One by one, Diego Pablo Simeone went to hug his players before they prepared to turn the field with the reddish fans standing and delivered. It had been 75 years that Atlético de Madrid did not endorse five goals to Real Madrid. Simeone could not contain the tears when Julián Alvarez ingested the thread that won the stretch of Thibaut Courtois and raised the room as rediblanco to the scoreboard. With two goals already, Simeone seemed to free himself from the pressure to win a title, which this course has perceived more intensity by the club and since the beginning of the course. The triumph also reduced the cholo the tension accumulated by the disappointing season start, with fewer points than play.
Simeone even evoked Johan Cruyff with his slogans prior to the party “I asked the boys before the game if they had an important problem and answered that no and then I told them come out, enjoy and play because they are in a great moment. And it went well,” Simeone revealed. His team even, as before Rayo, had the line of another judgment of the Dutchman when they criticized him for assuming risks: “I don’t care that they make me two goals if I marked more.” In this case there were five and could be more if Sorloth had been finer. “The team is making goals and creating occasions, behind there are things to improve, we have identified where the mistakes are and we are improving game after match. The team followed the path marked despite the two goals that fit,” explained the Argentine coach. Atlético has conceded more goals than usual, twelve (nine in the league and three in Champions) in eight games, and although Julián Alvarez has taken to refine and Sorloth Marra more than desired, records 13 goals in favor. “We are the team that creates the most occasions and now we are more successful,” said Julián Alvarez.
Simeone emphasized the plan he designed. The surprising alignment of Alexander Sorloth was a sign that the resolution of the party could be in the air. The Norwegian was not starting from the match with Alavés in Mendizorroza. His expulsion in Mallorca, ten minutes after replacing Julián Alvarez, and the best mixture of Griezmann and scraper with the Argentine attacker seemed to condemn him to the status of a front room. The coldness of their body language to press or in the disputes they do not play in their favor, but Simeone was clear about the plan. “From the beginning there was a path where we knew we could harm him, the breaks appeared outside Nico, Giuliano, Llorente and Hakko to get his plants and leave Sorloth in the area with less surveillance. He made a goal and could score two others,” Simeone concluded.
