Anfield swallows Atlético

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Anfield is a stadium that beats in the form of a roar and infects an indomitable team. To get out alive, apart from courage, you need faith. Also a bit of luck. And of course, soccer. Atlético knows it well, which managed to tame the beast just before the pandemic. Last night, however, he lacked quite a bit of all that. In 20 minutes they had already been devoured by that red tsunami that

orchestrated

. After half an hour, the conquest of the magical Liverpool venue was already a chimera, after an expulsion of

that not even the local fans themselves understood.

Diego Simeone

asked for calm to handle himself in the middle of such a storm. At rest, the only mission was to return to Madrid with the slightest trace of bruises. They did it a little out of pride and the same because of Liverpool's clemency. At least the draw at San Siro eased some of the pain from the slap. The second against the English team. From now on, any oversight in Europe can prove fatal.

In the imaginary it will remain that Atlético nailed the knee twice against Liverpool that, recovered by

, once again feels complete. But a good part of those two fights had to be faced by the rojiblancos in inferiority. If in Madrid

missed the last 40 minutes due to a squad against

, last night there were 55 who were forced to play without Felipe, who had taken the colors in the

lashes

, but whose presence could have convinced Atlético that a miracle was possible.

He had already achieved a similar feat, lifting two goals, the last time he was at Anfield.

Also, in the previous duel in the Metropolitan.

No one can get in front of a moving train without being badly stopped.

Much less without a cuirass.

Turn on the boiler

The humidity and cold that roars the River Mersey at this time of year clings to every corner of the city. Of course, Anfield is not spared either. But your people have the button to turn on the boiler. Although Atlético did not wake up badly, in those first minutes after the

local

of

, it ended up engulfed by a football that has a different speed. Also by his own absentmindedness. Everything began to fall apart when the electric

, far from a tower, sneaked between

and Felipe to undress

for the first time. Head and calm asked there for the first time Simeone, who was walking with short steps on his technical area.

The second stab was a kind of

.

launched another cross delivery from his left flank, where

had been carrying a yellow for minutes.

Only this time it was

, under the very nose of the Brazilian central defender, who unleashed the roar of Anfield.

By then, Atlético already missed that hard leg, that faith, that football with which to enter one of the darkest caves in Europe.

The expulsion, which Felipe saw coming, after knocking Mané down from behind and cutting a counter, blew everything up.

The role of VAR

Without

,

,

,

, Griezmann, that is, a little mutilated, Atlético ended up falling off the cliff. At least he brought out his pride to contain with one less fury a Liverpool carried on the shoulders of its people. The VAR cut the bleeding when Diogo Jota believed he had a double in his pocket and, also, snatched from

the only remarkable thing about a night designed for sprinters. The Uruguayan, received from nails by that stand that idolized him, scored a goal that he did not celebrate out of respect. Finally, the technology said there was nothing to celebrate. And he left crestfallen after an hour of helplessness.

Pride, which is not little, but is of little use for qualifying, was the only thing that Atlético de Anfield could make clear.

There,

, an 18-year-old boy who was fighting with the subsidiary in Pozuelo on Sunday

, appeared as if such a thing

.

He did not wrinkle before anyone.

This time Simeone did not rush to the locker room.

He waited for each of his players to leave the pitch.

The defeat hurt, although a little less for not ending up crushed.

Liverpool did not want to make blood either.

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