Chronicle Atlético is stamped in Mendizorroza: not every day there are miracles
Until his fatal visit to Vitoria, Atlético had been used to circumventing their tragic fate with sweet and sharp last-minute thrusts. With last exploits that until not long ago he used to suffer in his own flesh. He had turned adrenaline rush into routine. That much of
Mandi
with the team almost lifeless. Or the whiplash from
Lemar
, after a 10-minute addition against Espanyol. Or, without going so far, the express comeback against Getafe, with Luis Suárez's double.
Last minute gestures for sins committed when the team seems to have its head elsewhere.
Against Alavés, the slip was
Savic
.
This time no one, not even Simeone, with his classic slate strike, was able to patch up the afternoon.
The rojiblancos show some new sins at this start of the season.
"There are bad moments during the season and possibly we are going through one of those difficult moments," Simeone acknowledged yesterday, after the first defeat of the season.
The first slip in the League after 11 games in a row without losing defeat.
Thanks to that streak they tied the title a few months ago.
Against Alavés, it was Savic who made a mistake in his brand to Laguardia, who finished off what would end up being victory.
Felipe
, back to the starting position, was also unable to clear the ball.
It was not the first goal from set pieces they received.
Against Espanyol, De Tomás had beaten
Oblak
in another corner.
That day it was Llorente who lost sight of the rival.
"Everything happens through concentration. When they make you goals from set pieces it is because there is a weakness," admitted Cholo, who has not had a single calm game since the start in Balaídos.
Mismatches
In this harsh dawn of Atlético, improper errors of a traditionally armored defense have been seen. For example, on that night against Villarreal that led to the involuntary saving head of
Mandi
. Savic and Giménez made a mess at 0-1 and Trigueros ended up penalizing them. There have been cracks in a good part of the games this year. Included in the 0-0 against Athletic, last week, where
Villalibre
and
Iñaki Williams
came to meet Oblak. It doesn't matter who was in command of the wall or whether there were two or three centrals. "I don't think it's because of the system, it could be because of concentration," Simeone insisted.
For whatever reason, the rojiblancos have conceded six goals in their first seven stages. Last season, they had only received two. "We have conceded the goal very quickly, due to our failure and too much is happening to us. We have to enter the game with more personality," claimed
Oblak
, unaccustomed to these numbers against and a negative protagonist in the goal his team received against him Getafe.
And it is that Atlético has been solving its ailments behind with drops of epic.
In Mendizorroza, however, it was not enough to use all the sticks of dynamite.
Simeone's men only threw once between the three sticks.
From the 17 goals at this point in last year's competition, to the nine this time.
And all despite the arrival of
Griezmann
, called to complete the team's goal-scoring leap.
For now, nothing further.
On the contrary.
His team has been unable to march with him on the pitch.
In total, 305 minutes spread over five games.
At the moment, Antoine is no solution.
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