Atleti, the team with more faith in Spain, again in the semifinals of the Champions League. It is no coincidence nor an extravagance. Simeone has led this team to the elite coup effort and heart . Outside was the champion, a Barcelona exceeded in the first leg until the expulsion of Torres, and at the Calderon speculated impermissibly until he was with the score against. Even then he could face a team that is growing hopelessly under the baton of Simeone, the great architect of a group that dream of back European Cup still owes history.
With the lesson learned from the qualifying round two years ago Atletico was launched by the same way then. Atletico eleven came out with rage by the opponent and the sixth gear engaged, with 50,000 throats tightening behind as usual. Barca boot that caught him off guard and spent real trouble for putting the ball. A volley from Gabi and two separate auctions of Griezmann and Carrasco gave life to the first ten minutes.
Atletico brazenly sought goal and the club reacted to harassment killing the game completely . Uncaring attack, his players were devoted to an absurd passing game in order to run rival and despair to the stands.Mascherano Pique, Jordi Alba from there, back to Ter Stegen ... and back again. It was to have the ball at any price, playing slowly and without looking askance Oblak's goal . Debatable or not, Luis Enrique's plan seemed to work. Possession Barca side shot beyond 80% and souffle party collapsed.
The tremendous letdown remediated the head Griezmann last half hour .French, jinxed so far against Barca, impeccably he finished a measured center Ter Stegen Saul beating Calderon and exploded. Barca did not expect that goal, at least not this time, so he suppressed his self - imposed slumber and began to run. And Atletico to defend, of course. And eleven.
A shot from Neymar between Uruguayans (Godin and Luis Suarez) took the game to rest and Luis Enrique to reflect. With Messi permanently installed in the middle , but far from the area, the club changed the horizontality of the first part for a much more vertical game, looking for bands and inside passes Rakitic and Iniesta. Atletico tried not towrinkle. In fact, soon after the restart he could make the second with a header that gave Saul on the outside of the bar.
Tucked into the cave
But the situation of the party invited a second agonizing part. Barca left his field and Simeone locked in just thirty meters. Each began to play it that really knows . Both forward lines that Griezmann nearly killed the party to the contras in a dogfight with Ter Stegen.Arda, received a loud blast from his old hobby, and Sergi Roberto Alves came through and Rakitic, then a bloco Oblak Suarez shot at close range.
Now it was Atletico who had more than enough minutes . Simeone further strengthened means taking the field to a Carrasco exhausted and ushering Thomas. Ghana, a physical portent, helped out wherever he could, and accompanied Griezmann in the few outings against to which end adventure.El became an ordeal for the Atletico fans. Messi, Suarez and Neymar played increasingly closer Oblak. The fear of a last tie was over, hovering in the air. The stand noticed it and raised the decibels that marked the beat Simeone from the technical area.
In the absence of five minutes Pique was already a front more. So the second goal came in a lethal against which he could only resist sticking his hand Iniesta in the area. Griezmann did not fail, and then Rizzoli avoided a possible extension of the area by pointing out a hand of Gabi who had been inside.
"Together to victory , " he reads the banner that pulled at the beginning. He knows no other way Atletico. Now happens next. Whatever happens, will also suffer .
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