“Magical night at Anfield, but from Atlético”. That counterpoint of To ball Portuguese sums up perfectly what happened in Liverpool this Wednesday night. When all Anfield was prepared to see the current European champion advance, seeking to endorse his continental reign, the more than 2,800 athletic throats present in the city of the Beatles exploded with the error of Adrián San Miguel. “Oh Adrian”, it said one of the key points that the Mirror in his chronicle of the crash. “He was the hero in Europe in the Super Cup against Chelsea, but here he was the villain”, they continued, avoiding rummaging through the open wound with the headline: “A song by Adrián moves Atlético forward”.
Since The Telegraph they also 'blamed' the Spanish, timely substitute for the injured Alisson, from the elimination of Jurgen Klopp's men: “Atlético punishes Adrián's mistakes to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League “, after having closed his live show with an illuminating “defensive football wins again”. Same feeling as that reflected in the Liverpool coach's country. The Bild accompanied a photograph of the German puffing with “a goalkeeper error seals Klopp”, to follow the same line that the Telegraph previously, highlighting that the set net “he misses the quarterfinals of the Champions League, despite his 38 (!) shots on goal”.
“Defensive football wins again”
'The Telegraph'
It will take the Sevillian to forget the moment he handed the ball over to João Felix in 97 ', and more considering the performance of his namesake in the opposite area. “Oblak, the absolute protagonist with his miracles, condemns Salah and his companions. Liverpool swallows one of the most bitter bites in its history at Anfield”, read the final paragraph of the Gazzetta dello Sport, in a text that praised Simeone's work in its headline: “Come back Atlético, Cholo eliminates the champion!”.
“Oblak, absolute protagonist with his miracles, condemns Salah and his companions”
'Gazzetta dello Sport'
Exclamation similar to the arrival from Rosario's native Argentina, although much more forceful, this one, than the Italian one. “Tremendous, Cholo!”. In two words he collected the newspaper Olé what was experienced in Anfield, to expand further on the lines that accompanied such a brief heading: “The Champions always gives shows of enormous caliber. Emotions at their best. Beats or blows, whatever you want to call it. In this case, the one who gave the great news amid the worldwide chaos and alert for the expansion of the coronavirus was Atlético de Madrid del Cholo Simeone. Because he took it upon himself to leave the last world champion out in his own home. Tremendous“. With the stadiums 'in increasing quarantine' due to the chaos that Olé, the colors and screams that have made Anfield vibrate could have been the last beats of a stand that we live on many dates.
“Tremendous, Cholo!”
'Olé newspaper'
Returning to England, The sun Y Sky sports share verb and almost headline. “The 'Reds'They are expelled from the Champions League after being stunned in overtime “, they use the first ones; for “Atlético stuns Liverpool in overtime”, the second. In both cases the injustice of the result stands out, in their eyes and the “Liverpool good game for 95 minutes”, before “shocked by Llorente's double”. Double that leaves in the background the anger of Diego Costa when the former madridista took his place. Mosqueo to which they refer from the islands with irony: “This was a 'vintage' performance by Costa … only without playing football well”.
“This was a 'vintage' performance by Costa … only without playing football well”
'Mirror'
In France, L'Equipe consider a “little miracle” the one achieved by the rojiblanco team, although they make it clear that “you can never doubt Atlético in the Champions League, since, despite being extremely dominated, they have managed to overcome and have knocked the champion down on the mat “. While from Portugal, in addition to the words of To ball who opened all this writing, the media of the neighboring country remembered their countryman: “Atlético eliminates the European champions with the assistance of João Félix”. Just like in Record, where they accompany a “Sensational!”, between exclamations, of the memory of the move by the former Benfica player: “Liverpool made it 2-0, but Atlético tied with two goals by Llorente, the first assisted by Joao Félix”. First great night of Atlético's 'Menino de Ouro'.