After what the classification of the Real Madrid to final of the Spanish Super Cup for his emotional victory in the Classic before him Barcelona, the second semifinal was played in Saudi Arabia on Atletico Madrid and the Athletic de Bilbao.
The red and white stained show was pretty poor. Despite the hierarchy of the protagonists, the colchoneros and the Basques opted for defensive schemes, without risks or dangerous actions. After a gray first half, with the two teams close together more concerned with defending than attacking, the game was encouraged in the second half. After half-time, the two teams gave their game a little more intensity, but Atlético Madrid found the goal first.
The goal of the capital team came by accident. Was a blooper interpreted by Unai simon, the experienced goalkeeper of the Spanish team, who failed in the calculation and was made ridiculous.
A center of French Thomas Lemar in the complement he found the head of Joao Felix, who celebrated the conquest as his own. The Portuguese looked for the farthest stick of Simon, but the pipe prevented the conquest. Only due to the intervention of the goalkeeper did the ball cross the goal line, since the capricious rebounded against the goalkeeper’s back and got into it.
Despite the advantage, those of the Cholo Simeone they did not know how to hold the marker. In four minutes the dream of accessing the decisive duel against the Merengue, Given the Yeray Alvarez, upside down, and Nico Williams they put definitive figures to the clash disputed in the King Fahd Stadium.
The Athletic Bilbao will be measured in the final at Real Madrid, who on Wednesday had won in overtime 3-2 at Barcelona and that he was the winner of the competition two years ago, when he won on penalties at Mattress in Yedá, On the banks of Red Sea, in the first edition of the Super Cup played in Saudi Arabia.
ALIGNMENTS
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Giménez, Hermoso, Vrsaljko, Carrasco; Llorente, Kondogbia, Koke, Lemar; Correa, Felix.
Athletic Club: Simon; Yeray, Martinez, Balenziaga, De Marcos; García, Zarraga, Berenguer, Muniain; Sancet, Williams.
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