Atlético gets stuck away from the Metropolitano

It was Atlético’s weak point last season and for now it is still present. It is difficult for the mattress team away from the Metropolitano and in the first visit of the 2020-21 season, against Huesca in El Alcoraz, the offensive exuberance of the debut against Granada disappeared. A goalless draw in a duel that Simeone’s pupils turned towards the opposite field at times, but in which they lacked depth on the wings and there was plenty of insistence through the center to add the three points with up to five changes in the starting line-up despite the great performance last Sunday.

After a few initial minutes of scoring, somewhat anodyne, Mikel Rico, who arrived on time after recovering from his physical problems, was the first to try with a deflected shot from the front of the mattress area. All eyes were on two men: Luis Suárez, after his devastating debut as a rojiblanco, and Joao Félix, who was seen against Granada as the world star version for which he was signed. However, Huesca gave a greater sense of danger at the beginning, forcing Felipe to show his best version, that of one of the best center-backs in the championship.

After the halfway point of the first act, a certain danger approached from Atlético finally arrived, with a foul on Saúl that Joao Félix sent high. The rojiblanco team, in bright yellow phosphorite in Huesca’s fiefdom, had patiently taken over the game, but not a trace of the Metropolitan’s fireworks days before. Suárez hardly intervened in the game, one of the scenarios that posed as a challenge for the Uruguayan in a team used to playing with much less participation from their forwards. The Uruguayan and his best partner, Joao Félix, barely found each other in a wall combination in the first 45 minutes of office and little football. With these ingredients, few missed the 0-0 at halftime. Much to improve at Atlético in search of points at home.

Atlético returned from the booth with one more march and Correa instead of Vitolo, who seems condemned to the role of occasional revulsive. The step forward was reflected in a distant shot by Marcos Llorente, licking the crossbar of the goal defended by Andrés Fernández. The Murcian goalkeeper stood out in a heads up against Luis Suárez after a pass of genius from Joao Félix. The Uruguayan dribbled to the goalkeeper but ran into a providential intervention. It was Atlético’s best occasion and the only one of his brand new signing, much more discreet than in his debut. The entry of Carrasco and Diego Costa by Llorente and Suárez were a clear example of Simeone’s ambition to start the course at home with a good note, at least on the scoreboard.

The one who was again at a high level was Joao Félix. His were Atlético’s best actions on the offensive field. After attending, he dribbled and finished, but without the fortune of the goal. The Madrid team turned into the opposite field, without being attributed a lack of ambition, but it also left room for the Huesca counterattack, a weapon that Míchel’s team used through the recently entered Ontiveros. As the minutes passed and the conclusion closer and closer, the mattresses got stuck in the middle lane. Visiting insistence was not rewarded, despite the many troubles with which Huesca ended up defending its door, and with this the Alto Aragón team adds its third draw against a rival from the upper zone, after the equalized against Villarreal and Valencia , ample proof that his status as a newly promoted does not detract one iota of competitiveness.