In the current competition, Atletico Madrid cannot boast the iron defense that it impressed last season when it won the Spanish championship. Still, Diego Simeone might have been surprised that she scored three goals in the first half. The more so because the guests from Madrid were the first to hit the net.
Already in the eighth minute, Luis Suarez, the former Barca striker, entered the penalty area, and Yannick Carrasco used a good pass from the Uruguayan.
Only 120 seconds had passed and there was already a draw. Dani Alves played to Jordi Alba, who showed a brilliant volley. World stadiums.
The 2: 1 goal was scored by 17-year-old Gavi, whom he assisted. Before the break, Ronald Araujo scored the goal, and he was handed it by Ferran Torres. This meant that all the assists were recorded by the players who joined Barcelona in the winter. In the first half, Barcelona completely smashed their rivals. For 36 percent of the playing time, the hosts were with the ball in the last 30 meters of the pitch, under the goal of Jan Oblak.
Dani Alves goes down in history
, the most successful footballer in history, is 38 years old but proves that he is still great. Some of Barca’s fans expected his return transfer to help the team more in the mental zone than on the pitch. Nothing could be more wrong. The Brazilian was impressive for a long time on Sunday. In the 48th minute, he consciously ran into the penalty area and boomed indefensively. It did 4: 1.
This match ended badly for him, because in the 68th minute – a moment after Suarez’s goal at 4: 2 – the Brazilian saw a red card for kicking his opponent in the calf, although he got rid of the ball a long time ago. Alves left the field in disbelief. He probably claimed to only graze his rival. The slow-motion repetitions cover up the reality a bit, because it is difficult to judge the strength of the kick. The contact, however, was clear.
In the second half, the Arsenal Borrowed striker replaced Traore, but he did not show much. And although Atletico prevailed at the end of the game, it could not really threaten the hosts.
The situation in the table. Real still leads
Barcelona finally won 4-2, thanks to which they have 38 points after 22 rounds. The team is fourth, 12 points behind LaLiga leader Real Madrid. Atletico is fifth with 36 points.
Source: Sport
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