Defensive fragility penalizes 'cholismo' in Europe

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Having built his successful stage on the Atlético bench from defensive solidity, on Tuesday Diego Pablo Simeone had to digest two goals in Bruges that showed the fragility behind the team.

Jutglà's goals were made from the crown of the area with hardly any opposition from the central defenders and with poor help from the full-backs and midfielders.

The return of Savic and Giménez after their muscular injuries was claimed by Simeone to recover the air of a rocky team that he intends.

In Bruges, with both in the lineup, the defensive system was blown up and ruined the plan of waiting in the opposite field and taking advantage of errors and spaces that Bruges could grant.

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Mignolet, Mechele, Odoi, Bjorn Meijer (Sobol, min. 78), Abakar Sylla, Tajon Buchanan (Eder Balanta, min. 78), Vanaken, C. Nielsen, Raphael Onyedika Nwadike, Kamal Sowah and Jutglà (Antonio Nusa, min. 85)

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Oblak, Nahuel Molina, Savic, Reinildo Mandava, Giménez (Kondogbia, min. 45), Marcos Llorente (Correa, min. 32), Witsel, Koke, Carrasco (João Félix, min. 79), Griezmann and Morata (Matheus Cunha, min 64)

Goals

1-0 min.

35: Kamal Sowah.

2-0 min.

61: Jutgla.

Referee

István Kovács

Yellow cards Odoi (min. 36), Raphael Onyedika Nwadike (min. 45), Reinildo Mandava (min. 52), Savic (min. 60), Tajon Buchanan (min. 69), Mignolet (min. 74) and Abakar Sylla (min. 87)

Something similar already happened in Leverkusen (2-0), but without the Montenegrin central defender and the Uruguayan on the pitch.

Cholismo is cracking in Europe where it is least to be expected from what was designated as the best defensive team in the world.

Jutglà set up two walls in the place that the coaches point out as the most complex to execute them.

In the first goal, the exits of Savic and Giménez to try to prevent the advance of Jutglà and Sowah were poorly measured.

The same as Nahuel Molina's attempt to stop the first when he was trying to win the baseline from which he finished assisting his teammate to score an empty goal.

If that first goal was blushing, the second was even more so.

Free of mark, Jutglà was able to combine from the crescent with Buchanam, located with his back to the penalty spot.

There he was comfortable and held the ball like a futsal pivot while Jutglà slipped between Koke and Kondogbia to go to the auction and execute Oblak.

Neither Giménez, withdrawn as a precaution due to his umpteenth muscular discomfort, nor Marcos Llorente, who requested the change after noticing a puncture in his right leg, were no longer on the field.

In the rojiblanca expedition there was concern and also in the player because a strong break could cost him the World Cup.

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