Atlético Madrid 2-Huesca 0 | Simeone's new trident wants the title

Atlético defeated Huesca in a match where the trident was once again the protagonist. Marcos Llorente gave two assists, first to Correa, to score on a good individual play. And later to Carrasco to mark the empty door. With these three players in top form, Atlético continues to dream about everything. And Cholo will soon recover Luis Suárez and João Félix. Huesca competed, although they had no serious options to score. His best chance came at the beginning. Those of the Cholo follow leaders, up and on Sunday they travel to Bilbao, in a litmus test. But the team seems ready for that date.

The game against Huesca started differently from the previous one, since the rojiblanco team did not start playing against Eibar until half an hour. In front of the Huesca team, things were different, perhaps due to the initial scare that the Cholo team took. Huesca could score as soon as they started, but Siovas's shot, just ahead of Oblak, ended up at the hands of the rojiblanco goalkeeper. A very clear opportunity, one of those that rarely occurs. Atlético, who came out with the same people from the last match, did not walk this time with contemplations and threw themselves at Álvaro's goal. He did it more and better on the left wing, where Lodi and Carrasco entered very well and with danger. The Brazilian has improved compared to the first lap and the Belgian is still at a great level. When the two contacted, there was danger.

Huesca came out with a defense of five, with three ahead and with Rafa Mir and Okazaki more advanced. The visiting team was overtaken by Atlético and it was their goalkeeper who kept them alive for almost the entire first half with category interventions. Atlético had a double chance with shots from Carrasco and Saúl and the goalkeeper in a star plan. Simeone's men went from more to less, perhaps confident that the goal would have to come at some point. After half an hour, Huesca began to shake off the clear dominance of the rojiblanco, began to handle the ball, to go out a little, and just when he was better, Atlético's goal arrived, in a great individual play by Correa. Marcos Llorente assisted him and the Argentine made a great individual action, hopefully in the final shot that Pulido deflected. Correa's double against Eibar has given him great confidence and with her he is a very important player, willing to associate, to dribble, to finish … With confidence Correa dares to do things that only cracks do. The 1-0, shortly before the break, put the game where Atlético wanted, ahead, now with options to play on the attack and also against.

The second half started with new rojiblancas chances. Koke made it 2-0 on an assist from Correa. But Álvaro returned to take the shot at point blank range. Shortly after, Lodi tried it, in an extreme version, with a casting that ended in a shot on goal. The match belonged to Atlético, although the Madrid team did not finish putting one more gear into the clash. Pacheta made a triple change with 25 minutes to go and brought in theoretically starting players. The game entered an anodyne phase, with Atlético without seeing its goal threatened, but without creating chances for Huesca. One of those phases of the encounters where the Cholo's care to have everything under control.

Marcos Llorente was awakened by the game again. First with a ride on the right wing whose center was finished off by Saúl to the center, at the hands of the goalkeeper. You can't waste occasions like this when the stakes are so high. The hunger before the goal that Saúl did not show was Marcos Llorente when he stole a ball from Siovas on the edge of the area whose subsequent pass was Carrasco's 2-0. Llorente was once again decisive, he had faith in the robbery, he wanted to go for a lost ball, he has conviction in taking the title.