The wisest decisions are born out of doubt, but Simeone did not even hesitate. He did not think he was taking risks when he broke Marcos Llorente's midfielder card into a thousand pieces and dressed him as an attacker. He just found him a place on the field so his talent would shine. The first flashes were seen in Anfield and not even the long confinement has erased a bit of that magic. In this hasty return it continues to dazzle. With a reverse, he shook the Levante defense to try to assist Diego Costa and lay the game on the Atletico side. It was not the first warning. [Narration and statistics]
That Atlético was going to take over Camilo Cano began to visualize himself with Aitor's stretch to tackle a powerful cross shot by Llorente himself. They had not broken a sweat and Paco López's team was already feeling the pressure. Very high pace, possession of the ball ... it was not going to be easy to tie a rival who, despite the rotations, did not give away a meter of field. And in one move, he resolved. Thomas made a direct free kick that Bardhi deflected to leave Arias clear. The Colombian milimetro his pass to Llorente who, with his back and with a turn, got rid of Vezo and Toño to filter a low center that Bruno touched before Diego Costa.
Thomas was encouraged to try the goalkeeper who most stops the League with a right hand, because Levante did not shake off the harassment. The granotas were having trouble getting close to Oblack . Without Campaña's compass , his lashes, which were not even fast, had no continuity or consistency.
The rojiblancos were the only ones who set foot in the area. Diego Costa with a header from close range that escaped next to the post and Carrasco , with a right hand that Aitor saved, complicated the awakening of the exiled team in La Nucía. It all seemed too easy.
Levante is not in a hurry because they have permanence in the palm of the hand but they are not used to giving away. He never loses faith or faces a match. Despite the goal, they still dreamed of being able to add Atlético to their victim list. A Paco Lopez played again reshape her once, to see if the result was as satisfying as against Valencia and Sevilla. Campaña took command and, with Morales and Borja Mayoral, the team stretched. And that Simeone did not sign the truce either and strained the clash with Correa and Joao Félix .
The Portuguese tried to claim his star status in the face of both praise for Llorente and a robbery by Diego Costa to Campaña in the front, a shot was taken that repelled the Basque goalkeeper with both hands. He also had to stretch when he put him to the test again with a cannon shot that grazed the crossbar. Without Aitor, perhaps Levante lived in anguish .
The sin of the rivals who passed through the Ciutat and now on the Camino Cano was to trust that the host will break when, however, the nature of the granotas is that of the junco. A high ball from Bardhi was the first warning that Oblack was going to be haunted to Munuera Montero's double whistle. The clearest occasion was born from a Toño center that Borja Mayoral headed without luck. This time they ran out of prize.
Atlético held on to their old identity sign: officially they protected themselves enough to chain the third consecutive victory that strengthens them on the podium.
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