too much in the heads-up, but, once again, he is being the most alive man in the local attack.
Minute 19, 0-0: the game breathes, immersed in moments of midfield after the carousel of chances in both areas.
Minute 15, 0-0: Atlético’s first obvious scoring chance. Griezmann steals a good ball in the rival field and, from a heel, hits hard and low, but Mignoletwith his foot, he stopped the shot smugly.
Minute 14, 0-0: Reinildo going to change his boots. The Mozambican is not comfortable.
The Spaniard shot first and the ball went very close to the left corner of cloud. Nerves in the rojiblanco fiefdom after the second Belgian warning.
Minute 10, 0-0: Sorry Ferran Jutlà in another very dangerous arrival of Olsen on the right wing. He suffers a lot Reinildo, who on this occasion slips before the gallop of the Nordic, at the start of the match.
Minute 7, 0-0: Atlético de Madrid’s first shot arrives; shoot Kondogbia from a distance and sends the ball to the third amphitheater.
Minute 4, 0-0: Bruges’ first notice. Good arrival by band of Olsen that centers low to Sowah. But the African fails to shoot between sticks.
Minute 3, 0-0: frenetic start of the Athleteswhich, vertical, is thrown in front of the high defense of the Belgian team.
Starts the match!
The ball is already rolling on the lawn of the Metropolitan.
The players jump to the green, the anthem of the Champions League sounds while a packed Metropolitan whistles fiercely to UEFA’s signature song.
For their part, Atleti arrive with hope at this transcendental clash after beating Girona in LaLiga at the Metropolitano (2-1). In addition, with Saturday’s victory, those of Simeone They are fourth with 16 points, four behind the leader, Barça.
Despite the good moment Bruges are going through in the Champions League, in the Belgian league competition their situation is not so rosy: they lost on the last day at home against Waterloo (0-2) and are third in the table eight points behind the leader, the Antwerp.
Confirmed line-up also at Bruges, one of the revelations of the European season that arrives at the Metropolitano with the opportunity to qualify for the round of 16 today. Obviously he plays his goal man, the Spanish Ferran Jutlà.
Confirmed eleven at Atlético de Madrid: together with Antoine Griezmannhighlights the incorporation of Correa y Lemar in the starting lineup.
This is the qualifying situation in Group B before Atlético de Madrid-Bruges and Bayer Leverkusen-Porto.
Obviously, after last Tuesday’s defeat in Belgium, the Atletico Madrid they need the three points to continue aspiring to be in the round of 16. Right now, the rojiblancos are last in the group with three points (they have only beaten Porto). Bruges, meanwhile, is first with a full victories.
Good afternoon, readers, and happy Hispanic Day. After the parades and kissing hands, it’s time for the Champions League in a very important evening in athletic aspirations to be in the knockout stages of the Champions League. In less than an hour at the Metropolitan, Simeone’s receive the witches in the fourth day of group B.
