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For a few moments, Diego Pablo Simeone forgot about football.
His glassy eyes went to the Metropolitan video scoreboard where his father, Carlos, hugged him on that unforgettable afternoon in 2014, on the grass of the Camp Nou, having just won his first League.
It was only a few seconds in which his head put aside that game by game that has his Atlético re-engaged again to an illusion that seemed lost just two months ago.
When the referee signaled the end, on an unexpectedly cold night in April, the Argentine coach ran out in search of the locker room, remembering all the things that his old man had been giving him during his life.
It was the sixth consecutive victory for a team that managed to get things back on track in time, despite the efforts of Alavés.
Joao Félix, as usual, made sure the night was a little easier.
To do this, it was enough for him to take off into the sky to head the squad with a remote-controlled center from Vrsaljko, determined to prolong his history in Madrid.
The Croatian, back on the right side, drew as usual and found the Portuguese in the heart of a semi-desert area of Vitoria, since Laguardia, Atletico's executioner in the first round, had disappeared from the scene.
For this reason, although Joao, who has scored five goals in the last six league games, was the executor, the rojiblancos looked for Sime, who has experienced all colors this season.
It was a very difficult first half, despite the fact that the referee only thought it necessary to add two minutes.
An initial round in which Atlético, with another unprecedented midfield, tried to circumvent the pressure of an Alavés with the seal of Mendilibar.
This course, whenever the physique has allowed it, Kondogbia has proven to be worthy of a corner in the engine room.
Last night, with Herrera injured and Koke sanctioned, even more so.
It is not only that broom with which he grooms the grass he walks on, but also that daring to break lines with shipments that have already given more than one joy to his team.
Joao's goal neither discouraged Alavés nor put Atlético out of control.
For more than an hour, both crossed the night on that thin rope that separates joy from disappointment.
And the disappointment, precisely, was found by the Metropolitan when Escalante, neglected by the defense, headed the tie free.
The Basques had moved up a gear after the break and the rojiblancos lost their minds elsewhere, on a night almost similar to the one they had experienced weeks before against Cádiz.
Oblak had not suffered excessively until that moment, but there are nights that the devil carries.
But Atlético still had dynamite on the bench.
Luis Suárez was already on the green at the time of Alavés' blow, but not Cunha, who was returning after a month and a half KO due to injury.
In his first foray into the area, a few seconds after entering the field, the Brazilian striker took a penalty from Lejeune, right under the referee's nose.
And Suárez, forgotten in this Atletico resurgence, stood at the penalty spot to settle doubts.
A while later, Joao would burst in like lightning to finish off his own job, since Cunha was right.
Suárez would still repeat.
At the sound of the trumpet, Atlético scored the sixth, heading for the hardest corner of Manchester.
When things go well at home, everything is easier.
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