Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 8:48 p.m.
Let’s face it that Sparta is a lesser team, located no less than 14 points behind Slavia in their country, but Atlético had their most successful match of the season in Prague to seal their third victory in the Champions League, obtaining a historic score away from home in Europe and put a positive goal difference that had been very elusive since the embarrassment suffered against Benfica in Lisbon. Offensive mattress metamorphosis in the city of Franz Kafka, influential bohemian writer in the German language, pioneer in the fusion of realistic and fantastic elements.
Simeone managed wonderful minutes, as he has a cast of players of a similar level, and in his 701st match on the Atlético bench he celebrated the sixth success in a row for a team that only knows how to win since failing consecutively against Lille and Betis. Great game by Julián Álvarez, author of a double, just like Correa did in the final stretch, Giuliano omnipresent and Pablo Barrios’ display as a midfielder was superb.
Sparta from Prague
Vindahl, Vitik, Panák, Ross, Wiesner, Laçi (Solbakken, min. 79), Kairinen, Rynes, Krasniqi (Tuci, min. 60), Rrahmani (Olatunji, min. 60) y Haraslín (Pesek, min. 27, Pavelka , min. 79).
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Atlético
Oblak, Llorente, Giménez, Lenglet, Galán, Giuliano (Riquelme, min. 79), De Paul (Lino, min. 78), Barrios (Koke, min. 78), Gallagher, Julián Alvarez (Correa, min. 79) and Sorloth (Griezmann, min. 59).
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Goals
0-1: min. 15, Julián Álvarez. 0-2: min. 43, Llorente. 0-3: min. 59, Julián Álvarez. 0-4: min.70, Griezmann. 0-5: min. 85, Correa. 0-6: min. 89, Correa. -
Arbitrator:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands). Yellow to Pesek and Barrios. -
incidences
Match of the fifth day of the Champions League played at the Letná stadium in front of 18,000 spectators.
The colchonero was a dominant team, with packaging, management and control of the situation through the ball, not that defensive army that usually plays to the opponent’s fault. It was a very serious Atlético, warned by the surprising results that have been recorded with this new Champions format that in Europe there is no room to relax, morally revitalized by its excellent streak of results and with six changes compared to the clash against Alavés and fresh legs .
Simeone dispensed with Koke and Griezmann at the beginning, placed Julián near Sorloth, shielded the right wing with Llorente on the wing and Giuliano on the inside and threw Gallagher to the left in a classic 4-4-2. De Paul created and Pablo Barrios swept everything away.
in favor of current
The colchoneros played in favor of the current by taking the lead on their first arrival. The Spider stewed it and ate it. The Argentine forced a free hit and executed it with great precision. From there, absolute control of the situation. Sorloth, who contributes a lot with his controls and his back game, is not forceful in his definition and wasted a good chance. Julián’s pass was a little behind him, he cut well, but he shot against the goalkeeper.
Atlético made long circulations of the ball but missed the last pass to double their advantage. He did it on the brink of half-time, after a cross-shot from Llorente with a changed leg that surprised the defense and goalkeeper and went in after the Norwegian striker feinted by combing the ball.
The Spanish team took a slight step back after the break, but they did not relax and thus avoided shocks in these typical matches that seem very controlled and suddenly change with a goal against. He threatened in a couple of well-executed counterattacks before Julián sentenced, assisted by his partner Giuliano. Moments before, Griezmann had entered instead of Sorloth. And the Frenchman sealed the fourth, who put together the cross shot with his left foot very quickly. The set was completed by Correa, who scored a couple of goals in a vito and unseen. Great epilogue to the great offensive night of a transformed Atlético
