Two years have passed since Atlético's last title

Today, August 15, 2020, It is the second anniversary of the last trophy that entered the showcases of Atlético de Madrid. Was the European Super Cup, held in Tallinn (Estonia), and those of Simeone they faced their eternal rival, Real Madrid, to be crowned as the champion of champions of the continent. The mattresses They presented themselves as champions of the Europa League after having beaten Olympique de Marseille 3-0 in the final, played in Lyon. For their part, the Madridistas, in which Julen Lopetegui made his debut in an official match, they had achieved their third consecutive Champions League by defeating Liverpool 3-1 in the final match in Kiev.

The meringues were initially formed with Keylor Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Isco; Asensio, Benzema and Bale. El Cholo bet on an eleven composed of Oblak; Juanfran, Godín, Savic, Lucas Hernández; Rodrigo, Saúl, Koke Lemar; Griezmann and Diego Costa.

Precisely the hispanic-brazilian was the first protagonist of the game, since he was in charge of opening the can when not even a minute of the game had passed. Costa took advantage of a collective error by the white defense and the goalkeeper to put his team ahead at 49 seconds. However, Real Madrid continued to work without thinking about the scoreboard and He was able to turn the game around through Benzema in the 26 'header and the captain, Sergio Ramos, in the 62' after scoring a penalty by the hand of Juanfran. But the athletics had not said their last word and, at minute 78, a ball that Marcelo tried to save before he left the band led to a play that culminated in the both of the tie, also by Diego Costa.

The 90 minutes ended with 2-2, which led the match to overtime. The rojiblancos did not have good memories of the last finals that they had played against their neighbors in the capital, since in both the title had gone to the Santiago Bernabéu. However, this time, those of Simeone raised the extra time better and took the cat to the water. First it was Saúl who in 97 'overtook the colchoneros after a new collective failure of the Madrid defense. The ball came to him in the edge of the area and he made a volley shot with his left foot that entered the square of Keylor's goal. Koke would close the game at 103 ' with a cross shot from inside the area that slipped to the right of the goalkeeper.

With 2-4 came the final whistle and the Cholo pupils took home a title that supposed a liberation after the bad taste in their mouths that the previous finals left them. This European Super Cup was the third they had won in their history colchoneros after those achieved in 2010 and 2012 and the seventh trophy that Atlético had won since the arrival of Simeone to his bench at the end of 2011.