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At Atlético his faith lasted long enough not to start bitterly in the Champions League. He was down and without a pulse in front of Juventus and ended up smiling and relieved thanks to Herrera's saving blow, who would never have imagined a premiere with a more cinematographic script. The icy 0-2 ended in a draw with which to start with another face in Europe. With which to recover the sense after having seen for a while with the pockets and a hard panorama ahead. A point to start growing and, above all, to continue pleasing faith in this new group of Simeone.

Life in seven months can go around a lot. Atletico, for example, has served to live in the Metropolitan its most volcanic night, collapse like a puppet on the turf of Turin and get back up as if nothing had happened. Everything, in three disparate acts against Juventus. That time has also served to present himself again in Europe with a few less wrinkles and, also, with some odd notes yet to be refined. Without Godín, Filipe, Juanfran or Griezmann, but with the classic canteen well impregnated in the members of this new red and white version that looks in the competitive mirror of its predecessors. New faces, same intentions.

It was the case, for example, of Joao Felix. The wonder boy who annihilated Juve with a double in preseason was releasing intermittent brushstrokes. With the first, for example, caused his new tier to erupt again. Something similar had already been seen for the place, on the first day of the course, but the Portuguese boy tried to repeat it, endorsing a 50-meter counter. Like a sort of trilero, he hid the ball there and here, numbed it, dribbled and ran runaway, but elegant, like a pureblood. His saber about the goal of Szczesny lacked some resolve. The Portuguese would evaporate over the minutes. He still has a million ahead.

And there the Portuguese walked, by land and air, bothering with Diego Costa in the Juventine area during the first act. Enough time for the striker and Bonucci to consolidate their particular love story. As usual, rubbing makes love. Both Trippier and Lodi, released by Saul's lungs (and legs), tried to shake the game, but no one had a way to impale any of his shipments.

Atletico insisted, devoid of poison, while the retouched Juventus de Sarri clung to the canyon of Cristiano Ronaldo, or that of Pjanic, to give signs of life. They didn't need it either. After the break, Square turned a statue to Oblak with a lunge in the squad. Higuain, of whom nothing had been known until then, was the pitcher of that first against mortal. Later Alex Sandro's gift would arrive, until then also incognito, so that Matuidi would recess it with his head. To take the ill-fated grandstand of the colorful Metropolitan Stadium to the limit.

But Atlético refused to die and grabbed his soul. For a moment, the crowd thought he saw Godin reincarnated in Giménez. He missed the Uruguayan's aim in the beating but he had enough desire in the jump to give Savic the blow that lit the fuse again. On the grass was already Correa, the victim of Turin who, however, is still in Madrid. Then Vitolo appeared and the Mexican Héctor Herrera, a patient on the bench for a month, officially premiered. All in search of the miracle, while Oblak and his new rear guard tried to put out the enemy fire.

Atlético ran and pushed trying to avoid that second blush in the Metropolitan after that of Chelsea at its premiere, two years ago. And in that last spark, when the forces were already at the limit, Herrera, scorer and savior appeared in a premiere that will cost him to forget. His was the full shot of soul and heart with which Atlético rescued a point when the water was about to leave him drowned on the first shore. A point and a smile, with a good scare on the body, so that the rojiblancos start a race you will know where. He goes to Istanbul without losing the north.

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