Over 80 minutes outnumbered
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Atlético Madrid missed the leap from Laliga in the top of the city rival Real on Saturday evening, but still received a lot of praise from coach Diego Simeone. Against Celta Vigo, the Colchoneros fought a 1: 1 (0: 0) outnumbered despite almost 90 minutes. The shape curve that showed so steeply a few weeks ago is still on the way down again.
“If I had to indicate a number of one to ten? Then I would clearly give my players a ten, ”said Simeone after the final whistle about his team. Alexander Sørloth had compensated for the 0-1 deficit of Iago Aspas (68th, penalty) in the 81st minute after Pablo Barrios had already dealt with a red card due to a rough foul after seven minutes.
“I have rarely experienced that for almost 90 minutes with one man. We defended excellently and had the opponent’s attacks under control. Apart from the penalty, they had only a few chances. The boys are in a good phase. What I saw after the red card on the square were gladiators. “
At least related to the results, the good phase is over. From the end of October to mid -January, Atlético had won 15 games in a row and sat down at the league table. Since then, only one of the last five games in Laliga has been won. “We absolutely wanted to win today, but because we were too tithe, the whole plan for this week fell into the water,” said Koke, who was replaced in the 10th minute after the dismissal. The gap to Real, which also only played 1: 1 at the outnumber of Ca Osasuna, remains at one point, FC Barcelona can jump from third place on Monday evening.