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With a sublime game from possession, Las Palmas stopped Atlético, who appeared in full flood and with possibilities of reaching the lead. The Madrid team only had one worthy final push to reduce the goals of Kirian and Benito with a goal from Morata. Simeone’s team did not have a firm step, nor was it forceful when it generated any counter-attacking opportunities with which it shook the dominance of its daring rival.

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Álvaro Vallés, Mika Mármol, Álex Suárez, Sergi Cardona, Saul Coco, Kirian Rodríguez, Javi Muñoz, Alberto Moleiro (Benito Ramírez, min. 62), Maximo Perrone, Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park (Julian Araujo, min. 70) and Munir ( Sory Kaba, min. 83)

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Oblak, Rodrigo Riquelme, Witsel (Giménez, min. 65), Savic, Mario Hermoso, Nahuel Molina (Javi Galán, min. 76), Pablo Barrios Rivas, Koke (Marcos Llorente, min. 59), De Paul (Saúl, min. . 65), Griezmann (Correa, min. 59) and Morata

Goals 1-0 min. 50: Kirian Rodríguez. 2-0 min. 74: Benito Ramírez. 2-1 min. 82: Morata.

Referee Mario Melero López

Yellow cards for Paul (min. 61), Giménez (min. 92) and Savic (min. 98)

Convinced of its more ball-playing version, Atlético showed up to the duel ready to discuss possession with Las Palmas, to which García Pimienta remains faithful to the slangy and lilting culture of Canarian football. The presence of Barrios in Simeone’s eleven responded to that attempt to compete with the teams to govern the game from the ball. Atlético laughed out of that battle too soon. Simeone’s players did not feel confident in attracting pressure with Oblak’s footwork. They are also not scrupulous about shedding their fur when the occasion requires it. So they let Las Palmas play that footy football, touch and touch, pass and pass until someone decides to accelerate. He has footballers for it. Kirian insisted on showing that he is a fine all-rounder, capable of carrying the weight of the game and stepping into the area. Perrone is a metronome under the radar of Guardiola’s City and the young Moleiro, already recovered from his injury, showed that he will be one of the talents to watch between now and the end of the season. Ten on the back, waist and change of pace to accelerate and brake. A product with all the native soccer genetics that sought to amass the game and set that patient pace that his team tried to accelerate with Marvin’s speed.

At times, the match was a duel between the winger on loan from Madrid and Riquelme. His back was the area chosen by García Pimienta to speed up the game. He sensed his rival’s weakness there and ordered Marvin to be launched. This was the great threat of a team that felt that Atlético, in steel mode, did not blink in the face of its monopoly on the ball. What’s more, the yellows felt that in any concession the red and whites could hurt them. So it was. It was enough for Griezmann to take out the periscope to make Riquelme run until he stood in front of Valles. His forced left foot hit the Canarian goalkeeper’s heel after passing between his legs and did not enter. With nothing, Atlético had generated more danger than Las Palmas with the ball jam that gave it a superiority that lacked edge to dynamite its rival’s defensive system.

All in all, Las Palmas went into the break with the feeling of having out-tempered its rival. Atlético had no rhythm either with or without the ball in the first 45 minutes. He seemed numbed by the wobble that Las Palmas subjected him to and did not seem to be awakened by Simeone’s harangue at half-time. He conceded a goal right out of the gate. A loss by Griezmann on the left was picked up by Cardona on the lime line. The red and white players were stunned thinking that the ball had gone out. Cardona gave a gentle pass that Javi Muñoz let pass between his legs and Kirian hooked a low shot, not very tight, but which caught Oblak in a bad position.

Atlético’s immediate response came from Riquelme. He stepped into the area again and connected with a dribble and a sharp, low shot that hit the post, bounced off Valles’ head and did not go in. That attack did not produce any contagion in the red and whites. So much so that Simeone made an unusual double change. He sat Koke and Griezmann, his two leaders on the field, to make way for Llorente and Correa. It seemed like a kind of message to the rest to see if they could carry the game forward without their two great defenders on the field. García Pimienta also moved pieces and replaced the hopeful Moleiro with Benito. He seemed to close the game with a tight left foot shot that slipped through the post that Oblak was covering. The play was born from a poor delivery from Hermoso to Barrios that Javi Muñoz took advantage of to set up a mini-counter that he enabled very well for Benito. By then, Simeone had also sat De Paul, Molina and Witsel.

With just 20 minutes left, Atlético had an attack of pride. Morata caught a center from Riquelme to shorten the distance. And he was able to tie after a violent kick from Barrios that Valles repelled. Morata, eager, collected the short clearance, but with hardly any angle he crashed the ball into the crossbar.

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2023-11-03 22:25:03
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