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Atlético's path to the Champions League is a minefield this year.

In large part, of course, for his sins.

This was the case in San Mamés, where Mario Hermoso unintentionally scored and Héctor Herrera cut off the reaction with a penalty that blurred a night aimed at accelerating towards Europe.

Iñaki Williams was a nightmare, to the delight of the local stands.

Simeone's came back late and the matter ended up in a horror movie script.

His rent and his time, pending now from Betis, are running out.

For about half an hour, Atlético looked like a castaway, with his beard and his clothes in tatters.

He was the victim of the furious start of an Athletic in cyclone mode.

For a long time he was stunned by everything that was happening around him.

Unable to master the elements.

In a minute, Mario Hermoso already had a yellow card.

It did not seem like an excessive entry, but

Mateu Lahoz

, who usually keeps his cards well kept, dusted it off immediately.

In this physical display, Iñaki Williams showed muscle,

Marcelino

's bazooka , who worked with force and speed, the carom that led to the first goal.

Giménez

, confident, ended up on the ground in his battle with the striker, and Hermoso, in 10 horrific minutes, ended up beating

Oblak

, in his attempt to cut Iñaki's shipment to his brother Nico.

The stands roared at the vibrations emitted by their team.

Simeone writhed in the band, before the impotence of his soccer players.

It seemed to be Athletic who was risking their skin for that Champions League place.

The matter could have been even more serious, if the post had not spat out another poisoned cross from Iñaki Williams, in the face of the passivity of a contemplative and unrecognizable defense.

Or if Mateu had shown the second yellow card to

Reinildo

, that he got into a fight with the referee when he saw that he was admonished.

A decision, again, somewhat excessive.

The African, in addition, will be a notable absence in the defense for the next derby that is approaching.

Neither will the next day Hermoso, who lived a dark first act.

Griezmann's crossbar

It took half an hour for Atlético to overcome that storm.

Simeone touched a key and his team started.

Under Herrera's baton they began to show up in the Unai Simón area.

Gone is that anguished suffocation, also because it was impossible for Athletic to maintain that rhythm forever.

And Carrasco, almost on his way to the locker room, could have restored his balance.

Suddenly, after the break, Correa burst in, leaving Reinildo on the bench.

It seemed that Athletic short-circuited and that Atlético already knew where to start the comeback.

Griezmann shook Simón's crossbar.

However, almost instantly, Herrera hit Munian's ankle on the edge of the area and Mateu pointed to the penalty.

It was Iñaki Williams, a torment for Simeone's footballers, who finished off the job by deceiving Oblak, with a non-violent strike, down the center, which did not become a panenka.

The entanglement for the visitors was capital.

After the goal, there was a blackout of the lights of San Mamés.

As if it were the prediction of some more misfortune for Atlético.

There weren't.

He had enough with the marker.

The mess was hopeless and the rojiblancos (wearing blue last night), just like a year ago, fell again in San Mamés.

A good mess awaits them ahead.

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