Suddenlyin the Metropolitano only the voices that came from the corner of the stands could be heard occupied by Sevilla fans. Juanlu scored and the stadium remained silent, although he made efforts to recover it with some whistles that were more a way of letting off steam than criticism.
Atlético was already thinking about match Barcelona When he recovered the game he had now, he was excited about winning the League and suddenly, Sevilla were two goals ahead. Without respecting hierarchies or getting nervous after the blow with which De Paul opened the scoring.
Everything worked. It seemed that the Argentine was carrying the team on his back as he did in Cáceres to come back in the Cup and Griezmann was around for the goal. He sent a shot into the top corner and Álvaro, the Sevilla goalkeeper, saved another one when the scoreboard had not yet moved.
But It didn’t take long for Lukebakio to score because sometimes the world is moved by coincidences. The Belgian lost the ball that De Paul sent into the net after getting tangled with his teammate Isaac at the exit of the area. AND It was Isaac who scored Sevilla’s second a few minutes later. The exit from the area this time was clear and Kike Salas made a one-two with Peque before sending a ball to Isaac who left him alone in a one-on-one with Oblak that he resolved calmly.
Sevilla was gaining ground on the field. He went ahead in all the disputes, won the duels and left no gaps through which Atlético could sneak in. Until De Paul, again, seemed to find him. Julián Álvarez took advantage of his compatriot’s goal pass, but the VAR annulled the goal due to a previous offside by Giuliano Simeone. Now everything seemed against Atlético, who also claimed a penalty for a fall by Gallagher in the area that was not enough.
The danger and the goals were provided by Sevilla, who came out with Lukebakio and Isaac in dangerous counterattacks.
But the Metropolitan found in Griezmann’s goal the excuse to recover his voice. Atlético played the last half hour of the game as if they were the last five minutes of a Champions League tie that they had to come back from.
Javi Galán got tired of putting balls on Sorloth’s head and the Norwegian finishes them off. But then the figure of the Sevilla goalkeeper, Álvaro Fernández, became enormous, taking three shots that were goals.
Atlético had to change its strategy, which found the equalizer in a shot from outside the area by Samu Lino. The shot sought the corner of the goal after crossing a field populated by a lot of legs and Álvaro could not reach it this time.
Football is a matter of faith, a state of mind that Valdano says. And Atlético and its fans went through all the possible emotions before feeling like winners of a match they had seen lost.
The only thing missing was for someone to appear to score the goal and say that the game was theirs, that they depended on themselves to match Barcelona and win the League. and there it was Griezmann in added time to get his leg in before anyone else to finish off a pass from Lino and win the game.
She released the pent-up tension by taking off her shirt and going to celebrate with the stands. Now yes, the stadium recovered its voice. The Metropolitan feels again.