João Félix and Pablo Barrios rule in Atlético's victory against Elche

Between the controversial João Félix and the emerging Pablo Barrios, Atlético finished off Elche with two goals and got back on track with victories.

The two passed the plebiscite of their fans.

One for his desire to leave the club and the other for making his debut as a starter at home.

Both came out as the winners of the night.

Simeone drew a colorful and daring lineup.

With the trident Griezmann, João Félix and Morata so rarely used at the start.

The formula, with the Portuguese and the French free to go down to touch the balls and not just wait for them, was introduced by Simeone at a time of urgent need for points and in which on the horizon is if that fateful solution is finally given. He has been intuiting for a long time: either the player or his coach.

The question is whether, with the team as it is, Simeone and the club can afford to do without one of their best players.

El Cholo contributed last night to create a context in which he can enjoy.

The rojiblanco coach arranged his heaviest artillery to face the bottom team, whom Pablo Machín is trying to repair.

After a year in Saudi Arabia and another unemployed,

A coach who usually infuses his teams with order and clear ideas has returned to the championship.

And that was found by Atlético.

A set that from the start made it difficult for him to play inside and out.

Always waiting for Boyé, Roger or Pere Milla to link up some prolonged play or fish for some resignation from the rojiblanca defense.

It was the details of João Félix and Griezmann and the unchecking of Morata that put Elche's defensive framework in check.

More blank than true punch.

It was when rookie Pablo Barrios let his hair down that Atlético went into real combustion.

The boy started out shy, but began to appear as a playmaker and contributed grams of distinction.

A drive, a wall, a filtered pass, luck that his team does not have in excess.

One more to unbalance,

who also has work and personality, never hurts a team that tries to find solutions.

His demolition of the goal of the first team begins to be a reality.

It was an uncheck by Morata on the brink of halftime that began to clarify the game for Atlético, obtuse to break Machín's team on the outside.

Knocked down by Verdú when he was about to step on the area, it was the VAR that decreed the expulsion of the Elche center-back.

With João Félix's shot at the wall, the first half ended, but the expulsion presaged that Elche would have a difficult time stopping the charge that the rojiblancos were going to have in the second.

Between João Félix, Barrios, Griezmann and Llorente they were in charge of confirming that exit to settle the match.

Only one mistake could condemn Atlético.

And he had it halfway.

Hermoso saw a debatable yellow, but a second clear one that drew a new landscape of ten against ten.

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The delicacy of the moment was overcome by a play originally braided by João Félix with a touch of his heel, finished off by Griezmann and finished by the Portuguese with a frent at will after converting the clearance from Edgar Badía into a tempered pass by the Frenchman.

The goal finished reconciling the rojiblanca fans with the most expensive investment in the club's history.

The physical discomfort caused his change and the recognition of a fans that does not doubt that at that level, with real confidence from the coach and with a context that allows him to be the protagonist with the ball, it can be decisive if he does not finally come out.

Once the can was opened, Barrios continued with his impudence, brightening up the night for the parish.

But it was Morata who ended up closing the game, after a bitten header from Pere Milla that distressed Oblak.

Morata's maneuver sitting Bigas on the side of the area and cutting back before executing the shot that drew a poisoned balloon after hitting Mascarell.

Lying on the ground, the international attacker did not realize that the ball had entered.

He was surprised by the goal, as much as Simeone's bet had surprised him.

Simeone: "João's future does not depend on me"

Diego Pablo Simeone was very satisfied with the version offered by his team and by the two players who starred in the rojiblanca victory.

About João Félix he said: “I comment on the usual.

I think of the players who are with me.

In getting the best for the team and for the club.

What happens is not up to me.

He got on well with Griezmann and Morata and gives us the option of doing damage”.

Regarding the youth squad, the Argentine coach expressed his feeling that he is a player who can contribute a lot to a team that needs different players: “When you play with quality, verticality, without fear... the boy has very good conditions.

In this game everything has gone perfectly, but it will not always be like that.

There is a soccer player who is going to grow and the important thing is the humility that he has ”.

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