Morata and VAR come to the rescue of Atletico in Girona on sale

The Rojiblanco striker was one nail behind Girona’s last defender, which saved Atlético from leaving Montilivi without a win. He could well point to the lack of Beauty. to invalidate the goal. VAR is sometimes incomprehensible, all clubs have this feeling for days. This time it was Atlético’s turn to celebrate their luck.

six point margin

In short, there were three points for the serving team of Simeone. strengthen its position in Champions, after the cold sweats of the first half of the season. They are already six points ahead of fifth-placed Betis. Nothing is guaranteed in the absence of a third of the championship to be played, but fate leads Atletico’s goal to save the season.

Football, yes, was conspicuous by its absence. The position of right-back Arnau, which Simeone wanted, surprised Atlético in the first minutes. The young football player turned to the center to gain an advantage in the midfield, which caused him to establish an advantage in the midfield. First quarter of an hour more than clean for Girona, no clear chancesbut the control of the game is too much.

improve athletic

That changed when, after a quarter-hour of play, Cholo learned how to read the weakness created by Míchel’s bet. In the quick rebounds, the right flank of the Catalan defense was very clear and there they found the Carrasco highway, Grizmann and lemar to change the trend of the night.

With higher pressure on the pitch and a large number of offensive players, Atlético scored several times on the serving paper. Memphis is very active but extremely individual while solving. Although the bedding didn’t suffer any more in the first episode, it didn’t manage to move the marker either.

After the break, Atlético moved on, feeling that they were doing well, even if it wasn’t enough to win the award. And in football it is already known that this dynamic is not sustainable over time: It either gets better or the disappointment of not succeeding makes the team worse.. The second thing happened to Atleti.

triple change

Cholo tried to react with the entry of Correa, De Paul and Morata instead of Lemar, Llorente and Depay. But neither did Atlético take the necessary step forward. On the contrary, He had a terrific scare with a shot from midfielder David López. Running backwards, Oblak miraculously escaped at the last moment.

Riquelme was also close to scoring, which resulted in another brilliant interception from the Slovenian goalkeeper. Local enthusiasm soon turned into apprehension. Oriol Romeu and Aleix García, two of his most important players, will be injured on the field..

A draw seemed inevitable. But in them, in the first minute of the discount, Griezmann corners the close post, Correa extends the delivery and Morata pushes in the second minute towards the net. The assistant raised the flag, but technology discredited his good looks for the happiness of an Atletico who had already smelled the next Champions League.