A frozen Metropolitano Stadium is the place where Atletico Madrid received a visit from Sevilla in the Spanish La Liga. We got player ratings.
Atletico Madrid played one of the three pending matches they had today against Sevilla in the Spanish La Liga. Despite the adverse weather conditions, they still managed to clean up the pitch at the Metropolitano for this match. During the first half, Diego Simeone’s players got to control the ball and create a few good chances that allowed them to score the opening goal.
Angel Correa scored a beautiful collective play that gave the Colchoneros the lead. But ‘Cholo’ Simeone tends to do what we all feared when he gets an advantage, he parked the bus once again. Having such one of the most complete rosters in Europe shouldn’t be a reason to play defensive football when you get an early lead. But Simeone understands football in this manner and there’s nothing we can do about it.
Saul seals a vital win for Atletico.
During the second half, Atletico still played that defensive style Simeone loves so much. However, they never made the spectators feel the result was in any type of danger. This is what the Colchoneros do, they make their opponent feel hopeless through defensive football.
With almost half an hour past in the second half, Saul sealed the victory with a counter-attack goal after releasing a long-range effort. This result gives Atletico Madrid a comfortable four-point lead against Real Madrid with two pending matches to play. We hadn’t seen this type of dominance from them since they won the tournament in 2014.
Player ratings
Atletico Madrid: Oblak (7), Savic (7), Trippier (7), Gimenez (7), Hermoso (7), Koke (7), Carrasco (7), Lemar (7), Llorente (7), Suarez (6), Correa (8).
Bench: Felix (6), Saul (7), Torreira (6), Felipe (6).
Sevilla: Bounou (5), Navas (5), Carlos (5), Kounde (5), Rakitic (5), Fernando (6), Ocampos (5), Acuña (5), Suso (5), Jordan (5), En-Nesyri (6).
Bench: Rodriguez (5), Oliver (5), De Jong (5), Munir (5).
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