Bruges Jutglà puts Atlético in a big mess
The most repeated word in the entrails of Jan Breydel was "forcefulness", his own and that of others.
After the match, with Atlético de Madrid defeated and bottom of the group after Porto's victory against Bayer Leverkusen (2-0), the night was summed up in
flashes
.
Álvaro Morata
's hand in hand ,
Ferran Jutglà
's claws
, the ball crashing into
Mignolet 's crossbar in
Griezmann
's penalty
.
"We have had occasions, we have not taken advantage of them and they have", in the words of
Oblak
.
Same with captain
Koke
: "In the first half we had a couple of chances that we could have defined better".
Everything else in Bruges, which was a lot, was subject to interpretation.
Simeone
valued the dawn of his team, that he had "controlled" the rival: "It was a well-run game, with the idea we wanted."
His team shot 20 times on goal, for only three of the rival.
For Jan Oblak, however, it was not a good night, "a fat stick", summed up the goalkeeper, once again a savior.
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The fact is that, in a situation similar to that of last year, Atlético cannot fail now.
Without going too far, next Wednesday at the Cívitas Metropolitano Bruges is a final on October 12.
They have not managed to finish as the leader in a Champions League group stage since 2017, the last time they advanced beyond the quarterfinals, and it does not look like this time it will be like in Simeone's first seasons.
"You have to be calm, not get anxious," the coach asked, although the
goal average
doesn't help either in a group that is a mess.
Atlético will drag both 2-0, in Leverkusen and Bruges.
Porto's victory, yes, gives it some air for second place.
And the group is totally open with the unknowns of whether the surprising Club Brugge will manage to maintain its strength and its leadership and whether Leverkusen, which is dragging its feet in the Bundesliga, will raise its head.
In Portugal like last year, on November 1, the rojiblancos will play it all if they are capable of doing their homework at home first.
"We have three games left and we have to win them," Oblak concluded.
Before the first final and predictably without Marcos Llorente or Giménez (again injured), Atlético hosts Girona in the League.
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