In charge of Atletico Madrid since 2011, Diego Simeone has never managed to win the Barcelona playing at Camp Nou. This Sunday, the teams faced each other in a match valid for the 30th round of The league and the taboo remained. Barça won 1-0 thanks to a goal by Ferran Torres, thwarting the Argentine coach’s plans.
FERRANNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!! 😘 pic.twitter.com/lcL1S68YYa
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 23, 2023
With the result, the Catalan club got even closer to winning the Spanish title. Barcelona is the leader of La Liga, with 76 points and faces Rayo Valecano, away from home, in the next round.
Atlético, in turn, remains in third place, with 60 points. Far from the title, Simeone’s team receives Mallorca in their next match in order to stamp their place in the next Champions League.
The game
The first stage of the confrontation was quite balanced, reflecting the good phase experienced by Atlético de Madrid and the desire of the Catalans to win the Spanish title. Frenchman Griezmann, formerly of Barcelona, had two good opportunities to open the scoring. In the first, however, he hit the crossbar and in the second stopped in a good save from Ter Stegen.
With the support of their fans, Barcelona also came close to opening the scoring on several occasions. Controlling more possession of the ball, the hosts reached the goal with Ferran Torres in the 44th minute. The Spanish striker received from Raphinha at the entrance of the area and beat the goalkeeper Oblak.
Atlético seemed to have felt the blow and returned more timid to the second stage. Simeone’s team failed to create many opportunities, even though they needed the result. Barcelona, in turn, took the opportunity to grow in the match.
Coach Xavi’s team had several opportunities to kill the game, but wasted. In the best chance, Lewandowski received free, one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but shot it wide. Without suffering too many scares, Barça managed to hold on to the result and secure the three points.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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