Night of terror in Porto: Atlético, nor the Europa League

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Not even the consolation of the Europa League will remain for this unrecognizable Atlético, for this team with the aroma of the end of the cycle, with so many months now to ruminate on failure, to continue thinking about whether or not its future passes through

, the totem that brought them back to the elite.

In Do Dragao it was a calamity, defeated and only not humiliated because

is a miracle worker.

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In Porto, not only life was at stake, the minimum hold on continuing to compete in Europe.

On the table, Atlético exposed its prestige, avoiding an absolute drama, being able to face the immediate future with some motivation.

But he did not save even the honor, in one of the saddest nights that cholismo is reminded of, devastated from start to finish.

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the Olympic goal, there was no time to dream of a draw.

It was about surviving.

And in that, to date, there was no one like Atlético.

But it was like a house of cards that collapses with a whiff.

It all fell apart too soon.

A blocked team, without football and without soul, but also without that legendary ability to resist, that self-love that made the difference when it didn't come with the game.

As if honoring the saints, the afternoon began with fright or death and soon turned into a nightmare.

To continue with the unusual precedents.

Three duels in a row waking up with a crooked foot, with obscene defensive errors.

It happened to him in the first half against Leverkusen and at 27 seconds in Cádiz.

In Do Dragao there wasn't even time to stretch when

had already drilled Oblak.

defensive failures

The red and white passivity was alarming, like spectators of a tennis match before

's false shot that did sense the Iranian striker's fang.

The stands of Do Dragao exploded, settling pending accounts, revenge for what happened a year ago also on the last day.

Minutes later, while

treated , Cholo brought the entire team together, in a symptomatic and striking time-out.

That it was not going to have any revulsive effect.

On the contrary, his pupils, as if under a spell, continued to be late for everything.

Another loss (

) forced Oblak's first miracle.

A mistake by a

who wandered like a famous boxer, led to Porto's second goal, as

's back pass

.

And Oblak returned to save Pepé's shot that could have been the third.

Seeing is believing.

Porto players celebrate one of the goals.Luis VieiraAP

The break was not a spring, nor were the changes afterwards, which had as the first victim a

as inconsequential as the rest of his teammates.

Barely a shot just before leaving, resigned again.

Evanilson was able to sentence

and had a goal disallowed due to a previous foul by

.

Nothing was at stake, because their gazes were already directed towards Germany.

Only there could the success of a Porto that won four games on the run without conceding a goal in search of first place in the group and the resounding blur of Atlético be confirmed.

And so it was to be.

And in those, the night in Porto suddenly went crazy.

In three minutes, three times.

A header from Evanilson two meters from Oblak and another arrival from Galen.

Among them, the only clear one from Atlético, an appearance by Correa that he did not know how to define against Diogo Costa.

With everything open and sentenced, more local occasions, some rojiblanca arrival and the last and inconsequential goal of Carrasco.

An improper goodbye with a victory in six games.

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