Cádiz Chronicle – Atlético de Madrid, 2-0

Atlético de Madrid lost 2-0 this Saturday on their visit to Cádiz CF, marking a horrible match corresponding to matchday 28 and which resulted in a double from Juanmi Jiménez for the locals, who won for the first time in LaLiga EA Sports after 23 games in a row with several defeats and, above all, with many draws. The Nuevo Mirandilla Stadium was the scene of another Atlético farce away from home, with the effects of the storm ‘Mónica’ visible in the rain and especially in the wind. Both teams started at a slow pace until a dangerous cross from Marcos Llorente woke up the visitors, although Samu Lino was unable to finish at the far post. A quarter of an hour had already passed and Cádiz did not push up either, so the thickness took over everything. It seemed that only one mistake would change the dynamic and that happened after the 23rd minute, when Saúl Ñíguez seasoned his very bad performance with a silly loss. The Cádiz team mounted an attack on the right wing, thanks to Maxi Gómez, which increased in beauty as Robert Navarro evaded a couple of rivals. Navarro himself looked out onto the balcony of the mattress area and opened up on his left side for Rubén Sobrino to center with determination at the penalty spot, right between Atlético’s centre-backs. Gabriel Paulista, after having miscalculated his jump, combed the ball and behind him Juanmi headed the goal (24′), with Mario Hermoso making the statue as a luxury spectator of that shot. Another mismatch this season with a three-center defense, a scheme that Diego Pablo Simeone does not change despite the fact that he has not benefited for months and months. The punishment for the rojiblancos could have been greater before the break, thanks to a cross by Maxi Gómez from the right side and where the ball hit Gabriel Paulista’s right arm after having previously hit him in the head. The referee team, through VAR, decided that it was not a penalty. DOUBLE BY JUANMI However, the reward for Cádiz’s efforts did crystallize in the 2-0 lead in the 64th minute, after another error by Gabriel Paulista. In a very distant pass, the former Valencian player calculated his jump even worse than in the play for the first goal and did not clear his header, which Juanmi took advantage of to stand in Jan Oblak’s area and beat the Slovenian goalkeeper at point-blank range. Despite the three substitutions made by ‘Cholo’ Simeone at half-time and another two during the second half, Atlético was without soul or ideas. He barely had a really dangerous opportunity on the Cadista goal, when in the 72nd minute Roro Riquelme crossed from the left wing and Marcos Llorente executed a header, repelled by Conan Ledesma. The clock ran out between yellow cards and yellow cards, with Inter on the red and whites’ closest horizon. On March 13 (9:00 p.m.) the ‘Cholo’ players will face the second leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League, with the obligation to overcome the 1-0 they conceded in the first leg in Milan after another bad game. Before that event in the top European competition, with 55 points Atlético remains in fourth position in LaLiga EA Sports, still stalked by Athletic Club and without having put pressure on the third place occupied by Girona FC. Meanwhile, Cádiz continues to decline with 22 points. DATA SHEET. –RESULT: CÁDIZ, 2 – ATLÉTICO DE MADRID, 0 (2-0, at half-time). –ALIGNMENTS. CADIZ: Ledesma; Carcelén, Chust, Ousou, Hernández; Nephew (Alejo, min.87), Alcaraz, Kouamé (Samassekou, min.72), Navarro (Pires, min.79); Juanmi (Álex Fernández, min.68) and Maxi Gómez (Chris Ramos, min.69). ATLÉTICO DE MADRID: Oblak; Llorente, G.Paulista, Witsel, Hermoso, Lino (Vermeeren, min.71); Saúl (Molina, min.46), Koke (El Jebari, min.78), De Paul (Riquelme, min.46); Memphis (Correa, min.46) and Morata. –GOALS: 1-0, min.24: Juanmi. 2-0, min.64: Juanmi. –REFEREE: González Fuertes (C.Asturiano). He yellow carded Juanmi (min.31), Sobrino (min.48), Alcaraz (min.73) and Alejo (min.90) in Cádiz, and Memphis (min.30), Molina (min.52) , Morata (min.62), Vermeeren (min.84) and Llorente (min.88) at Atlético de Madrid. –STADIUM: Nuevo Mirandilla, 15,917 spectators.