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“Shame, bad taste, horseplay, Savic goofing around…”

Nor did he quote that the English media and fans were going to be especially hurtful when assessing what happened in the Wanda Metropolitano between Atletico Madrid and the Manchester City. To the traditional Anglo-Saxon egocentrism was added a large portion of cynicism to obviate the fact that some of the things they denounce about Atlético in particular or Spanish teams in general, such as defensive behavior or the ‘other football’ (wasting time), was the final argument to which the City to survive.

Nothing else was expected from the media, fans and football that have been in the center of the football world in recent years on account of the income generated by television that makes them able to sign everything that moves. And if we are already talking about cases like the Citywith the recent leaks of Football Leaks about an alleged irregular financing of the club and its signings, is a separate case.

The fact is that the British media charge strongly against Atlético for what happened in the Wanda Metropolitano, for the final tangana and the confrontation in the locker room tunnel. It is obvious, again, that beyond Felipe’s action, which was marked precisely with the red that it was, the whole problem arose because Fodenwanted to return to the field to lose time when he was already out of it and could be treated for the kick suffered.

Without that gesture of English, unsportsmanlike, none of the later would have happened. Felipe would have been expelled and full stop.

CLOWNS AND FOOLS

Rio Ferdinandone of the star commentators of BT Sport, was merciless. “It was distasteful behavior on the part of the players of the Athletic. They should be ashamed of the antics they have done. It’s better that it ended like this, but it’s a pantomime. You have a Savic acting like a fool. He is cool that he City don’t react to those antics. The City showed courage and determination,” explained the former player of the Manchester Unitedwho, however, did acknowledge that on this occasion, Atlético did put on football: “Speaking of football, it must be said, congratulations to the Atletico Madrid who made play Manchester City in a way we hadn’t seen in a while, he took them out of their groove. But some of the stuff that happened at the end of the game is not what we want to see in a football game.”

For his part, a former player of the Manchester City What Joleon Lescott he also censored what happened at the end. “You can’t tolerate what happened in the last 10 minutes. It’s not what you want to see from two teams with two elite coaches,” he commented on the exchange of words and gestures between Simeone and Guardiola.

Finally, Owen Hargreaves, also former player of Manchester City, delved into the matter of the end: “The players of the City they had a lot of composure and class. The end was unfortunate for him. Athletic. They played good football, but the final antics were rubbish. You have to give credit to Manchester City for his resilience during a very, very difficult game.