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KOMPAS.com – Barcelona returned empty-handed from the Atlético de Madrid headquarters in the 10th week of the 2020-2021 Spanish League.
The Atlético vs Barcelona duel was held at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Saturday (11/21/2020) or Sunday morning WIB.
Lionel Messi et al surrendered 0-1 from Atlético by a single goal by Yannick Carrasco (45 + 3 ‘).
This defeat placed Barcelona in 10th place in the Spanish League standings with a collection of 11 points from eight games.
Meanwhile, three additional points took Atlético to second place in the standings with 20 points.
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The course of the match
Barcelona appeared torn from the whistle kick off the referee rang. They immediately locked up the host prisoner.
Barcelona’s first opportunity came in the third minute. A cross from Ousmane Dembélé was finished off by Antoine Griezmann, who was standing in the Atlético penalty area.
Sadly, Griezmann’s efforts have not resulted in goals. The ball he sent soared over Atlético’s crossbar, which was protected by Jan Oblak.
Without staying silent, Atlético also occasionally launched attacks on the heart of the Barcelona defense.
In the fifth minute, Atlético almost opened to the advantage. Yannick Carrasco’s bait pull from the left side, received by Saúl Niguez.
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Saúl immediately fired the ball from outside the penalty area. In the White indeed, but the ball can still be countered by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
Despite losing possession, Atlético’s sporadic attacks seemed even more dangerous.
Seven minutes after Saúl’s chance, Atlético once again threatened the Barça goal, this time through Marcos Llorente.
Llorente fired a strong shot from inside Barcelona’s penalty area, but the ball only hit the top post.
Half an hour into the game, Lionel Messi et al are still looking for holes in the Atlético defense that seems disciplined.
Meanwhile, Atlético waited longer behind and then launched a planned counterattack.
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Five minutes before the first half was dissolved, Lionel Messi wasted a golden opportunity to open an account for Barça goals.
Messi faced Oblak one on one after receiving comments from Jordi Alba.
Yet as long as I live refinement, Instead, Messi kicked the ball weakly, so Oblak could catch it.
In fact, it was Atlético who managed to stand out first extra time first half (45 + 3 ‘) via Yannick Carrasco.
Through a counterattack, Carrasco “chased” Ter Stegen, who advanced towards the center of the field.
Carrasco immediately threw the ball into the empty Barça goal with his right foot.
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The 1-0 position for Atlético’s advantage lasted until the first half ended.
Going into the second half, Barcelona increased the pace of their game to catch up.
Several chances were produced by the visitors, but none had conceded a goal until the match had lasted an hour.
Barça’s best chance at the start of the first half came from Clement Lenglet’s close header, which Oblak was still able to secure.
In the 65th minute, Ousmane Dembele shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area, but was still on the side.
Meanwhile, Atlético was still waiting in the back while occasionally launching quick counterattacks through Carrasco and Joao Félix.
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Barcelona finally had to return home empty-handed from the Wanda Metropolitano.
They couldn’t respond to Atlético’s goal until referee José Luis Munuera Montero blew the long whistle to signal the end of the match.
The composition of players:
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): 13-Jan Oblak; 23-Kieran Trippier, 15-Stefan Savic, 2-Jose Gimenez, 22-Maria Hermoso; 21-Yannick Carrasco (18-Felipe Augusto 90 + 1 ‘), 6-Koke, 8-Saul Niguez; 14-Marcos Llorente (19-Diego Costa 73 ‘); 10-Angel Correa (4-Geoffrey Kondogbia 84 ‘), 7-Joao Felix (11-Thomas Lemar 84’)
Proposal: 1-Ivo Grbic, 4-Geoffrey Kondogbia, 11-Thomas Lemar, 12-Renan Lodi, 17-Ivan Saponjic, 18-Felipe Augusto, 19-Diego Costa, 20-Vitolo, 27-Sergio Camello, 29-Richard Sanchez Sendra, 34-Toni Moya
Coach: Diego Simeone
Barcelona: (4-2-3-1): 1-Ter Stegen; 20-Sergio Roberto, 3-Gerard Piqué (2-Sergino Dest 62 ‘), 15-Clement Lenglet, 18-Jordi Alba, 8-Miralem Pjanic (9-Martin Braithwaite 83’), 21-Frenkie de Jong; 11-Ousmane Dembele, 10-Lionel Messi, 16-Pedri (14-Philippe Coutinho 57 ‘); Antoine Griezmann (17-Francisco Trincao 83 ‘)
Proposal: 2-Sergino Dest, 6-Carles Alena, 9-Martin Braithwaite, 12-Riqui Puig, 13-Neto, 14-Philippe Coutinho, 17-Francisco Trincao, 24-Junior Firpo, 28-Oscar Mingueza García, 36-Arnau Tenas Urena
Coach: Ronald Koeman
