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Atlético de Madrid
He came home three and a half months after the last time. Obviously not as expected, with a soulless stand, without the ingredient that makes this team special, its hobby. On this journey, on account of the damn coronavirus, the mattress team fired legends like Peiro, Jones, Capon, Antic or the always incomprehensible loss of a child from the quarry as Christian
Minchola. That silence that always brings us closer to the immensity of eternity was broken by the chords of a violin to remember the deceased. In the seats of the 71 members who left us, the red and white shirt with his name, next to flowers. A lovely way to remember everyone who made the world bigger Athletic from his corner.
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He Athletic I had already grabbed the posts Champions in the midweek game of The Sadar, where he had given one of the best images of the season. A forceful, round victory, which forced to expect great things from this date. The rojiblanco and Valladolid team provided a game that went from less to less in terms of intensity, which thickened as the chronometer progressed. There was much more football so that you had to decide with the strange goal of Vitolo in the second half, a somewhat ‘ghost’ that finally entered and settled the Cholo in the stalls of Champions and confirms that the Athletic is on the rise.
Simeone revolutionized the once to measure the Valladolid. Matches every three days require it. Morata as owner, without Koke neither Saul, a rarity; with Hermoso, Llorente and Lemar, with the youth squad Manu Sánchez on the left side … Also his rival, with nine changes from the last game.
He Valladolid jumper answered Not even three minutes had passed when Waldo grabbed a ball 30 meters from the rojiblanca goal, overflowed Thomas and shot at the squad of Oblak. For any other goalkeeper, a sentence. For the Slovenian, an opportunity to demonstrate why he is the best in the world.
He responded with two very dangerous actions. The first, a Herrera center in the heart of the area to contact Morata, who was nodding close to the post. Just two minutes later, a grand opening of Thomas to Trippier it served to focus the English on the heart of the area, where Llorente could not impale. The ball was loose and Joao Félix It ended high, in fall.
In this first section of the game, the Valladolid had a hole in his left band and the Athletic exploited it. Llorente seemed unstoppable, continually overflowing. The man from Madrid is in a state of form like nobody in the rojiblanco team. How Joao Félix, who seems to have relieved himself of the pressure of his inquisitive eyes. Yes in Pamplona gave a small exhibition, in the clash against the Valladolid, between the lines, was associated with an astonishing simplicity for the minefield in which it moved. Elegance in movement and success in decision-making, to appear with a cross shot at 22 minutes, which was leaving close to the goal of the pucelano goal.
In half an hour, Waldo, after a very powerful start in a counter, he found an exquisite pass between several mattresses for Matheus come across at the exit of Oblak, a ball that came out near the post. Tremendous Waldo Rubio Marín, with individual actions that put many Athletic.
In the first half, the match was an exchange of opportunities, perhaps with more weight for the locals, and with a very interesting rhythm. A fun game to watch. On the edge of rest, Joao
Felix connected a pass between the lines to a mark of a tireless Llorente, which he controlled but without being able to shoot before the very rapid departure of Expensive and the providential crossing of Javi Sánchez.
RESUMPTION
The resumption left a Athletic who continued to insist, although I agreed, the minutes progressed, the intensity of each decreasing, logical on the other hand. First Joao Félix, with a shot with the left after a control with a cabriole in the front, then Morata with a head butt, Llorente from a strong shot from outside the area, Lemar with a kick that was looking for the squad … Valladolid, more timid than in the first half, could not find how to do damage in this section.
Simeone I was starting to move the team. Entered Koke and Carrasco by Herrera and a discreet again Lemar
. Later Costa, belt and Vitolo, which would ultimately be decisive. He Athletic did not throw in the towel. Thomas brushed the goal with a missile that Expensive had to pull out of the same squad.
And when it all seemed like a draw, Vitolo He rescued his own in a strange move. A false start of Expensive in a corner kick, that the canary headed to the goal. A central Valladolid managed to save the ball but the referee, at the request of the Var, confirmed that he had entered.
Diego Costa He had two heads up at the end of the clash to extend the lead.
ATLÉTICO DE MADRID 1-0 REAL VALLADOLID
Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Trippier, Giménez, Hermoso, Manu; Llorente (Vitolo, 72 ’), Thomas, Herrera (Koke, 56’), Lemar (Carrasco, 56 ’); Morata (Diego Costa, 63 ’) and Joao Félix (Correa, 63’).
Real Valladolid: Expensive; Antoñito, Kiko Olivas, Javi Sánchez (Enes Unal, 82 ’), Raúl Carnero; Míchel, Hervías, San Emeterio (Alzaraz, 45 ’), Matheus (Kike Pérez, 74’); Waldo (Óscar Plano, 71 ’) and Sergi Guardiola (Miguel, 45’).
Goals: 1-0, Vitolo (Min. 80)
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes (Colegio Asturiano). He admonished Thomas (Min. 56), Hermoso (Min.58), Waldo (Min.63), Diego Costa (Min.74 ’), Michel (Min. 87)
Incidents: First match played in the Wanda Metropolitano in several months.