(0-5) ‘Slap’ on Atlético’s dream of reaching the Youth League final

The Atletico Madrid could not get into the final Youth League to put the climax to a great season. The mattress box paid for its inexperience against a more physical, intense, tanned rival and more involved in what the semifinal of this tournament needed. A rival with almost all of its players already playing in the Second Austrian division.

The team of Ricardo Ortega y Fernando Torres suffered before a RB Salzburg Much more powerful physically than the mattresses. A rival who pressed high, intense and who did not leave the Atlético impose its highest technical quality. Players of great importance who put in trouble those of Ricardo Ortega y Fernando Torres on set pieces. Also in second moves, as was shown on several occasions in the first minutes with shots from Kameri, Agyekum o Atiabou.

It was very difficult to defend those plays against the Austrian towers and the balls that went towards the edge ended in dangerous shots that Iturbe had to conjure up. But the ‘Red Bulls’ were not only physical, but also quality. And in a quarter of an hour, Cameras drove the ball, teamed up with Agyekum to sneak into the area, try to contact Simic heel without success. With luck for the midfielder that the ball returned to his feet, he crossed low to the peak of the small area where the Croatian crossed ahead of a Ibra that had lost reference.

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FALL INTO THE RIVAL TRAP

And the second blow came. Fruit of that other football that the Atlético. Coming out of a corner, the Romanian Horatiu Fesnic he warned everyone not to hold on. Then, Simic was smarter than Javier Serrano and dropped at a light touch. Penalty and 0-2.

It was clear that it was not the afternoon of the Atlético. After half an hour, the team lost one of its great references in attack. Carlos Martin he was injured in a sprint and had to leave the field.

The RB Salzburg sentenced the semifinal before the break. A bad ball out of the Atléticospherical recovered by the Austrians, Cameras made a wall with Simicand the first hit it to the square.

A BETTER ATHLETIC

The Atlético He made several changes at half-time, also to the system, from 3-5-2 to 4-3-3, which at times gave him a little more fluidity without either ending up signing occasions of outstanding danger.

The salzburgfor his part, lowered his intensity somewhat, knowing that he had it in his hand, but even so, he generated a few more chances and extended the scoreboard with a shot from Sahín from outside the area he played in Kostis and surpassed Iturbe with a parabola that went in after touching the crossbar.

Nothing came of it Atlético. Pity.

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