Benfica takes Atlético to hell and inflicts the first defeat of the season in a horrible match for the players and even worse for the coach, with some changes that are irregular and very difficult to understand. The dark night of Lisbon, which takes the team away from the top places in the Champions League, There was even one injured, Marcos Llorente, who requested a change in the first half due to muscular problems. A day to forget in every sense of the word.
Atlético has played ten official matches this season and He could only win half. They already have four draws and one defeat, but the picture would be infinitely worse if the goals they scored in stoppage time were not taken into account. It is obvious that the project is not working and today it is even clearer that The defeat of Le Normand in defense is a tragedy. It is still early, but the feeling that emerges is one of absolute pessimism. The show that Julián and Sorloth give, in which nearly 120 million were invested, is the clearest proof of this.
Benfica made it 1-0 with their hands five minutes after a corner that the Greek headed into the small area. Pavlidis. The whole stadium stood up to shout the goal, but at the last moment the majestic Oblak emerged to get a hand and return the ball out of bounds. A wonderful stopover return to the stage where he became known more than ten years ago.
But unfortunately for Atlético, the only thing he accomplished Oblak was delay what we saw coming since the ball was set in motion. 13 minutes between Linen And Reinildo They were unable to escape from the Portuguese pressure and the last pass from Aursnes only the turk picked it up Aktukogluwhich defines under the Slovenian’s legs, that he could do nothing but leave in desperation, with virtually no chance of success. 1-0 was a just punishment for a disastrous start red and white
The team tried and, in a real gale, they at least managed to shake off the stress that Benfica had put them through. Little by little he moved closer to the other goal, but just as he began to show his head he received the second bad news of the evening, a muscle injury for Llorente just inside the first half hour. The Madrilenian came on the bench and was replaced by Nahuel Molina.
Despite the change, Atlético did not give up and in the 36th minute a cross from Linen it closed and He ended up hitting the crossbar to Simeone’s despair. There were no more foreign shots in the first act, but there was a lot of presence near the Ukrainian box. Trubin. The tie did not happen, but in the last play before the break yes, the 2-0 could have fallen into an intolerable error from the red and white defense which ended with a shot from Pavlidis which hit the post before going wide.
Aware that he had to create a sensation, Cholo left Koké, Griezmann And From Paul and gave access to JAvi Serrano, Gallagher And Sorloth move to 4-4-2 in a bid to change the look of the game, but at the first opportunity The Englishman stepped on Pavlidis in the area and the VAR caught it. Di María converted the penalty and Atlético found themselves with an impossible slab that their own coach was responsible for carrying even more with another incomprehensible substitution, that of Julián for his son Giuliano. Of course, it was of no use and Benfica, who came close to 3-0 on several occasions, he ended up scoring it in the 74th minute after a corner Bah heads towards the small area without even having to jump. Unfortunately, the punishment didn’t stop there. At 83 minutes Reinildo committed another penalty who converted Turkish Kokçü
This result puts Atlético in a real problem to advance in the Champions League because In just one game, he used up a lot of his credit. It’s time to reset, but at the end of the week we have to play San Sebastian and anything short of a win will start to be worrying.
