Atleti skates: Sorloth does not kill and the referee finishes

There were three wishes that the genie of the lamp granted, and the number around which everything revolved at Atlético-Lille. Because there were three Wise Men, the Holy Trinity and the men (Julián, Sorloth and Griezmann) with whom Simeone wanted to straighten the course of the crooked Atleti in Lisbon in this Champions League. But there were also three errors by the Norwegian in the first half of a match that would condemn Atleti in the second.a, when the referee invented a penalty that cannot be explained with current technology to add another curve to Cholo and another three goals on top.

And that Lille appeared at the Metropolitano with substitutes and their three best men (David, Zhegrova and Gomes) starting on the bench. It didn’t take long for those substitutes to appear before Oblak. First Fernández-Pardo with a happy drive pushed by a mistake by Giménez. Sorloth’s response would be the first of his three errors, those that would later weigh like stones. From Paul he leaked a pass that was sure to get confused, because it was perfect, in depth and measured, one of those that go around shouting. goool through the grass. When the Norwegian went head-to-head with Chevalier, it is not known what he tried to do, perhaps to bite her, but what came out was the ball thrown to the sideline by a stranger, a churro, an inexplicable thing. For much less they executed, stoned and killed Morata… Sorloth’s night, after this, by the way, would not improve. Not one bit.

The match had started marked by mistakes. That one from Giménez, this one from Sorloth. It was Lille’s turn. And it wouldn’t take long. When the ball was released, a center back (Mandi) looked for another (Touré) with such bad luck that the latter controlled poorly and wanted to make amends by turning to send the ball to his goalkeeper and restart the play. Mistake. The pass was intercepted by Julián and, in three strides, he stood in front of Chevalier to beat him with the inside of his right hand. Three legs it sometimes seems to have Spider when he runs.

Lille was a split team that only saw Oblak from afar and, on top of that, in the 15th minute, they saw Cabella put his hand on his thigh and ask for a change. In his place came one of Genesio’s starters who was rested at the start, Zhegrova, the player who arrived at the Metropolitano as the one who had dribbled the most in this Champions League. Sorloth, meanwhile, continued to hit something every time he stepped into the area with a clear advantage, assisted by Griezmann. The second time he finished easily into the goalkeeper’s gloves. The third, he threw the ball over the crossbar alone against Chevalier. Lille arrived alive at half-time after so many innocuous shots and their goalkeeper, with an impossible stretch, prevented Giménez’s header from ending up in the net, which smelled like it.. Perhaps Genesio’s plan was to make the game long after the break, hence the starting substitutions. The truth is that he didn’t need much: two goals on two rebounds and a penalty invented.

The French team began the second half with a change (Diakité for Touré) and Atleti, who until then had only lacked skill, got tangled: De Paul was ahead of Halloween with a catalog of horrifying passes, Koke’s were backwards and Gallagher, directly, didn’t even do it. And because Sorloth missed another one-on-one before being replaced with his spirit touched and amidst applause. So Lille came out on top and after two corners, the first with a shot by Bayo repelled by Oblak low, Zhegrova kicked a ball from the edge of the area to make it 1-1 (Giménez touched it slightly). Sorloth’s Three Mistakes Match had become a horror movie. A joke, a joke, with a special and inexplicable collaboration: that of the referee.

What Guida saw only he knows. If he believed a hand from Koke it was from a Lille player. Human error is understandable, that the VAR did not call to correct it, no. It came for this, for this precisely. The referee gave a penalty and, even though the image made it clear that it was not, he did not move from there. And no one took him in front of a screen. David, already on the field, marked it. The red and whites began to run towards Chevalier, very nervous and aware that entering the round of 16 is already a dystopia. He must go to Paris to win. Neither Giuliano nor Lino would find the goal. Yes Lille, David again. The third.

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