After the catastrophe against Benfica, the Atlético de Madrid They faced their third game in the new Champions League with the need for a good result to get their European campaign back on track. Quite the opposite, because, despite being ahead on the scoreboard, Simeone’s men succumbed to complacency and controversy to end up falling at home to the Lille by 1-3.
It didn’t take long for Atleti to notify the ‘Dogos’. The first to try his luck was Sorloth, who was left completely alone against Chevalier and sent his shot to a throw-in. Julián Álvarez fixed the mess, when Atleti’s high pressure took effect before reaching ten minutes. Ousmane Touré fell asleep, and his transfer towards the goal was very short due to the threat of Griezmann, what the ‘Araña’ took advantage of to define with certainty and overtake the locals.
The match became a rollercoaster of intensity, with violent explosions from Atleti followed by periods of tense calm and touch in the center of the field. The backlashes multiplied, and Sorloth sank into his Toledo night with two other catastrophic failures. First with a one-on-one that he tried to score without being able to beat the rival goalkeeper and later with a point-blank shot that sent him into the stands.
Griezmannwhich enabled both chances for the Norwegian striker, It was the lighthouse of the red and whitesand was about to give Giménez a goal, but the Uruguayan’s header was repelled by Chevalier.
Simeone was content with the 1-0 lead at half-time, but he was about to pay dearly for it. In the discount, Zhegrova sent a very clear opportunity to the clouds born from an oversight by the mattress team.
Atleti’s football superiority became even more evident in the second half, although the red and white players did not take advantage of their advantage to score points. The complacency of the colchoneros was taken advantage of by Zhegrova, who hit a left-footed shot from the edge of her sleeve, and thanks to a slight deflection by Giménez, the ball entered the corner to establish the tie.
Griezmann was able to restore the athletic advantage, as Julián Álvarez found him in the small area, but the ball hit the wrong place on the Frenchman’s bootleaving the clear opportunity to nothing.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the controversy arrived. The referee gave a penalty that the Colchonera fans consider incomprehensible. The ball rushed into the Atleti area, and after bouncing off the hand of a Lille player, koke committed two consecutive infractions – a push and a kick – that cost his team the second goal through Jonathan David.
The people of Madrid tried to prevail, with more heart than football, and neglecting their backs. The failures of Lino and Giuliano were punished with the sentence, again of David. Atlético de Madrid is twenty-seventh in the table and the urgency for good results is already imperative. Next station: PSG by Luis Enrique.
