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Kondogbia and Lemar ubiquitous
The midfielder of Atletico Madrid very solid during this goalless draw 0-0 against Manchester City.
Placed as a torchbearer in a three-man environment, Thomas Lemar was very interested during the first period with great activity from the start of the match.
Placed more on the left side during the defensive phases, and in the second period, the Frenchman gradually lost the thread of his match.
Next to him, Geoffrey Kondogbia was placed as a sentinel in this three-man environment.
With eight duels won out of nine, he was the real control tower of this Madrid team.
The Central African midfielder also the author of the first shot (35th) of the Colchoneros.
City also know how to defend
We are used to seeing Manchester City hold the ball and attack constantly, but this match will have taught us one thing: Pep Guardiola's team can also defend.
In the first half, the SkyBlues mostly held the ball against struggling Madrid but during the second half, it was Atleti who dictated the game. So much so that a real attack-defense was installed , with Colchoneros carried forward.
Only 49% possession and two shots for the Mancunians in the second act.
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Griezmann missing
The Frenchman was not helped during this double confrontation.
After the 5-5-0 in the first leg, he was the right midfielder in this 5-4-1 in the second leg.
“Grizi” confined to defensive tasks did not attack this Wednesday evening in his Wanda Metropolitano.
More incisive when he returned from the locker room, he struck for the first time (47th) before a second shot off target (56th).
Eight balls lost and only three duels won out of 10 for the Frenchman, who came out in the 69th.
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Starving Citizens
If the SkyBlues know how to defend, they no longer know how to attack.
Ten shots in total in this match but only one on target!
An attempt at the very end of the match from Gundogan (90 + 5th) and that's it!
Only two strikes in the second act, for Citizens in lack of ideas in Madrid.
They had come to hold the draw.
Losing tactic for Simeone
A losing choice for El Cholo this Wednesday night at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Admittedly, Atleti did not concede a single goal, nor concede clear chances, but the Spaniards did not break the English lock either.
After a wait-and-see tactic in the first period, Diego Simeone re-motivated his troops at the break and launched his attackers in turn at the end of the match, but certainly too late.
City were scared, but City held on.
The football we don't like to see
A quarter-final return under high tension in Madrid and inevitably it explodes.
At the very end of the match, a general brawl broke out in the Atleti half after a gross foul from Felipe on Foden and poor behavior from Savic.
A scuffle of several minutes took place during which all the players got involved, including the substitutes and the staffs of the two teams.
Atletico - behind this situation - lost control of their game as Diego Simeone's side came close to scoring.
Not smart.
Daniel Siebert does not hold his match
Without making obvious errors at the start of the match, the referee of this match maintained this bad climate.
At the start of the game, he did not penalize Felipe (13th), author of a big fault, before leaving the caution ten minutes later (23rd).
But above all, several obvious corners have been forgotten for each of the teams and if sometimes the VAR is used excessively, this Wednesday it was not the case.
No call for video as players collapsed in opposing surfaces on several occasions.
But it was especially at the end of the match that he lost control.
He only gives Felipe a second yellow card, when he deserved the direct red, for this violent foul on Foden.
Ditto for Savic who is only warned, after flagrant proof of anti-game.
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