He Atlético de Madrid He is definitely deep into this season, having already forgotten the bad time he had not so long ago. At one point, LaLiga seemed far away, the Champions League was complicated and even in the Cup they needed a controversial penalty in the last minutes to beat Vic. Not a month has passed and the Madrid team now sees life differently, deep in all fronts, recovered in the Champions League with the agonizing victory against PSG and unleashed afterwards. They are already seven consecutive wins in all competitions and Barcelona, a solid leader just a month ago, now seems weak. The rojiblancos are two points from the head after overcome Valladolid with overwhelming clarity.
It is true that the team chaired by Ronaldo is in a critical moment in sports and institutional matters, but not so long ago Atlético always suffered away from the Metropolitano, no matter who was in front. This week, they achieved the biggest win in their history in Europe at home (0-6 against Sparta Prague) and showed no mercy for the depressed Pucelano team. What the Cholo boys needed first was to win a difficult match, and that happened in Paris, to from there regain confidence and grow in the game.
Valladolid started well, with some control and stepping into the opposing half, but it lasted ten minutes. Atlético soon became the owner. The goals continued until half-time. First marked Lengletwhen pushing a pass Llorente; after Julian Alvarez by taking advantage of a rebound from Karl Hein after the shot of Griezmann and Giulano’s play; and the third was the work of From Paulto culminate a spectacular collective action. Javi Galan He teamed up with Giuliano, who made the wall so that the winger could continue running, reach the baseline and be able to make the back pass. The play made it even more beautiful Griezmann letting the ball pass for his more liberated Argentine teammate to finish.
Those are the goals that went up on the scoreboard, because there were two others that did not do so due to offside, according to the VAR ruling. Valladolid, meanwhile, could barely string together two passes, the ball didn’t last long and they couldn’t conquer Oblak’s area. The only thing he lived on was a chance from Raúl Moro, who managed to cross from the left, but never found a finisher.
Atlético also deployed on the wings, on both. Simeone seems to have found what he was looking for: a team with energy, that of Llorente or Giulano, a true revolution in the colchoneros; combined with the recovery of footballers who were also sacrificed, but on the right foot, like De Paul. Koke, by the way, started the match again on the bench.
Giuliano’s umpteenth start, already at the start of the second half, ended in the goal of the nightafter Griezmann and Julián Álvarez combined so that the Frenchman made a controlled control with roulette and resolved smoothly.
Even the fans of the rival team applauded. “Great goal, great goal,” was read on someone’s lips. Sorloth completed the “little hand”, after a pass from Correa. Those who came out for soda were also plugged in. Atlético did not relax, taking note of what their coach wants, who, despite the superiority of his team, changed Javi Galán at half-time because he had a yellow card.