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After a few days asleep, Atlético woke up.
Of course, he had to sharpen his nails and his spirit in Villarreal, an always uncomfortable mat.
There Joao Félix scored again, who got rid of the accumulated rage with a shoe and a controversial gesture (commanding someone to shut up) whose details only he knows.
There Oblak returned to leave his door to zero, ending an eight-game streak, unusual for Simeone.
There the VAR coin came out heads and he recovered feelings for the derby, where he will land in front of the general.
The leader is not uncomfortable in suffering.
Because there are few things more therapeutic than a VAR coup.
Well yeah, a couple of them.
Atlético found themselves the first at the Estadio de la Cerámica, after almost half an hour of tactical battle with Villarreal de
Emery,
who, sanctioned, observed every detail from the stands.
Lemar
, back to the place he should never leave (like Llorente), detected
Savic
with his radar
, in the studied execution of a corner kick.
The Frenchman drew his left foot and put it on the head of the central defender, who battled against his rivals until the ball crossed the gorge that Asenjo defended.
In fact,
Pedraza
ended up being
the unwitting author.
However, for a handful of minutes, after the goal was annulled by the linesman, technology ended up giving the reason, at last, to the rojiblancos.
Eternal seconds in which Simeone's heart left his chest.
Atlético did not score until the VAR gave permission.
And it also happened that, on the edge of the break, Atlético found themselves again at another crossroads.
This one, well away from the area, almost in the center of the field.
There he tried to get around Lemar (1.71 meters) to
Capoue
(1.89).
And in those, the rojiblanco's arm ended up connecting with the yellow midfielder's jaw.
The action seemed to have been in one more set, but hundreds of kilometers away they alerted that something had happened.
Again it was
De Burgos Bengoetxea's turn
to go over to review the play and Simeone to cross his fingers so that his chest wouldn't burst from the tension.
The matter ended up being solved with a yellow card, but the tension in red ran through the thought of the leader of the League.
After some other recent spite, as in the last episode against Levante, Atlético went to the locker room in agreement.
And that, in technology matters, is a lot.
Between those two actions, the two teams insisted on discussing whose ball it was.
Each in their own way.
Simeone returned for half a part to the four defenders to respond to the yellow hornet's nest.
And in front, Villarreal was entrusted to Parejo's pause and Trigueros' sparks, while the supersonic
Chukwueze
put Hermoso in trouble on the right wing.
The Nigerian was a tremendous headache for the red-and-white defense, because Saúl would have to deal with him in the second act, marked by a premature yellow card.
Atlético took the lead, yes, but his opponent could well have replied.
Specifically
Gerard Moreno
, who looked into the eyes of Jan Oblak and ended up dying on the same line.
Everyone tried to knead the ball, but no one, until Savic did it, with the collaboration of Pedraza, decided to take out the whip.
Joao Félix's gesture
Simeone held on to his own mantra and forgot about the impending derby.
Match by match, you know.
That is why
Luis Suárez
, whom his friend Messi has left behind (for now) in the top scorer, remained in the battle.
It is not only his aim, despite the fact that he has already accumulated four games without seeing the door, but the nervousness that his shadow awakens in the rival defense.
It happened to the tall
Pau Torres
, whose only mistake, before Correa's determination, led to the lightning bolt of the Uruguayan striker.
A dry shoe that Asenjo's gloves spat out.
Suárez is always there, although sometimes it doesn't seem like it.
He lasted 75 minutes and will be in the derby.
By then, Lemar, with annoyance, had left his place to Joao Félix and Atlético recovered the drawing of five behind on which he has raised the castle from which he observes the rest of the map.
The rojiblancos never felt calm, because Villarreal, with Gerard's buzz, was a nuisance for Oblak.
From all the stress, lying in his area, Felipe, who had been missing for months, woke up again.
And also,
Joao Félix
, who anesthetized the game with a crossed shoe and a controversial gesture of liberation.
This is how the leader, swimming through suffering, where he often feels comfortable, ended up waking up.
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