Ehe second goal for Villarreal, which at the last minute balances the second goal for Atlético, catches the rojiblanco team with Gomis under the sticks due to Grbic’s injury (in action that is not penalized as a foul)with one less for a while due to the expulsion of Witsel (deserved if only for his clumsiness, beyond the fact that he brushes the ball before the knockdown)with Morata hurting on the ground from a knee from Pau (which hasn’t been pointed out either) and with one of the penalties of the League in debit (That hand from Mandi that the clappers immediately run to interpret)… no, De Burgos is definitely not going to come in second place. In this case, Bengoetxea. For regularity in this championship, that of the whistle boys. Not a day without the grotesque of him.
Let’s dedicate a paragraph to that play from the first act yet, because in it there are two saves: Jorgensen’s from Saúl’s header and Mandi’s from Griezmann’s subsequent shot. The point is that, unless the referee team explains otherwise, which is already explaining it, the goalkeeper can use his hand inside his area, but not the center-back. That he avoids the goal without having it still resting on the ground and without having it next to his body, with the result that Figueroa Vázquez does not correct from the screen the obvious mistake that his teammate makes on the pitch. The 1-2 that doesn’t get there will come later, plus the whole story added lines behind, with those last draws to the greater glory of the youth player Pascual, but this League will be unforgettable as far as the upper extremities of the human being are concerned.
Oblak; Foyth, Gimenez, Albiol, Pedraza; Coquelin, Kondogbia, DePaul, Carrasco; Memphis and Gerard Moreno. Nice eleven from which Reinildo or Morales are still left out. So those who play for Villarreal, those who play for Atlético… and those who don’t play. Each team arrives at the end of the championship with a collection of casualties, among other things because, having done their respective homework, Europe in yellow code, Champions in red and white code, there are those who, with the undisguised objective of appearing pristine for the next one, have gotten into workshops before the race was even over.
Even so, Setién has an apparent eleven left in midfield forward, even so Simeone can show off with his three homegrown players at the helm. The issue is that at stake there is, by chance, that runner-up that Atlético is not going to get, no matter how they get. Who knows, also, how many of those who take to the field will continue to defend the same colors when the ball rolls again: the last date of the season always has that touch of melancholy, that never that does not hide a wish… .
The boys should be thanked for at least giving away an entertaining game. Played with a point less intensity than usual, true, but with its comings and goings. The first to hole out is Jackson, unleashed in the final stretch of the exercise, inadvertently set up by Barrios by clearing a Chukwueze service right into the forbidden zone. Correa responds shortly after… in a strategy move! Excuse the exclamations, but luck was abandoned by Atlético some time ago: Griezmann recovers it after a forced foul by Nahuel, serving low for Angelito subtle to pocket the ball that practically all the staff are waiting for.
So 20 minutes have not been played and both teams have already scored. Atlético exhibits as much effort to get the ball played as Villarreal, to the point that local chances come after mistakes or misfortunes (in the form of a slip) visitors. Femenía shoots wide, Reguilón fails to resolve a counter… the balance is evident and The first act ends in the reported penalty, in one area, and in a kick from Capoue to the squad, in the other. De Burgos indicates the way to the locker room without letting Cholo’s troops take a cornerin that eagerness that they bring to avoid a mess by organizing another.
He will do exactly the same more than an hour later, when Villarreal is still looking for the third after the zapattiesta in which the litigation has derived after Grizi signs his second assist and Correa his second assist (the afternoon is definitely about two), that Reguilón forgives the third and that Grbic exhibits himself before falling for the cause in the arreón that the appearances of Baena and Lo Celso bring. At the last minute Morata falls and the badly defended counter makes the tie for Pascual. Each stays as it was. Including the collegiate. Well, I would be…
2023-06-04 18:48:20
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