Much Ado, Little Crazy – AS.com

Rub your eyes, pinch yourself if you want, but nothing will change the 0-0 score. Although it was a game for everything except 0-0. A sporting victory. The first goal of the season for Espanyol. For everything except what happened this Wednesday night at the Metropolitano. Espanyol came out with three players behind and two on the strip to cover the field, but they found an Atleti team that received them by jumping on top of them. The very high pressure with which he appeared immediately pressed his hands to the necks of Manolo Gonzalez’s charges, who, gasping for breath, saw only the balls whistling past them. Through the grass and the air, from corners and side centers. Everywhere Joan seeks the goal. And wears the wardrobe.

Because for now GrisiBarrios and Llorente were watching from afar on the bench, on the grass Koke and De Paul were turning and ordering how to press, there were Riquelme and Lino calling the flow to the left, and up front were Julian Alvarez and Sorloth. It was not far from Nahuel, but amid such intense play and a rain of balls it didn’t even seem out of place.

although it remains the same.

A thing jumped out of his boot. gong. Five minutes later, in a corner, Atletico got the ball ahead and the Argentine shot wide of the goal. This was the signal. K attacked. Atletico started to steal and attack, steal and knock knock at Joan’s door. In a minute, Spider He finished off the center on his first try roro that the Espanyol goalkeeper blocked the shot from point-blank range. Secondly, Lino did it, but with a stick. Espanyol saw only people running around them with numbers on their backs, like those little birds you see in comic books that make your head spin. Atleti performed a football storm choreography. De Paul sent each ball of wrapping paper into the area of ​​Sorloth’s head. Everything was great, everything except the ending: eight frames, everything black curranteverything is fine. Much noise, little madness. The second thing is that Spider I tried, but also got lost.

It took Espanyol 23 minutes to take the corner and 25 minutes to cross the halfway line.. The teams were going to drink water in the 30th minute after Sorloth shot too far for the ninth. Manolo Garcia’s orders at the break were clear: do not leave Koke and De Paul so free and comfortable. Once play resumed, the game had a clear chance. From Espanyol, of course.

Tejero shot low, Kral tried to shoot but only touched the ball. The ball was left open for Puado, but his shot went high, infecting the trend of the match: None of the men playing it seemed to know that the naked weapons were intended for real shooting. Another game began, another, closer to the one that Manolo González had imagined: Espanyol stood on Aguado and began to weave quick transitions. Atleti were left breathless. Only Sorloth, who arrived at half-time, headed over Joan’s goal.reminded avalanche minutes that will never return.

Simeone whistled for Sorloth to be replaced

As soon as the match resumed, Simeone made a triple substitution: the break was over. GrisiBarrios and Llorente. Espanyol took them in with a frontal strike from Aguado and Riquelme responded by opening the can. Finally. It was in the chaos after Koke missed the center in Barrios. But the goal did not last long. Three minutes of VAR intrigue: Roro was offside. The score was back to 0:0. At this hour, Manolo Gonzalez made his debut with a double substitution for Cheddiru, who welcomed the game and the league with the opportunity. Oblak, of course, stopped it. Simeone used up the intervals between whistles, sending off Sorloth and bringing on Reinildo for a hydration break.

A break that didn’t change what happened next, even though he tried to follow his orders. That Barrios was turning, that Llorente was getting in front, that they were defending at the back, although after the million-dollar summer transfers only Le Normand was new. The rest is the same as last year. Even Correa’s letter did not help Cholo. The only point was scored by Espanyol, first in the league. As many as Roro scored again in the last game. Sure, the pennant went up. Sure, the 1-0 score went down. Eternal 0-0. No matter how much shooting there is. Pinch. Or rub your eyes.

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