At the Metropolitano, it was close to déjà vu. That of Dortmund, when Atlético gave up and were eliminated in their last European match. Six months later, they opened the new Champions League in the same way they had closed the old one, with a German team in the lead and a goal down at the first opportunity. Although this time, the result was different. Griezmann first and Giménez at the horn turned the situation around. [Así hemos vivido la victoria del Atlético].
The game accelerated to become a back-and-forth from the first minutes. It seemed like the end of the game, but barely five minutes had passed when Openda shot at Oblak, who pulled out a miraculous handball, and Sesko collected the rebound to give his team the lead. Poor defensive transition from the red and whites, worse presentation on a loose ball.
Suddenly, Simeone’s men were sinking into a sea flooded with inaccuracies and poor use of space. With a weight, Sesko’s goal, tied to the ankle. A ballast that made the uncertainty grow. Giménez hesitated between maintaining his position or moving up the hierarchy. Reinildo felt the same anxiety, halfway between defending and attacking. The storm was breaking in Madrid.
Leipzig, with better staging, very comfortable on the pitch. With Vermeeren, former red and white, sharing the engine room with an omnipresent Haidara. The Belgian put in a good performance. An hour of performance at the Metropolitano. A moment he never enjoyed with the red and white shirt. His midfield partner, Mali, played with four lungs.
Atlético tried to stretch, with more problems getting the ball out than a primary school child in math class. The red and whites see themselves in a mirror of the past. Leipzig showed the qualities that elevated Simeone’s best teams. Organization at the back and bite up top. Two models as classic as they are effective.
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