Inma Lidón
Updated Sunday, January 28, 2024-23:23
0-1 in Balaídos Girona beats a depressing Celta and regains the lead
22nd day Classification in First
As in a school playground, the elders abused a team that has the will to be, but does not have the resources. Atlético found
themselves
in an enjoyable match against Valencia with an opponent who gave them field and ball.
Griezmann
and
De Paul
's eyes
widened as
Samu Lino
licked his lips. The Brazilian knew that when Valencia shrinks his vulnerability increases. Between the three of them, and the fang of
Memphis Depay
, they unleashed a gale that if it didn't make the Valencian fans fly, it was because they clung to
Mamardashvili
.
[Narrative and statistics (2-0)]
The red and whites could have allowed themselves to make mistakes again and again, increasing the figure of the Georgian without this posing any risk of Valencia doing them harm on the counterattack. They lived too far from the area no matter how much speed they had. Just in case, the recently returned Reinildo appeared as an attack dog.
Baraja has built an attractive team, like a good ready-to-wear piece
that he can even dazzle at times, but whose threads can be seen when he parades on the haute couture catwalks. Many stitches are missing.
The red and whites sensed the unraveling in the
duel between Lino and Foulquier
on the right wing, although it was
Nahuel Molina
who tried it first.
Koke
, free and with time to think, as much as
Rodrigo De Paul
, reborn and not only with renewed vigor, but also with football. It was Griezmann's turn to catalyze and Memphis became a nightmare for
Mosquera
. With a turn in the area he allowed the Frenchman to regret seeing the Valencian goalkeeper save his shot from point-blank range. It was the first but not the last, because he had to save several goals that the stands were singing, especially from Samu Lino, fireproof and even more incisive than when he was dressed in black and white.
The goal hovered like a ghost about to appear, and he scored it in added time
. It was impossible for the Little Prince to miss the run that Lino launched without Foulquier's breath on his neck. This time no one saved a Valencia that had not even tried Oblak.
The wound was not huge but it looked deadly despite the fact that, upon returning from the locker room,
Javi Guerra
arrived at the game to unleash a right hand from the edge of the box. A mirage that nothing changed.
Savic
responded
with a header to a corner kick that again demanded the Georgian's salvation. While Simeone looked at the gunpowder that he hoarded on his bench, Baraja barely had any experience. Like in the field. Nothing was going well, not even captain Gayà could win a duel against Nahuel Molina, who found Koke's change of direction and took a tense cross that
Memphis threw himself at to go to the locker room with his goal under his arm
. Of course, he previously marked Mosquera forever with a spur hat and an impossible shot that grazed the crossbar.
There was even a penalty against Valencia, indicated by
De Burgos Bengoetxea
and corrected, correctly, by the VAR. Simeone could begin to control efforts and Valencia, in the 73rd minute, put together the only notable play, as sterile as the entire duel. A placid match for an Atlético that had no rival.