One of the premises of Atlético de Madrid for this game it is to leave a clean sheet. Something that has only happened on one occasion in 2021. For that reason in the game you can see the colchoneros with a special commitment to achieve that Oblak don't have to pick up a ball from your goal.
The play that shows that commitment came after the half hour of the meeting, when a center to the mattress area manages to finish it off Gerard Moreno twice, Oblak He responds perfectly with a good save but the ball slips under his body and when the ball was about to pass the line, Saúl was there to clear it … and behind him was Koke and that the Slovenian had already reacted to save the ball. Total commitment.
During the first half it was not the only play in which some midfielders in the area could be seen trying to defend their clean sheet. During the first half both Lemar What strap they left good details in that sense.