Glorious European afternoon on TV. It was a continuous session of six long hours that began in Istanbul and ended in Dortmund, passing through Madrid. Ideal for staying at home on a dull day. Athletic, who had opened a spot, emerged victorious from their visit to Mourinho’s Fenerbahçe, who incidentally took advantage of the visit of Spanish journalists to send praise to Madrid and in the process advise them to sign Nico Williams. It must not have seemed very good to brother Iñaki, because he responded to that statement with two goals, one very easy, the other of class. Athletic is flying in the Europa League. Well, it flies in everything. A great Athletic.
In the Metropolitano, Atlético continued in the line of good football and with goals. The Griezmann-Julián Alvarez couple is magnificent and in the middle Barrios and De Paul constitute a driving force for pressure and play. The bands also work. Despite a rather mysterious penalty against them, one of those from a meddlesome chicken sexer, which made it 2-1, there was never any concern. Atlético is placed eleventh, just one point behind eighth place. He still has to receive Leverkusen and visit Salzburg. By the way, He has scored three or more goals in five games; It had not happened since the remote times of Helenio Herrera.
And Barça closed with victory too, very beautiful and exciting. He had a first stretch in which he played beautifully, but he wasted goals and then the game ended in a power-to-power fight, with beautiful details and five goals. Twice Barça took the lead, both times they allowed themselves to be equalized a little foolishly, one due to a disorderly offside, the other due to an imprudence by Cubarsí that resulted in a penalty. But The perseverance of everyone and the success at the top ended up paying tribute to that 2-3, with one from Raphinha and two from Ferran Torres. Barça is second, missing visiting Benfica and hosting Atalanta.
