TIt was one of the busiest Saturdays for the athleticthose of Simeone appeared in Turn to close their preseason. Seeing how the weekend had passed, the lawn of the Ciudad Deportiva Continassa did not seem like the best setting to get out of there without frights. Sunday morning had left several of the heavyweights of the mattress template on the ground and there were already a few who had put on the bandage before having the wound. Normal on the other hand seeing the history of some of those involved.
Returning to the game and counting on the casualties of Oblak and Gimnez, in addition to De Paul and Felipe fixes it throughout the preseason, Atlético jumped into the Turin clash with a team that could perfectly be the starter of any League match. Sal, Joao Flix, Witsel, Koke… Many were the ones who showed a good part of their virtues, but the one who particularly wanted the match was lvaro Morata. Madrid was responsible for liquidating Juve with three goals in their only three shots.
As we said at the beginning of this chronicle, the pitch was far from ideal for a match between two teams that will shine in the Champions League this season. Without an audience in the stadium, the cries of the soccer players were once again the protagonists as in times of pandemic. Atltico also recovered some of the virtues that made it champion of the League two seasons ago, it is good for those of Cholo to play behind closed doors. Pressure, speed with the ball… With Koke of ‘5’. As long as the headlines lasted, the rojiblancos were far superior to Juve.
The game had little history, absolute dominance of Atlético and a bruise in protagonist plan before his exes. He scored three goals, forced fouls, created spaces, connected with Joao… In short, a very complete game from Madrid that makes it clear that it will be important in Cholo’s plans.
What does not change, whatever the season, are the blows Joao receives from his rivals. The Portuguese has a magnet. He could not round off his good game after missing a penalty that came by the way from one of Atltico’s best plays. It seems that the Portuguese has definitely found his place with Simeone.
After the sentence in the form of a triplet of bruise the carousel of changes arrived. this time they were Koke Y witsel those who remained in the field. The names changed but the rojiblanco domain did not change. The ball was a mattress in the 90s. Wass again as a central player, Carrasco as a right-handed lane, Cunha and Lodi returned after their absences in the previous clashes… Even the Brazilian striker rounded off a win in which he was able to debut as a rojiblanco Marco Moreno. The tests are over and it seems that Cholo is finding enough volunteers to form a competitive team.