A splendid Sevilla beat Atlético to put LaLiga in a handkerchief and, incidentally, leave the leader in an obvious indefiniteness.
The great game of the Andalusian team was forged in a spectacular first half and a second in which he knew how to hit at the right moment, when Atlético equalized the shock somewhat thanks to the intervention of Simeone, unable, in any case, to prevent the defeat of your team.
Barcelona, if they beat Valladolid, would be one point behind Atlético, which has squandered a cushion that kept them as the lonely leader after a spectacular first round.
Sevilla had a superb match.
Rested after the break, his pieces moved with mastery, with players like Koundé, Diego Carlos, Fernando, Navas and Jordán at a very high level.
The fourth place seems assured for a team that fought firmly on all fronts.
At the decisive moment, in addition, the figure of Bono emerged, imposing in the extension to save against Correa.
Atlético carried out a survival exercise against a great Sevilla.
Simeone saw it so badly that at 34 minutes he changed the system and put Correa in for Lodi.
The coach thus tried to recover a basic element to defeat a team like Sevilla, the ball.
With Oblak to the rescue, stopping Ocampos from a penalty in the eighth minute for Saúl's stomping on Rakitic, Atlético was a toy in the hands of the Andalusian team for half an hour.
SEV
one
-
0
ATM
SevillaBounou, Jesús Navas, Jules Koundé, Marcos Acuña, Diego Carlos, Fernando, Joan Jordán (Gudelj, min. 86), Rakitic, Luuk de Jong (Youssef En-Nesyri, min. 62), Suso (Alejandro Gómez, min. 76 ) and Lucas Ocampos (Franco Vázquez, min. 86) AtléticoOblak, Mario Hermoso (Kondogbia, min. 73), Felipe Monteiro, Giménez, Renan Augusto (Correa, min. 33), Saúl, Trippier, Koke, Lemar (Héctor Herrera, min. 72), Luis Suárez and Marcos Llorente
Goals1-0 min.
69: Marcos Acuña.
Referee Jesús Gil Manzano Yellow cards Felipe Monteiro (min. 4), Diego Carlos (min. 9), Marcos Acuña (min. 55), Luis Suárez (min. 55), Marcos Llorente (min. 78) and Kondogbia (min. 85)
Oblak for a penalty
Lopetegui had prepared the game with care, dodging with courage and class the forward pressure of Atlético, using Suso and Ocampos to search the central zones and disarm a confused opponent, without the ball and almost without oxygen.
Simeone's men, tied to a crude system of three centrals, with Luis Suárez turned into an island, were luxury witnesses to the good maneuvers of their rivals.
Sevilla, protected by a great circulation of the ball, put a multitude of centers in the Atlético area.
Those of Lopetegui played and played, changing the game with meaning, armed with patience and sense, but… Sevilla did not score, Oblak emerged as a wall in the Ocampos penalty and many of the shots of the Andalusian players did not find the door.
Atlético improved with the entry of Correa and his tactical alteration, aware that he had been able to withstand a considerable downpour.
Until then, the leader knew how to suffer, surpassed in the game but not on the scoreboard because Sevilla was unable to translate into a goal all the good it generated in the center of the field.
Lopetegui had bet on De Jong, scorer with the Netherlands, to the detriment of En-Nesyri.
Atlético, inferior, sighed with the tie at halftime after receiving up to 12 shots from a high-level Sevilla.
In video, Atlético de Madrid coach Diego Simeone is calm despite the loss to Sevilla.PHOTO: JOSÉ LUIS CONTRERAS (EUROPA PRESS) |
VIDEO: ATLAS
Atlético's first action in the second half revealed Simeone's plan.
Correa got between the lines with Jordán out of place, which allowed him a center that Luis Suárez narrowly missed.
Sevilla continued to play well, but the match was not played so blatantly one way.
It moved through channels of more equality.
At game time, Lopetegui put En-Nesyri, his most decisive player in attack.
The bomb went off after 70 minutes.
Suso drew an excellent pass into the hole at the arrival of Navas, who put it tempered so that Acuña finished with his head and beat Oblak.
A goal conceived by the wings, which clearly speaks of the dynamism of this Sevilla.
At the beginning of the play there was a hand from Ocampos, but both Gil Manzano and the VAR team, captained by Soto Grado, interpreted that it had not had an impact on the creation of the play, of authentic pencils between Rakitic, Suso and Navas.
Atlético kept trying, although Simeone removed Lemar, perhaps his most destabilizing player.
Sevilla, with an obvious superiority, continued to show a great capacity to have the ball and evade the disorderly pressure of the Atlético players, desperate to reach, at least, a draw, although without the ability to generate chances.
Until a spectacular maneuver by Luis Suárez left Correa alone in the 91st minute. The Argentine finished well, but Bono made a spectacular save to save his team.
There is a League, a lot of League.
You can follow SPORTS on
and
, or sign up here to receive
our weekly newsletter
.
