The players of the Barcelona They fell to the ground, desperate, after Sorloth He scored the winning goal for Atlético almost in the last action of the match. The red and white team took an incredible victory in Montjuïc, enduring an ordeal and hitting in the few opportunities in which they managed to get out. There is little more Barça can do to win… Well, something yes, have more aim. Between that and the interventions of Oblakthe Cholo boys remained standing and when they were already celebrating the tie they took the jackpot, which makes them leaders. The good display is no consolation for the Barcelona fans, and even less within the negative streak that continues to grow. It will be a tough Christmas in Barcelona.
Atlético had already struck in the first clear arrival, in the second half. In that sense, it acted like a “big” team. De Paul finished Casadó’s faulty clearance beautifully. In attack, there was little more the Madrid team could do, subdued at all times by the intensity of Barcelona. He lacked the overflow of Lamine Yamal, and Flick opted for the intensity of Gavi and Fermínleaving Dani Olmo also on the bench. Pedri provided quality at all times, playing a spectacular game, a little more advanced than usual, appearing everywhere, offering himself, and also scoring the goal in a drive in which he took advantage of a lucky wall with Gavi. He finished cross calmly, away from Oblak.
It was just one of the many arrivals that the local team had. Atlético was overwhelmed. There was an action in which Julián Álvarez recovered the ball in his area, when he had to be closer to the opponent. He looked for the long pass to Griezmann, the most advanced man who was in the middle of his field. Thus it was impossible to create danger. Barcelona attacked and recovered the ball quicklyprecise in the pass, finding the spaces in the central zone and exploiting the wings with Fermín and Raphinha, who was the one who had the first two opportunities, in just five minutes. One went with his head, but the ball was left behind, and another with his foot was avoided by Gallagher, who had to multiply his aid to Galán.
The result was short for Barça at half-time and the worst was yet to come. Before the tying goal, Raphinha hit the crossbar after another exquisite pass from Pedri. The carousel of changes had already begun. Flick brought out Ferran and Dani, which in principle could have been plan A, and Simeone found some calm with Sorloth, who managed to retain the ball a little longer. But only a little. The game was once again going in one direction, but Barcelona does not have the finesse in front of goal at the beginning of the season. He threw himself into the entire Catalan team, even taking too much risk and ended up paying off. Apart from the goal, they had only conceded one other option due to an error by Casadó, but Iñaki Peña was able to go one-on-one with Barrios. The goalkeeper could do nothing in Sorloth’s final stab. Before her, the one who shone was Oblak. They were able to score with 1-1 Dani Olmo, Raphinha in another “assist” without a goal from PedriLewandowski forgave an incredible (which surely would have been disallowed for offside) that no one could believe… Between the lack of aim and a huge Oblak, who also managed one-on-one with Pedri, the game was already heading towards the draw. Barça got the better of it. It could have turned out well, he showed bravery, but it was also innocent and Atlético cannot forgive anyone.