Koke becomes strong in his neighborhood and keeps Atlético in ecstasy

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Jorge Resurrection knows every inch of Vallecas like few others.

Until his name began to resonate, he often dropped by his neighborhood.

There he learned to play soccer with his brother Borja, almost always in front of kids older than him.

Last night, between the walls of that stadium that he looked at so many times out of the corner of his eye as a kid,

, as everyone has always called him, took his right boot out for a walk to lull the ball to the depths of Rayo's goal.

This is how Atlético, in a state of grace, convinced of his plan, chained their fifth victory in a row and prolonged Rayo's depression, which lives, still unhurried, on the income of the past.

Although Vallecas is not Old Trafford, it seemed to Atlético that he was still levitating through Manchester.

Not a trace of the depressurization that is assumed after experiencing the happiest night of the season.

Not a sign of tiredness, as Simeone repeated the starting team that reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Giving gifts to the rival, in this case to Rayo Vallecano, seems like a thing of the past, since the rojiblancos landed on the grass of the well-known Madrid neighborhood with the conviction and impetus to go to the national team break with that fifth win in a row under the arm.

At the head of that League that for them began to walk, at full speed, on that dazzling afternoon for redemption in El Sadar.

Because it was Atlético who started the night dominating and in control of the ball.

,

who hasn't missed a minute in the last six games (two in the Champions League), is no longer a surprise.

Suddenly, as Houston and the American League await him with open arms, he has become a core element of his team's heartbeat.

In Vallecas, as he has been doing for a month, since the catharsis in Pamplona, ​​he once again distilled, probably, the best football he is remembered for in his three seasons in Madrid.

It was him, along with

and

, happy again in his neighborhood, who was articulating the nervous impulses of his team.

Who, for a long time, left a Lightning unanswered that this 2022 does not know what it is to win in its stadium, an impregnable corner until December.

The bet on

and

, two tips that are difficult to interpret and locate, who are both in the center of the field and heading a center in the heart of the area, are gaining ground as the days go by.

Their relationship off the field, where they have publicly shown their connection, has had a lot to do with it.

The Frenchman, tireless throughout the night in his defensive work, put Dimitrievski in trouble as soon as the duel awoke.

The Portuguese, for his part, had to be stopped by

, appearing at half-time and playing his second yellow, when he galloped straight to the Rayista goal.

With Baby there is no difference between a cross and a shot.

It has no middle ground.

He had to measure his strength with

, who has fallen on his feet at Atlético.

You have to outsmart the Mozambican three times and even then you're not sure if you've given him the slip.

This is partly why athletic defense has returned to its natural state.

Without him, who took a ball under the sticks in the second half, the fate of his team could have been different.

Oblak's hand

Because by then,

had caressed the ball in the area, after a sublime wall by Joao Félix, to leave

with astonished face .

An almost identical play, minutes later, and in the opposite goal, he ended with

's tentacle clearing a shot from his former teammate

that seemed lethal.

Moments and gloves that make a difference.

Simeone made use of his second attack unit, that is, Luis Suárez and

, and claimed the lungs of

to suffocate the attempted rebellion of Rayo, who never lowered his arms.

It is something that has never been part of

's score .

And in

's boot , which he found the sky when he looked at

's goal , just a meter away, that reaction could have been.

Always clinging to the courage and quality of their captain Trejo.

And Atlético ended up writhing for a red to

, who paid for his verbal sins.

He ended up taking refuge in his area, with all his defenses on the pitch.

It ended with

cursing his fate, after pardoning the sentence at sunset.

He finished, which is what counts, throwing the tie, with some intrigue, to his fifth victory in a row.

With that recognizable face of yesteryear that he now scare again.

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