Atletico – Liverpool (1-0): The old Atletico tortures Liverpool | Champions League 2019

A goal from Sal tombs the 'reds', who didn't knock on the door and barely disturbed Oblak. Morata failed occasions and Diego Costa returned

There is no better way to deal with a storm than to cling decisively to the firm and recover the principles with which you came to caress the sky. Simeone, fine and wise strategist (almost always) when he is supposed to be inferior, he reminded his Atletico why they were there trying to contain the imposing European champion of Jurgen Klopp. And there is no better way than remembering virtues of old and pitched battles won. It doesn't matter if they were from another time. A team without principles is not a team. Therefore, the rojiblancos erupted, recovering the identity seas with which the Bara or Bayern fell on their faces on the grass of the Caldern that today is asphalt. (Narration and statistics (1-0))

Curiously, fate wanted it to be Salt, the man who has so often raised his voice this season to claim anger and fire out, who raised the temperature of the Metropolitan caldera, which has been boiling for a long time. On the big nights you never walk alone. The midfielder illuminates with his deployment to his teammates throughout the evening. So, the Atletico started as alone in another time. Choking and squeezing the adversary, in this case Liverpool. And it was a corner kick, just like in those days when the stationary ball is worth a reign, like those of Simeone sent the boys of Klopp to the ground. There was Sal, the one with the figurine goals, to impale on the line and show the world that dreams can come true. The fast-paced story of the Atlantic started from a noise.

The closest thing to a storm, in the first quarter of an hour, was the local team, which takes over the famous gegenpressing patented by Klopp. What better way to respond to the extreme pressure of the British than by tracing their own strategy. The matter would have achieved greater glory if he had sharper his boot Morata. The fact is that Liverpool, in lucrative clothing, was stripped more than he had imagined in his training in the sports city of Melwood.

But the champion woke up, and he did it by calmly pushing the Atlantic towards his goalkeeper. The beefy Van dijk he commanded the hosts in a foreign field and the Liverpool atrincher in a span of land to his opponent. The rojiblancos defenses and midfielders almost got in the way trying to keep up in the absence of oxygen. In the absence of light, even. The scenario was not new for Simeone (I lived it against Bara or Bayern) or unexpected for the fervent Madrid fan. The reds, this time blacks, they embedded the Atlantic in their area, although Oblak I hardly suffered in an intense first act. The main conclusion was that the back of the British rear guard was vulnerable.

The surprise irruption of Lemar in the starting team, only part lasted. It was the card that Simeone played and that runs out (I suffered a contracture) in favor of the rich lungs Marcos Llorente, trying to sharpen the claws and tear the ball from the claws of Liverpool. The greatest danger of the visiting trident, who walked very far from his most poisonous version, put him Salah, who lacked toe. In front was probably the Atlantic with the most defensive of the whole season, supported by the colossal Savic Y Philip. The occasion well deserved it.

In its corner, Klopp barely flinched despite the score. The only ball on the lawn was his own. There was no discussion. belt Y Morata they barely managed to find an open field race and when they did, the Madrid striker again missed the trigger. Lodi's gift of counterattack ended in Pifia.

Costa's return

A left-handed Lodi, perhaps on his stellar night, woke up his own again. There was some fright near the goalkeeper of Oblak, but he was never forced to look palm. Liverpool did not knock on the door once. The temperature went up a couple of degrees when Diego Costa He returned to the scene three months after his operation. The tip, agitator a year ago in the magical night before Juve, took part in another of those snapshots that are already part of the young legend of the Metropolitan. Here hinc the knee the almighty Liverpool of Klopp, remember somewhere in the corners of the stadium.

Because last night, the Attic returned in s and was the same as always. The principles, if they are solid, usually lead to wonderful places. This time, at least, he did it to Anfield. Maybe the story has nothing to do with it. Barcelona knows it well. But, until then, Simeone and his boys already have something to tell this season.