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As in a suspense film, in which you do not have to get up from your chair until the end and after the plot has different outcomes. This is how Atlético de Madrid took the three points from Cornellà-El Prat in the end. Yannick Carrasco and Thomas Lemar, despite Antoine

Griezmann's

rerun as the starter

and the presence of a lethal Luis Suárez last season, were in charge of turning a scoreboard that Raúl de Tomás, with Espanyol's first goal in the present League, had put uphill for the visitors.

Griezmann's return did not have the desired effect on Atlético. The Frenchman, in his first game of his second stage at rojiblanco, was more reminiscent of the erratic version he has been showing at Barça in the last two years than the lethal striker who scored two goals for France against Finland last Tuesday. He put his will, just as he did as a Barça player, but his aim, again, left much to be desired.

Simeone's approach, however, seemed destined to bear good results in the first moments of the duel: he stifled the opponent's exit and knew how to pull with patience to look for holes in attack.

He only needed to specify in the final meters.

And Espanyol, somewhat overwhelmed at the beginning despite giving the first warning through

Embarba

, knew how to take advantage of that lack of mordant of its rival to, little by little, stretch itself and go reaching the vicinity of the

Oblak

area

.

In fact, theirs were the clearest occasions to open the scoring, even if they came with sparks.

The detail of the VAR

And one of those sparks, on the edge of the break, was the origin of the 1-0.

Raúl de Tomás

, after searching for the near post and intentionally finishing off a corner forced by Embarba, sent the ball to the back of the net to Oblak's despair. The Blue and Whites, finally, broke their scoring drought and were charged with confidence to face the second half, while Atlético was even more gripped by emergencies.

For this reason, quite possibly, the rojiblancos jumped onto the pitch at the restart ready to tighten the nuts on Espanyol.

And, very soon, they seemed to find a reward for their effort.

The referee, after consulting the VAR, however, ended up invalidating the goal achieved by Lemar, understanding that Luis Suárez tried to intervene in the action after starting offside.

Those of Simeone, of course, accused the blow.

And, even, they left too much air to a rival who, at times, was drowned by their impetus.

The

parakeets,

however, were unable to seriously threaten Oblak's goal, although the visitors had not quite found their way to the goal either.

A 10 minute discount

But, just when Atlético seemed more complicated, the figure of

Yannick Carrasco

emerged

to place the equalizer in the light.

The Belgian, in a great personal action, took advantage of the lack of forcefulness of the local defense and, after getting rid of the debutant Recasens in an action that was claimed as a foul by the Blue and Whites, sent the ball to the back of the net in the absence of little more ten minutes to the end of regulation time.

For a moment, just for a moment, it seemed that they were going to settle for the distribution of points.

Lemar celebrates his goal against Espanyol.JOSEP LAGOAFP

The unusually long added time decreed by the referee, 10 minutes, however, ended up spurring those of Simeone, who had already sought a shock long before by sending Griezmann and Luis Suárez to the bench to give entry to

Joao Félix

and

Matheus Cunha

.

Carrasco warned first, with a shot that was lost very close to the post.

And

Lemar

, almost in the last breath, ended up scoring a 1-2 that lifts the rojiblancos spirits and adds a little more in the mud to a Espanyol that, for now, is still in free fall.

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