Simeone opted for a 4-4-2 in its most offensive version, with Koke and Saúl in the middle and four pure attack players.
Oblak: Very sure against Getafe's initial arreón, in the 24 'he left a good hand down to Timor's distant shot. In the second half, he barely had a job.
Arias: Good duel with Cucurella, is one of those that has grown in this section. Participating in the team's game, in the beginning of the second part Costa served a golden assistance to Costa, but he failed. Serious in defense too.
Gimenez: He saved in the 12th minute a foul that was poisoning. He suffered more in the first half, but in the second half he lived more calmly.
Philip: At eleven minutes he avoided Mata's goal on the line. It continues to take shape after a few hard weeks for him. Very safe, above and below.
Manu Sánchez: Nyom squeezed him, but he did not shrink in duels, and even dared to reach the bottom line. He endured the entire game and was not hard, nor out of fatigue. Even allowing climbs to the end. In the addition he took a kick in the face of Nyom, expelled.
Belt: It was difficult for him to impose himself on his band because, especially in the first season, he did not have good balls to try to overflow. Even so it did not combine badly with Arias and Llorente.
Koke: The team boss, at times it was difficult to impose his criteria because the ball was played more long and through the air. In the second it was much looser. He had a good option to score in the 64 ’, but he preferred to look for a partner on the heel.
Saul: A lot of work with Koke, although in the first half there was also a lack of clarity. He saw in the 64 'the yellow that forces him to say goodbye to the League.
Carrasco: Very productive and participative, both open to the left and getting into the playmaker. Its speed creates danger. The action of 0-1 becomes dangerous thanks to his career and that, with some luck, he leaves the ball to Llorente.
Llorente: He has complete confidence in what he does and in his physical power. It is measured with anyone in speed as soon as they have the opportunity. Falling to the right, he battled Olivera and Timor. In 53 'he showed that he is confident in his shot too: he caught the ball from the front and shot at the near post, deceiving Soria. He asked for the change within the hour.
Diego Costa: Peleón on point and eager, his first shot came in 23 ’, a high header to the center of Llorente. He tried again as soon as the second half started. He did not limit himself to being an attacking buoy, but moved around the middle point to touch more ball. In 49 'he pardoned an empty door behind a Arias center. Then he participated in 0-1, with the chest pass to Carrasco. He looked for the prize of 0-3 and brushed it after a mistake by Soria.
Substitutions
Thomas: He entered the 66 ’to shore up the midfield. He had the 0-2 award, a pass from Vitolo.
Vitolo: He entered the 78 'and almost in his first action gave Thomas a goal assist.
Morata: He entered the 80 ’and formed a double‘ 9 ’with Costa. As soon as he entered he had two good runs, in one he asked for a penalty and in the other he played towards Costa, who almost made it 0-3. He scored the goal on several occasions.
Lemar: He entered 84 '. Good action in 91 ’, putting a death pass on Morata, who did not come just short.
Herrera: He entered 84 '. He tempered Atleti's football after 0-2.