Moscow (AFP)
Author of a long sterile domination, Atlético Madrid was hung (1-1) on the lawn of Lokomotiv Moscow, Tuesday during the third day of the group stage of the Champions League, and misses the opportunity to take a second place option.
With this draw, Atlético (4 pts) remains within reach of his evening opponent (2 pts) and RB Salzburg (1 pt), who later in the evening receives the leader of group A, Bayern Munich ( 6 pts).
After a first quarter of an hour without dazzling, it was with two actions linked to Hector Herrera that the match really started.
In the 18th minute, first, the Mexican midfielder sent a millimeter center to José Maria Gimenez, who only had to turn his head to send it to the back of the Moscow net and open the scoring.
Then the same Herrera was penalized for a hand in the Madrid area, offering Lokomotiv a penalty that Anton Miranchuk (25th) easily transformed by taking Jan Oblak on the wrong foot.
The Colchoneros then laid siege to the Moscow goal for more than an hour.
But, whether by Luis Suarez, Joao Felix or Koke, they stumbled either on the Russian international goalkeeper, Guilherme, or on the uprights of his cage.
Diego Simeone's men, who fell very heavily in Munich on the first day (4-0) and then struggled last week to get rid of Salzburg (3-2), could see Bayern take five on Tuesday night. points ahead of the group and almost secure first place.
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