A handful of old wounds in Munich: the 2016 siege, Suárez, Lucas ...

The sound with which the ball hits the billboards is mixed with the echo of the voices of the

players

.

Shouts

to keep the tension.

He stares at

from the center of the field.

Now the

, like the rest of football, is transparent.

Quite a nuisance for a stadium, the

, built for the fervent

fans

envelop yours in your storm.

This is what happened in the unforgettable siege, in the semi-final round of 2016, where the rojiblancos miraculously survived.

Today, the lair of the European champion has nothing special, beyond the imposing appearance of an enclosure lit red from the outside.

The silence in that corner of the suburbs of Munich is, simply, silence.

Life changes in the blink of an eye.

Let them tell

, happy and carefree yesterday afternoon, during that last training session before the first big battle.

Nothing ago, just two months ago, crushed by that perfect machine that would end up conquering the sky with full victories, the Uruguayan was sailing between sadness and discouragement on the

stadium lawn

.

Against Bayern, he unknowingly scored his last goal with

).

An inconsequential target that is already eternal and is part of the most tragic pages of the Barça team.

That hard epitaph served to make it the cannon for Atlético today.

Since that day, six goals in six games, three with

.

"Lucas's departure was very important"

But there is another wound that has been stinging Simeone for a year and a half.

«Lucas's departure was very important.

He was a young boy from the quarry and with a great future ”, he remembered days ago, regarding

escape

.

Lucas was seen in the morning with

, the fashion technician.

"I do not regret anything, I left to change the life I led in Madrid," explained the French.

Today his team will not have

, who tested positive for Covid.

Sitting at the lectern next to

was

, the captain, who continues to expand his legend in Europe and will add 66 games.

"My unfinished business is to improve the club and continue competing," Cholo repeated, again in the champion's lair, as in March.

Now only the goals will break the silence.

On the retaining wall, everyone knows who

.

They have studied it well from Madrid.

From the defenders (

) to the goalkeeper.

Because

had to collect a ball from his goal the last time they met (2016 group stage), after a masterful free-kick.

He also did it when the Pole put that famous 2016 tie red hot.

, who was still trying that day to close adolescence, has to write a large part of the script for this silent film.

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