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Madrid –
Barcelona defeated by Atlético de Madrid 0-1. Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman did not hesitate to criticize his players for conceding goals for their own mistakes.
Barcelona challenged Atlético at the Wanda Metropolitano in the Spanish League continued on Sunday (11/22/2020). In that match, Barça was more dominant with 54% ball possession and created 13 attempts (4 on goal), while Atlético gave birth to nine attempts (2 on goal).
However, Barça had difficulties to complete the opportunities that were obtained. Meanwhile, Atlético managed to turn an occasion into a goal through Yannick Carrasco at the end of the first half.
Atlético’s own winning goal was created by an error in the baseline The cules. Barça’s senior defender, Gerard Piqué, receives a long ball from the Atlético area but then loses the ball so it can be controlled by Ángel Correa. The Argentine immediately sent a forward pass that allowed Carrasco to dribble freely.
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a poor decision as he rushed out of the net with the intention of blocking Carrasco. However, the Belgian easily overcame it before launching the ball from outside the area into Barcelona’s empty net.
“We can’t concede goals like that,” Koeman spat. Reuters. “The goal was our fault, you don’t want to lose the ball like that and concede at the end before the break.”
“It is always difficult to create many chances against Atlético, but when you lose the ball you have to do better.”
“The players are doing well, but we want better results. We basically did our best. So we have two clean chances to equalize,” Koeman continued in Brand after the Atlético vs Barcelona game.
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