Classification This is the League
It cannot be easy to accept the new reality, that of being far from the front page already in January, that of having to get rid of stars and, furthermore, without being able to stop fighting for the crumbs.
That, finding motivation in the remains of the shipwreck is the great challenge of an unrecognizable Atlético, without a soul, without football, but also without aim.
A draw in Almería to advance in a nebulous season.
The impressive saves by
Fernando Martínez
were like vinegar on the rojiblanca wound, each day further away from third place.
[1-1: Narration and Stats]
At the Power Horse Stadium, after Barça's punishment last Sunday, it was confirmed that from now until June everything will be a thorny road for the rojiblancos.
And the prize, if there is one, will not be to walk Imperious: being in the top four is simply an obligation.
But the competition is enormous and the team is flan.
Living off Griezmann
's sparks of talent
is not enough.
The first 45 minutes were significant.
When the genius of the Frenchman invented himself out of nowhere, because nothing had happened until then in the sunny stadium, a goal with his not passing
Correa
, a wonderful technical resource by letting
Kondogbia
's assist pass , it didn't take Atlético even five minutes to fade badly.
The local reaction was not exactly the Blitzkrieg, but
Simeone
's men shrank as if they saw giants, to the point of changing their tactical drawing and going to a defense of five.
And that
Hermoso
could have made it 2-0 in a corner, a save (the first) by Fernando.
And Kondogbia himself spoiled another one for
Llorente
.
But Atlético was no longer fueling the thrust of
Rubí
's men , who woke up as if an anti-aircraft alarm had sounded.
It took a world to get out of the pressure on the visitors and
Robertone
masterfully took control of the tempo.
Until the inevitable came, the tie.
A center of karats from the Argentine for the header from
El Bilal Touré
.
Pablo Barrios
After the blow, and the previous backward pass, it was now a labyrinth for Atlético, who looked for some air with
Pablo Barrios, for Koke,
after the break.
He allowed himself to be dominated by a brave and meritorious Almería, there were arrivals for everyone, but in the middle of the second half the key moment of the afternoon would arrive at the Power Horse.
There were a couple of bullets in the chamber of a crouching Atlético, but those electric flashes crashed into the hero.
In two minutes, 73 and 75, Llorente, the most incisive ever, scored two balls.
And neither
Morata
first nor Correa later had enough aim.
It was a manual on how to miss occasions, Fernando's merit at point blank range, feline reflexes.
And right there, still ruminating on lost opportunities, what could have been and was not, Cholo rewinded again, as if intuiting fear.
He seated Correa and gave way to
Felipe
.
Another step back that definitely killed the game, in addition to the red card for
Reguilón
.
A distribution of points that does little to help both, Almería in its fight not to burn out and Atlético in the pursuit of a train that escapes without remedy.
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