He Atletico Madrid He played again in Europe this Wednesday after a few months. A friendly, yes, not in the Champions League, where an hour and a half after the start of the match in Istanbul, the two first legs of the quarterfinals began. The rojiblancos didn’t do their homework in the group stage, finishing in fourth place, so there was no consolation from the Europa League either.
But this is what it holds. And the reason for the match is to travel to Türkiye to face the Besiktasbecause all proceeds will go to the victims of the earthquake that struck the Ottoman nation in February and killed nearly 50,000.
With the team, now yes, giving stature to the League, Diego Simeone(who wasn’t even wearing a suit) used the match to give minutes to the lowest ranked players in the championship. This is not the so-called ‘unit B’. It is almost the C, along with two footballers from the subsidiary (Marco Moreno and Carlos Martin) and others who disappeared from Cholo’s plans (cases of Reguilón and Kondogbiawho hasn’t played since January) or someone who hasn’t counted, such as Dohertywho barely got a few minutes in the game against Sevilla when everything was decided.
The Argentine coach wants to test things, keeping the 5-3-2 system, but with a completely improvised defense, because Saúl and Witsel served as the center next to Mark.
Of course, the presence of less common footballers on the field made Atlético’s bench at Vodafone Park one of the most important in memory. They are sitting here Oblak, Savic, Giménez, Hermoso, Carrasco, Molina, Koke, De Paul, Llorente, Griezmann and Morata. That is, the starting team for Simeone at the moment, beyond the Frenchman’s attacking partner.
In the 65th minute, Simeone changed ten players outside, bringing theoretical starters. The score was 1-0 in favor of Besiktas, who took the lead in the 25th minute of the game. Atlético’s image improved, enjoying more chances this season, but it was not enough to tie the match against the Turkish team.
In the 88th minute came the second of the Turkish team, after a serious mistake by Savicwho gave the ball to Grbic loosely, picked up the ball nkoudou to put the sentence
Source: La Verdad
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