Atletico 2 – Inter 1: Jimenez lifts Atletico’s trip

Two early warnings from Demarco, one blocked well by Musso and one deflected, the first thing Atletico have faced in which Giuliano and Giuliano are back. Johnny Cardosothree months after his final minutes, in eleven matches with Hanako and Gallagher. Given Inter’s intense offers, Nahuel Molina was presented as the best solution. Accurate and timely like a few times recently, after saving a large position it does not arrive Julian In centimetres, he concluded his good recovery with the goal of the Argentine striker who opened the scoring, which was canceled out by Baena the first time with a handball and was awarded after a VAR review.

A goal that allows Atletico to recover from its hesitant start and start implementing its game plan. A script that alternates between pressing and waiting with lines of five and four close together, both effective in reducing Inter’s threat. Calhanoglu tries to do it from outside the penalty area, but finds himself with Musso alert, while Giuliano tries to provoke a new VAR intervention with the all-too-common action of late of lying on the grass all the time, in his case due to an alleged touch to the face.

Before the Argentine once again demanded a new penalty kick, this time due to a push from his compatriot Bastoni Moso He made a brilliant move against Bony on one of the few occasions where Inter found space behind the red and white defence. Atletico controlled the minutes of the match well, although their lack of threat and minimal income forces them not to make mistakes, such as the reckless loss of Giuliano before the break that Demarco failed to punish.

It has nothing to do with what you see after you walk through the locker room. Inter take control of the game, stifling Atletico and finding themselves faced with chance after chance, while the red and white find themselves overwhelmed and unable to maintain possession to eliminate danger. Barella hits the crossbar and Demarco is once again frustrated with Musso, with whom he will have nightmares tonight, but the third time he does not forgive the Italian team. With good help from Bonnie, Zelensky He enters the area without much opposition and fires past the Atletico goalkeeper to tie the game.

A quarter of an hour after surrendering, Simeone’s men were born again. The entry of Pubill, Koke and Nico González gives another air to the team, which manages to ward off the threat of Inter and get closer to the goal defended by Sommer. Giuliano’s unbeatable chance ends with a shot too high, but Atletico are determined to seal victory, buoyed by a once again lively Metropolitano and a very attacking eleven with Griezmann and Sorloth coming on. A push that does not translate into a flow of opportunities like the one the Milan team enjoyed minutes ago.

When the intensity of red and white decreases, that is when opportunities to get three points arise. Griezmann failed to avoid Sommer a few meters from goal and Poppel ran past the Swiss. Inter haven’t said the last word either, and with the freshness of their bench they convey danger every time they face a counter-attack. It seemed that nothing would move the tie, even in stoppage time from a corner kick taken by Griezmann that was finished. Jimenez Between the head and the heart. Painful work to topple the European runner-up and preserve the chances of fighting for the top eight.