Where football does not reach, Atlético reaches faith. The rojiblancos went back to Valencia in the discount in a clash without brilliance, with a lot of nerves and with some defensive errors that portray the moment of play of both teams. Simeone was right with the tactical chaos he proposed in the second half and Bordalás had a hard time putting his team back with so much game to play.
Two teams loaded with emergencies were measured in the Metropolitan. Atlético, in a state of defensive panic and with self-esteem by the ankles. Valencia with a monumental casualty list and more uncertainty than faith. That is why the start was the classic of a match between two teams that avoided any approach to their area. But Bordalás’ midfield pressed a lot and that was appreciated by his defensive line, who did not have a job. And in that situation, two arrivals from Valencia ended up burying an Atlético with a glass jaw.
embarrassing defense
The first one against which Guedes changed bands and Musah made profitable by portraying Vrsaljko with an inside dribble and a shot screwed to the stump of the Oblak stick. Jug of water at 24 minutes. But the lethal blow was in the penultimate play of this first half, with a ball that the Atletico defenders were unable to clear up or down. The ball leaked between the two center backs and Hugo Duro scored the second. Two goals that portray soccer players and raise suspicions in a drifting locker room that Simeone is not able to redirect. Horrible Atlético, very serious Valencia.
The second part seemed like a want and I can’t from Atlético, where Simeone was looking on the board with different schemes and changes like Felipe for Joao Félix. Decision that bitterly whistled the stands, which applauded the Portuguese, which is not that he had made an outstanding game. The minutes passed and Valencia was comfortable against a rival more willful than dangerous. Until a corner was calamitously defended by the Valencianists and Cunha finished off alone in the small area on goal.
Valencia had accumulated too much in their area and athletic faith invited them to think of a miracle more related to attitude than to football. Minutes passed and local anxiety increased. Suárez wasted another chance and the Atléticos turned Felipe into their best resource from above. Those of Bordalás trusted everything to defend and did not generate anything, not even uncertainty. And that pettiness punished him severely with two goals in added time. In the first, a ball in which Jaume did not catch a ball that ended up riveting Correa to goal and tying the match. The third, and decisive, a stumbled play in which a bad shot by Cunha ended with Hermoso clinching the net. What football did not give him, was given by his will and that impetus that prevents him from giving up. A crazy game that Valencia gave and Atlético took advantage of.
Datasheet:
3 – Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Vrsaljko (Herrera, min. 61), Giménez, Hermoso, Lodi (Correa, min. 46); Carrasco (Serrano, min. 98), De Paul, Koke, Lemar (Cunha, min. 57); Joao Félix (Felipe, min. 57) and Luis Suárez.
2 – Valencia: Domenech; Foulquier, Diakhaby, Alderete (Koba Lein, min. 54), Lato (Vázquez, min. 72); Thierry (Christian, min. 72), Guillamón, Soler, Musah (Racic, min. 88); Hugo Duro (Maxi Gómez, min. 72) and Guedes.
Goals: 0-1, min. 25: Musah. 0-2, min. 44: Hugo Duro. 1-2, min. 64: Wedge. 2-2, min. 91: Correa. 3-2, min. 93: Beautiful
Referee: Diaz de Mera (C. Castilla-La Mancha). He yellow carded the locals Koke (min. 27), Hermoso (min. 38.), Luis Suárez (min. 82) and Herrera (min. 84) and the visitors Thierry (min. 14), Foulquier (min. 14). 38), Musah (min. 43), Guillamón (min. 61), Lato (min. 65) and Doménech (min. 83).
Incidents: Match of the twenty-second day of LaLiga Santander, played at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid before 44,999 spectators. Before the match, Atlético de Madrid paid tribute to the members who have been linked to the club for 75 years or more, with a representation of them that came out onto the pitch to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the club’s name change, which was renamed Atlético Aviación to Atletico Madrid in 1947.
