Day 29
A goal from Vallecano to Rayo consolidates Atlético in the Champions League positions and prolongs its sweet European hangover
Not that Atlético fell in love in Vallecas, but they did their homework in the midst of a hangover from European success, which is no small thing. A Vallecano, Koke, defeated his neighborhood team in a solvent mattress performance, sustained again by a save from Oblak and that allows the rojiblancos to consolidate their Champions League position while enjoying the feeling of being among the eight best in the maximum competition of clubs of the Old Continent and they continue recovering troops.
And it is that we had to overcome the accumulated fatigue at Atlético and the carousel of sensations after the great night at Old Trafford. Despite everything, Simeone repeated the eleven of the ‘theater of dreams’, willing to continue with his climb to consolidate his team among the top four. Griezmann made Dimitrievski’s life difficult at the start, seeking to penalize the Macedonian goalkeeper’s mistake. It was the first significant action of the game and set the tone to follow, with the bossy mattress team willing to get ahead on the fast track. The Frenchman was the most active player, with up to three failed attempts, yes. Even inadvertently the Frenchman finished off, to which a clearance from the local defense hit him in the body seriously threatening a goal.
It was difficult for Rayo to take the temperature of the match and adjust their pressure, so characteristic of Iraola’s script and so useful to go out with speed on the counterattack. He was doing it little by little, as the decibels increased in the Vallecas stadium with the entry into the stadium of the rayista animation group. The strong athletic start seemed suffocated and the duel moved through the channels of balance in terms of control of the ball, with a greater sense of danger from the visitors. Joao Félix was the most inspired on green, with various details of enormous quality.
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Lightning
Dimitrievski, Balliu, Mario Suárez, Catena, Fran García, Valentín, Comesaña (Ciss, min. 62), Baby (Isi Palazón, min. 62), Trejo (Sylla, min. 83), Álvaro García and Guardiola (Nteka, min. 76).
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Athletic
Oblak, Llorente, Savic, Giménez, Reinildo, Lodi (Kondogbia, min. 63), Koke (Hermoso, min. 91), Herrera (Correa, min. 63), De Paul, Joao Félix (Luis Suárez, min. 63) and Griezmann (Felipe, min. 91).
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Goal:
0-1: min. 49, Koke. -
Referee:
Munuera Montero (Andalusian Committee). He booked Lodi, Kondogbia, Koke, Oblak and Savic, from Atlético, and Mario Suárez, Comesaña and Trejo, from Rayo. He expelled Correa for a direct red card in the 85th minute. -
Incidents:
Matchday 29 in the First Division played at the Vallecas Stadium in front of 10,349 spectators.
It was necessary to go through the changing rooms to unbalance the match. A Vallecano did it but in favor of Atlético, ironies of fate. And it is that Koke debuted as a director this season behind a wall with Joao Félix and a great definition. The Portuguese provided the differential note, perfectly interpreting the movement of his captain, who put the icing on the cake with a great hit.
The most difficult thing was done for Atlético, but in the traditional mattress liturgy recovered in Manchester, Oblak’s great save was missing. The Slovenian continued to recover sensations with a stretch that disrupted the dangerous shot of former athlete Mario Suárez and thus maintained the red and white advantage, threatened by Correa’s last expulsion but protected with solvency by this Simeone team that is once again very recognizable.
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