When the electronic poster of the fourth referee illuminated the number 7, owned by Joao Felix , the Metropolitan's tier responded with a buzz. The kid had invented everything on the grass, had scored his second consecutive goal at home and no one, except Diego Simeone , had an explanation for such a change. Above all, because the 2-2 did not protect dispense with its flashes in the final meters. «We can tell people that I was a little charged with the twin and that the doctor came and said:" Be careful with Joao, he has cramps. " And there you understand the reason for removing it ”, was the simple summary of the technician. The change, unlike the odd one this afternoon, had nothing to do with a tactical issue.

Yesterday, the Wanda Metropolitano enjoyed the closest version to Joao Felix who convinced Atlético to disburse 126 million euros. «He played a good game, especially with regularity and continuity. And that makes a goal to the people makes him happy », added the Cholo after witnessing from the band the sixth goal of the Portuguese this season. His victims: Eibar, Mallorca, Villarreal and Sevilla, in LaLiga, and Lokomotiv of Moscow, twice, in Champions.

The muscle injury that interrupted his path in February seems almost forgotten. Hence, Dr. Óscar Celada , upon perceiving Joao's gesture, urged him to make the change as soon as possible. For San Mamés, Atlético's next league duel, Simeone will have to invent another attack solution, since his pearl saw the fifth yellow.

Lopetegui protests

Surely in the suffocating Anfield, many of his teammates will look for oxygen in Joao Felix's boots. Marcos Llorente , who completed the 90 minutes for Thomas's absence, is clear. «The objective was to steal and attack quickly and look for Joao. It moves well between the lines and always looks for passes, outside and inside, ”said the Madrid, who won throughout the afternoon in the stands with his permanent physical display.

And in that pseudo-final by the Champions fought in the Wanda, the VAR also slipped. After a handful of minutes listening to his pinganillo (and some more watching the screen), Hernández Hernández ended up pointing out a penalty by Diego Carlos , which Atlético claimed more strongly for knocking down Joao Félix. And that did not like Julen Lopetegui . «I believe that the VAR should intervene when it is white or black, when there is no reasonable doubt. If you are three minutes thinking if you are going to see him or not ... », reasoned the Sevilla coach, with a good mosque after the final outcome of the set.

Minutes later, in the other area, the VOR room warned the referee of the demolition of Kieran Trippier to Diego Ocampos that he had gone unnoticed. The intrigue concluded with the same ending. «I am far in the first penalty and far in the diagonal of the second. I do not believe that the determinant was the VAR. It always ends up being more fair than unfair, ”Simeone settled, his mind set on Anfield.

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