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Yannick Ferreira Carrasco’s goal gave Diego Simeone a long-awaited victory over Barcelona (1: 0).
November 21, 2020, 11:58 PM
In the central game of the tenth day of La Liga, Atlético de Madrid received Barcelona. Immediately after the kickoff, the guests took the ball under their control and were able to take the lead in the third minute. Griezmann fired just over the crossbar after a cross from Dembélé to the goalkeeper. A few minutes later, Madrid responded with a powerful shot from Saúl, which Ter Stegen brilliantly overcame, moving the ball to the corner. Almost immediately after that, the “mattresses” completely took the ball under their control and carried out attack after attack. One of them was about to finish with a goal: the crossbar came to the aid of Ter Stegen after hitting Llorente.
After that, Ronald Koeman’s managers took the initiative. They moved to the wrong side of the field, but did not threaten the Cloud gate. The matter was limited only to approaches to the penalty area, after which the opponent took the ball from him. The Catalans had chances to score after set pieces, but none ended with a shot on goal. At some point, the game completely calmed down. The teams took turns rolling the ball, without moving towards the goal. Then Barça became more active, once again occupying someone else’s half of the field.
In one of the episodes, Messi had a great chance to score after Alba’s pass, but Lionel only got the ball rolling into Cloud’s hands. The first half of the match was calmly approaching its end, it seemed that the teams were going to take a break with “zeros” on the scoreboard. However, already in compensated time the account was opened. Ter Stegen recklessly walked away from the goal and was easily beaten by Ferreira Carrasco, after which Yannick sent the ball into the empty net – 1: 0. Immediately after that, the teams headed to the locker room.
After the resumption of play, Atlético immediately took control of the ball. However, Simeone’s charges could not put pressure on someone else’s penalty area. Despite the game advantage, the “mattresses” were limited solely to ball control. Eventually, the guests took the initiative and were able to score twice after playing set pieces. In both cases, Lenglet could have distinguished himself, but Clement pushed straight into the Cloud’s hands.
Soon after, there was a long hiatus in play due to Piquet’s injury. Gerard was unable to continue the game, leaving the field with the help of the medical team. After that, Kuman’s charges went on the attack, occupying the other half of the field. They methodically loaded the ball into the penalty area, but did not reach the final shot on goal. There was only one long-range shot from Pjanich, which was not dangerous. Almost immediately after that, the hosts calmed the game, pulling him away from his half of the field.
In one of the episodes, Ferreira Carrasco could have made a double after moving to the center and aiming for the far corner, but the Belgian’s shot lacked precision. Then the game leveled off. The teams took turns in possession of the ball, but took their attacks to shots on goal. Messi had a great opportunity to score with a direct free kick, which he earned himself, but Lionel was unable to throw the ball over the wall. Until the end of the match, the Catalans were desperately trying to get at least a draw, advancing with great forces.
Roberto was about to score a curious goal thanks to a rebound from Jiménez, but the ball did not end up in the net, missing the goal. The rest of the time, despite the forces thrown forward, the guests failed to create a single dangerous moment. Madrid confidently took the game to the final whistle, which recorded the minimal victory of “colchonero”. For Simeone, it became the first in meetings with Barça in La Liga.
On matchday eleven, Atlético will face Valencia and Barcelona will play Osasuna.
Athletic – Barcelona 1: 0
Objective: Ferreira Carrasco, 45 + 3
Athletic: Cloud – Trippier, Savic, Jimenez, Hermoso – Llorente (Costa, 73), Coque, Saul, Ferreira Carrasco (Felipe, 90 + 1) – Correa (Kondogbia, 84), Felish (Lemar, 84)
Barcelona: ter Stegen – Roberto, Piqué (Dest, 62), Lengle, Alba – Pjanic (Brilliant weight, 83), de Jong – Dembele, Messi, Pedri (Coutinho, 57) – Griezmann (Trinkan, 83)
Warnings: Koke, Ferreira Carrasco, Savic, Jiménez
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