2023-09-28 23:51:47
Atlético did not deserve to take the three points in Pamplona, a fiefdom that Cholo Simeone’s team is great at and where Osasuna has not yet won this season. Depleted by losses, although this can never be an excuse in a great team, and fatigued by the enormous effort made to beat Real Madrid, the colchoneros were subdued in the second half by the Navarrese until Riquelme sentenced shortly after coming on and He expanded Griezmann’s victory in the first act. Three valuable points for the people of Madrid in their fight to fight for the League and very controversial due to the annulment of a goal by David García that would have meant a tie just before 0-2. The tension rose to the point that Jagoba Arrasate, Chimy Ávila and Morata were expelled.
Few surprises in the staging. Some more in Osasuna, where Jagoba opted for Areso at right back and Ibañez in midfield, and none at Atlético, except for the forced change regarding the Witsel derby for the injured Savic. The eight casualties condition a red and white team that also has short squads because that’s how Cholo likes it.
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Aitor Fernández, Areso, David García, Catena, Juan Cruz, Ibañez (Moncayola, min. 66), Torró (Iker Muñoz, min. 66), Mojica (Kike Barja, min. 78), Aimar (Rubén García, min. 90 ), Chimy Ávila and Budimir (Raúl García, min. 78).
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Oblak, Nahuel Molina (Azpilicueta, min. 61), Giménez, Witsel, Hermoso, Samu Lino, Koke, Marcos Llorente (Riquelme, min. 67), Saúl, Griezmann and Morata.
Goals: 0-1: min. 19, Griezmann. 0-2: min. 81, Riquelme.
Referee: Martínez Munuera (Valencian Committee): Sent off Jagoba Arrasate (min. 88) and sent off Chimy Ávila and Morata for a double yellow (min. 85). Yellow to Catena, Aimar and David García.
Incidents: Match of the eighth day of the League, played in El Sadar. Tribute to the golfer Carlota Ziganda in the preludes.
Although he repeated in pistachio green, at the beginning there was nothing to do with the attitude of this Atlético with whom he came out of Mestalla photographed by a Valencia full of kids. Better attitude, more concentration, more personality, more versatility and more ambition. Osasuna, very timid, tried to wait for him with five at the back and a fairly deep defense to avoid those balls behind his back with which Atlético beat Madrid.
More control from the Madrid team, but the goal came perhaps before the game, just after Lucas Torró, the best of the rojillos, shot from the front very close to the post. Griezmann, with hardly any angle, scored his third goal in the last four games. It was a double error by Aitor Fernández, who first cleared with his foot too short and then did not know how to save and left the ball loose after Lino’s center that Morata did not reach.
After that goal, the Madrid team tried to control the situation by taking a little step further back and with a lot of touch to protect themselves with possession of the ball, a virtue that Simeone has incorporated into his catechism. In any case, the Navarrese grew in the final stretch of the first act and were close to a tie, especially after a stumbling attack by Mojica that, already very heeled, culminated with a shot to the outside of the post. Budimir, this time without his ‘friend’ Savic as a jumping partner, was a nuisance for the visiting defense. He took Oblak ahead in an involuntary action that left the Slovenian goalkeeper touched.
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Osasuna increased the pace and was much more determined in its pressure after the restart. He prevented his rival from leaving the cave with relative peace and locked him up. Chimy forgave the tie after a great action between Areso and Aimar. They threatened the Plamponeses more with gunshots and Cholo showed his anger. He saw his team very worn out, without finding the safety pass, and moved the bench early. As in the derby, he retired Nahuel and put Azpilicueta in the fray, a top Navarrese player who received a huge ovation and returned the applause to the stands.
Osasuna knocked on the door but could not find the desired goal. Budimir was unable to take advantage of a false start outside the area by Oblak, who minutes later became great and saved a goal from Torró that was already being sung in the stands. It was a local siege against a rival who could no longer even find Morata on long balls. Arrasate moved his chips to look for more freshness in the center of the field and Cholo withdrew the inconsequential Llorente to seek a little more control with Riquelme.
The controversy came, every time that David García shot Oblak with a header in a set piece action, but Martínez Munuera did not validate the point due to a foul on Witsel that did not seem like it, but that was not corrected by the VAR. And as usually happens, almost immediately afterward, Atlético scored a counterattack. Great action by Samu Lino, one more, and enormous definition by Riquelme. Then came the fight between Morata and Chimy that continued and ended with both of them very hot on the way to the locker room. Osasuna still does not see the light of day in its fiefdom and Atlético will have to face the next match without forwards due to that red card for the international striker and the injuries to Correa and Memphis.
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