The exercise of epic that Atlético had to do against Botafogo It soon became a chimera. 'Win, win, win and win again' Luis Aragonés came to the other side of Atlantic as soon as he Atlético was beaten by the PSG. The Simeone had no choice but to win and win Botafogo. The first happened, but not the second and those of Simeone already march to the Madrid Address. The World Cup was late and towing.
The beginning of these lines describes Atlético's performance as an early chimera due to the staging of both teams. The mordant that the rojiblancos needed was the one shown by the Brazilian team. Both with, as especially without ball. The divided moves were carried, possessed verticality and generated numerical superiority in the pressure.
Atlético failed to widen the field on the sides, even less find the space in the network of a solid and well -planted booty with the joint lines. And the rojiblancos grew the dwarves. Up to three penalties claimed Julián Álvarezwith greater burden of arguments the third, but none was consumed. In fact, when it seemed that the VAR was going to validate the aforementioned maximum penalty, said a very debatable fault of Sorloth. The VAR and its script changes.
In any case, that of the VAR is a superficial reason for the elimination of Atlético. So true is that no decision has fallen from the rojiblanco side throughout the group stage as the mattress game has not accompanied. Debuted with a debacle before the PSGthe image improved but it was halfway to Seattle and until the second half did not create a real danger about the Botafogo goal.
