who touched and the three sticks that Athletic gave gave Athletic Triumph. A victory that places Simeone on the head of the table waiting for what Barça does this Sunday. The rojiblancos were imposed on a serious duel, very containment for both teams. When the game broke in the final stretch it was the surgeon’s maneuver between Marcos Llorente and Julián Alvarez, which he decided.
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Jan Oblak, Clément Lenglet, Javi Galán, Nahuel Molina, Robin Le Normand, Samuel Lino (Conor Gallagher, Min. 58), Rodrigo de Paul, Giuliano Simeone (Marcos Llorante, Min. 57) (José maría giménez, min. 68), Antoine Griezmann (ángel Correa, Min. 62) Y Alexander Sørloth (Julián Alvarez, Min. 58)
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Unai Simón, Andoni Gorosabel (óscar de Marcos, Min. 76), Dani Vivian, Yuri Berchiche, YERAYAYAYAYAYAYALVAREZ, INAKI WILLIAMS, NICO Williams, Nico Ruíz de Galarreta (Beñat Prados, Min. Unai Gómez (Gorka Guruzeta, Min. 62), Mikel Jauregizar (Mikel Vesga, Min. 80) Y Alex Berenguer (Maroan Sannadi, Min. 76)
Goals
1-0 min. 65: Julián Álvarez
Referee Jesús Gil Manzano
Yellow cards
Ruiz de Galarreta (min. 31), Sörloth (min. 56), Gorosabel (min. 61), Pablo Barrios Rivas (min. 67), Yeray (min. 86)
The game was presented with the absence of its best player in each of the two teams. Simeone had kept Julián Alvarez and Valverde could not count on the injured Sancet. A tank for the air game to which the Fornido Vivian always goes with everything. Valverde, meanwhile, opted for Berenguer as Punta and Unai Gómez as a hitch. Mobility to treat Le Normand and Lenglet and lungs to press and find the arrival from the second line. Valverde reserved Guruzeta, intuiting a long game. Both technicians know very well, which are usually granted very little. There is a lot of respect and that produced little vertigo. They cut Molina Yuri respectively their technicians, a sign that none wanted to uncover too much. One for the threat of Nico and the other for which Giuliano could assume.
It was Atlético who grabbed the command of that party that had to chew it with patience and little risk. The rojiblancosarañó a pair of corner kicks El Atlético and in one of them Normand did not lower his neck so that his frentazo, free brand free, took a goal.
Athletic entrusted to the rhythm that they could mark galarreta or jauregizar. It was the first who tried to enliven the passage of his team with first passes behind the back of Paul and Barrios, while Berenguer chopped to one side and another. In the bands, there was little activity of the Williams, although it was Iñaki who had the opportunity to beat Oblak after a bad out of the Atlético well cleaned by Unai Gómez. The greatest of the Williams met a rapid Oblak, who shrinks the space and was able to repel the shot.
A scare for Atlético, who saw how the game was more to resolve in some quality detail or an error. Or for the speed of Giulian. He inflamed the stands with three races to the space he won. There are times that Simeone’s players give the feeling that they do not take advantage of everything that Giulian’s acceleration can.
I did not find where to put the athletic tooth to the well -planted Valverde team. Solid behind and in the middle, even in the final stretch of the first act, several transitions could be run in which no Nico Williams maneuver could be seen.
He did not change the air of the duel in the resumption. Everything was still very controlled. If Athletic seemed to have more poison in its approaches. In one of them, Berenguer finished hard but focused a pass back. Simeone decided that it was time to give another air to the game. He operated with a triple change, Llorente, Julián Alvarez and Gallagher by Giuliano, Sorloth and Lino. That involved taking the center, next to Barrios, Llorente. Soon, Griezmann was the sacrificed to enter Correa. It was Llorente who found the only loophole granted by Athletic throughout the game. Lying in the band, he saw Julián Alvarez left a shotgun and put a measured ball to face Unai Simon.
The Argentine was again a weathering to define. He did it with a touch to look for the award of the athletic goal. First great carelessness, first auction between the three sticks and goal. With just under half an hour to play, Valverde also began to put dynamite. And the Athletic had the tie with a double stick after the serve of a side foul. Beñat Prados directed his combed comb to the base of the post and the rejection stamped him against the crossbar Iñaki Williams. He saw how a powerful right also traveled to the crossbar after hitting an Atlético player’s back. Valverde had already put all his dynamite with Guruzeta, by Marcos and Maroan. Simeone ended up shielding with Giménez as the third central. The goal, close a match that can be worth a whole championship.
