Mallorca digs into the wound of an Atlético adrift

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As if the leader's message no longer penetrated, as if nothing was worth fighting for anymore.

Atlético de Madrid said goodbye to its 2022 in the League in the worst possible way, with unusual sensations, without soul or football in Mallorca, where it suffered another depressing defeat.

The early goal of an imperial

was like a wall against which he could no longer react, petrified before an opponent with more spirit and also with more football.

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In the absence of Saturday's duel in the Copa del Rey in Soria, against the modest Almazán, the World Cup break is like a relief for the rojiblanca drift, like a dead time before which to make a clean slate.

Badly expelled from Europe and squandering his options in a League that is already so uphill that it sounds like a chimera to at least disturb Barça and Madrid, which is presupposed for this club.

In the Visit Mallorca he chained his fifth match without winning.

The only clear chances for him were two shots from

to passes from

saved by

already in the sheer desperation of the last minutes, when he exchanged blows with a Mallorca that threatened to sentence.

Too little, too agonizing.

Because Atlético started true to its recent bad habits.

At 15 minutes he had already received a goal.

What happened to that legend of impenetrable equipment, of that defense from which an empire was built.

This time the one who never fails failed, because misfortunes can always go further.

A very weak and focused clearance by

ended at the feet of

, who put it on a plate to the killer Muriqi.

Five consecutive games scored by the Kosovar, the owner of the game last night in Son Moix.

Morata's failures

His fang contrasted with Morata's at the other end of the field.

The Madrid striker was going to have a horrible night.

He was twice hand in hand with Rajkovic in the first half, two great unchecks.

In the eighth minute, incredibly, he didn't even decide to shoot: he passed it back to no one.

In the 20th, now yes, he hit it without thinking too much.

But he was offside.

It was rowing against the current again, playing with anxiety.

Atlético digs its own misfortune based on apathy, pure lack of concentration.

Looking forward to vacation already in November.

He went late to duels, mismeasured his own and others' unchecking and did not create any kind of danger.

Not even the early exchange of

, delaying

to the right side, had any effect.

The first 45 minutes were a disaster, to the relief of a solid Mallorca.

That on the way back he didn't feel overwhelmed either.

Because this time, no reaction of pride was seen in Atlético.

was at ease and Muriqi was able to make the second with a header.

Simeone's men responded with a left-footed shot from Morata from outside the area and bringing in

.

Little more.

Shortly after, Cholo spent his third window of changes with the return of

and the debut of

.

, who has not scored a goal all season and is left without a World Cup, did not appear.

And

, scorer in Cádiz and savior of the tie against Espanyol, was absent due to accumulation of cards.

And, again, in those final minutes that are not giving him any joy either, Atlético threw everything.

He opened the field and

appeared (why so late?).

But what has been said, fortune is not with those who desperately need it.

The two magnificent passes from him were not taken advantage of by Morata.

The first, a bad shot in front of goal.

The second, an amazing save by Rajkovic.

As Oblak's had been before

.

In the hubbub of the discount, in an acrobatic Chilean by

, the tie could have come that perhaps would have done justice to the rojiblanco ardor in the finish line.

But the party was local, the second consecutive victory for

's Mallorca who is going on vacation, unlike his rival, with homework well done: away from danger posts.

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