Simeone he retouched the team with respect to that of Huesca. Suárez repeated in attack and Savic, Koke and Correa entered the eleven for him 1-4-4-2. The first shot on goal came in the 62nd minute.
Oblak: He soon received a warning, in the form of a distant volley from Mario before which he was not complicated. After the break, he tested the side again, from closer, but he got his fists out well.
Trippier: When Atleti has the ball, they are very high and Thomas often looks for them with diagonal balls. It has lacked some precision in the controls to take advantage of those advantages. He abused the lateral centers, almost all direct to the hands of Asenjo.
Savic: He returned to eleven and was skillful against Alcácer and against the Submarine's lateral center numbers.
Philip: Solid when Villarreal approached, he dared even with anticipation at the height of the center of the field.
I gave it: Good duel with Gerard Moreno, the best of the rival and who fell for his band. In attack it cost him and his centers did not intimidate Villarreal. One at 57 'almost complicated Asenjo. After a minute, Renan looked for the goal from afar, but found no goal. In 62 'he made the team's first shot on goal.
belt: In the first half it cost him, because the game did not help either. He tried some of his controls at 180º, but could not generate chances.
Koke: He was placed more in the middle than in the band, with the freedom that Thomas granted him to approach the most offensive line. Good in combinations, but without risking too much. Replaced in the 70 '.
Thomas: The anchor of the team, good openings to the sides, especially to Trippier, one of his favorite actions. He also tried it with distant shots, in this case with poor precision. In the first half he was the only one who created football.
Saul: He played more open on the left wing, but he was quite imprecise and almost overlapping with João Félix, although he also moved through other areas of the midfield. It was not his afternoon, although he played the full game.
João Félix: With freedom to look for receptions, but chased by Mario Gaspar to complicate each control. In the first half he could hardly generate danger. Off, he was substituted at 75 '.
Suarez: Difficult first half, in which he barely got a couple of balls. He tried a cross shot that went wide. The team's game did not help him and he could not add almost anything in the 70 minutes he played.
SUBSTITUTIONS
Carrasco: He entered the left wing in the 70th minute. He barely got any balls. In one of them he caused the yellow of Iborra. He alternated from one band to the other. It showed some overflow and dangerous centers.
Marcos Llorente: Minute 70. He was placed on the right, but when João came out he got up. His was Atleti's best chance, a volley that crashed into the defense.
Diego Costa: Minute 70, replacing Suárez. He was close to reaching a good low center in Llorente.
Herrera: Minute 75. He began to manage the game with Thomas.