The tie to Atlético de Madrid, the least thrashed team of first (16 goals embedded in 25 days) was put in face) and that in Cup had barely received aim. His first arrival was a header of Julián Álvarez that Szczesny sent to corner. And in that corner serve, the Argentine took advantage of the extension of the length to inaugurate the score. The first minute of the game was over. After the fifth, Griezmann He completed a against Julian, after an error in the Koundé pass. Almost before starting it already had an important advantage of Cholo as a whole, and Barcelona should attack to cut distances, which is also synonymous with unprotected. The theory was in favor of the Madrid, but the Catalans put the practice on their part so that at the end the Atlétic within more than a month.
Atlétic Pedri in command of operations and Lamine receiving all the balls. From there the offensive action began. The two against two he does with Koundé is usually devastating. A connection of the kid with the Frenchman ended up in Pedri. Just after, Cubarsí tied a header in a corner kick. Barcelona balanced the game quickly and, above all, had a feeling of power. Because destroyed the theory thanks to the pressure. What was expected a game of pure suffering before an opponent who runs to the spaces of wonder, was becoming one that was practically played in one direction. The local team attacked, failed and recovered. It was lost in the sea of legs of the rojiblancos, well involved in its area, but returned to the load seeking that the combination between Pedri and Olmo or between Lamine and all the companions, or the Raphinha race, came out. Ferran was the striker and before the goals of his team he already had a clear occasion. Who did not forgive was Iñigo Martínez in another corner. The ball went back to the farthest post, very similar to Cubarsí’s action.
The first part, after five minutes, became a nightmare for Atlético, but after the break he already found the fast outings again. Barcelona continued to take the domain, but the rojiblancos already passed the first pressure attempt of the Barca from time to time and conquered the Szczesny area, which had an extraordinary intervention before Griezmann’s auction, in an action similar to that of the goal of the French. The Barcelona plants had to run back. On the other side, Pedri’s exhibition continued, with his threats, controls, passes, heels, rhythm changes … Cholo moved his team a couple of times in five minutes. Fundamentally, he protected Javi Galán, who had a yellow, to reinforce the left wing with reinildo and linen.
In it Barcelona was missing Lewandowski’s entry, which only had to set foot to complete the action of Lamine Yamal, the nth.
He had not been in the “Gordos” numbers the 17 -year -old boy, but together with Pedri he was being the leader of his. This time the theory was that Barça could even sentence the tie, but Atlético shattered it with its depth of bench. Simeone gave his own twist with the entrance of Correa and Sorloth. The meeting became a frantic round trip from which the Atlético took advantage of, first with Llorente’s goal and then with that of Sorloth, who repeated what he had already done in the League.
The Madrid lived, died and revived. The tie, in the air.