Atlético de Madrid: Atlético, ‘catastrophe after catastrophe’

“Match by match” is the mantra with which Simeone He has made a fortune in his, it’s price insisting now greater than ever, sensible profession at Atlético. A motto that, seeing the result of the present Champions League for the rojiblancos, might nicely develop into ‘catastrophe for catastrophe’ due to how a gaggle has been creating through which the Metropolitano have ended up knocked out and out of the spherical of 16.

Porto and Griezmann’s miracle

The group began with an agonizing victory in opposition to Porto. Actually, the one one of many crew within the 5 days performed. The one one that would not have even arrived as soon as Griezmann, then a substitute, scored within the one hundred and first minute. That day the rojiblanco stadium already skilled an odd boil as quickly because it was the primary day and it appeared that life was in it. It was received however the horrible alerts that have been despatched have been later endorsed.

Leverkusen and two lethal cons

And the go to got here to a Bayer that was crusing within the depths of the Bundelisga. And the primary KO got here after consummating a 2-0 in two fleeting assaults that uncovered the defensive frailties of a crew that suffers in protection and that sees how the spinal twine dissolves like a sugar dice when you could have bodily groups and onerous legs in entrance of you, two hallmarks of Simeone’s early years however that are actually extra typical of rivals than of Atlético. And there most of the defeats of latest instances are defined.

The Witches Nightmare

Germany was a joke in comparison with what was to come back. Exit to Bruges, theoretical cinderella of the group and one other 2-0 that left a goring of a number of trajectories. Morata had a one-on-one that wasted, Carrasco and Griezmann have been additionally unsuccessful in overtaking Cholo’s crew, who lastly acquired two blows from a Jutgl (help and objective) that turned the executioner. The rojiblancos tried all the things, they made 20 photographs they usually did not rating even from the deadly level. Griezmann threw him to the crossbar in one other signal of what was to come back.

Bruges returns to zero

The Belgian crew returned to go to simply six days later and the rojiblancos have been as soon as once more unable to attain. From 20 photographs to 21 with the identical outcome, zero objectives and a draw that made it essential to win the 2 remaining video games if Porto (which went from a awful begin with two defeats to profitable three in a row) wins the following duel because it did. The one comfort, that the Atlético relied on himself. If he added the final six factors he was in.

The Bayer and the executioner Alonso

Every thing that occurred earlier than was multiplied with particular cruelty within the go to of Bayer. Two players (Griezmann and Correa) gave away the balls that led to two objectives for the guests that Atltico was not in a position to elevate regardless of the 2 nice objectives from Carrasco, one of the best when the crew was thrown on his again, and De Paul. With the sport over, the VAR warned of a penalty that, already touching the one hundredth minute, was an actual grotesque.

Due to how badly Yannick threw it, due to the unhealthy luck in Sal’s rebound that ended up on the crossbar, due to the Belgian himself deflecting Reinildo’s ball that slipped in. Joao wanting on the shot from the nook, ignoring that there have been rejections after having requested Carrasco for the ball to launch it. A sequence that explains the catastrophe after catastrophe of this Atlético who’s already out of Champions. One thing that’s removed from informal.