Atlético scored a point another night to forget in which he gave the image of a small team. Julián Álvarez scored in the first minute and from there the only answer was hang from the crossbar to defend the result. Real Sociedad subjected him to real harassment which he ended up taking advantage of in the 83rd minute with a superb goal from the Croatian Suck it up. Oblak and Giménez avoided disaster with an imperial performance, but the draw is of course a very insufficient result for a presumed candidate for the title who enters the break seven points behind the leader and above all with an image of helplessness and few resources which manifests itself more and more every day.
And that the departure of Atlético was as effective as it is devastating. It all started on the right wing with an opening Griezmann towards koke. The captain continued towards Gallant while the Frenchman launched a deep diagonal into the area. There was the ball on the side so that Anthonyhigh heel, will allow the arrival of Julián Álvarez, who resolved with a cross shot impossible for Remiro. From the first minute of the match Anoeta he remained silent. In complete silence.
Real Sociedad did not give up despite the goal and fired from deep in the area. Becker on the left wing. That of Suriname looked again and again for the defensive weakness of Nahuel and in one of them he forced a corner which ended up at the far post, where Zubimendi he nodded in anticipation Lenglet. Oblak He flew up to shoot, but his work didn’t stop there as the Moroccan grabbed the rebound. Aguerd launch a volley before which the Slovenian goalkeeper responded majestically..
Everything that happened until halftime took place on the red and white field. Atlético was completely under control by a rival who kept putting balls into the box from any position, but who couldn’t find a way to convert his overwhelming superiority into a goal. Giménez He was imperial at court, Witsel appeared to help Nahuel and the one who created the most problems was Kubobut his shot at the end of the first half once again found an adequate response from Oblak. THE Real ended up leaving the locker room frustrated while Simeone He shook his head from side to side, aware that his team I couldn’t continue like that in the second half.
Despite the coach’s instructions Atlético were just as embarrassed during the second act while Imanol added more fuel to the fire with Brais Méndez. In the first minute, Kubo had already had a shot on goal and shortly after Oyarzabal called for a penalty by a Giménez piston. Griezmann was the first to rebel against the dictatorship with a 56th minute pass to Nahuel. The Argentinian shot wide, but at least the momentum was broken.
Barrenechea He was the next to come on just on the hour mark and Simeone understood that the time had also come to make plays. The Argentinian De Paul came in for Gallagher, that he had not had his best evening, with the intention of managing to keep the ball in the center of the field and looking for a connection with Griezmann that the Englishman had failed to find.
Little by little, Real is running out of steam and Atlético is coming out of the cave from time to time. Julián was unlucky in executing a counter-attack in which the team enjoyed a great numerical advantage. It was the epitaph of “spider”, that in the 73rd minute he left the field for the Norwegian to enter with a loud whistle Sorloth with the aim of not only being effective in attack, but also helping with defensive strategy. The Nordic giant was joined by Riquelme and Reinildo, replacements for the exhausted Griezmann and Galán.
Neither the Madrilenian nor the Mozambican had time to touch the ball before it happened what was seen coming for an eternity. De Paul lost a simple ball on the counter-attack and from outside the area, the Croatian Sucic unleashed a whip that even Oblak couldn’t reach. The tie to one. The minimum reward for an immensely superior Real Sociedad who entered the locker room with the feeling of having let an Atlético team out alive, which did not improve the gloomy image they had given on Wednesday in Lisbon. A lean period is coming Metropolitan.
