Atlético continues its streak at the Metropolitano with a great goal from Griezmann

It was a good break for Atlético and for Simeone. Back from the selection window, everyone tired, but healthy. More than what the two rivals that the rojiblancos have for the title can say. Because, this year yes, Atlético is there with a solid and mechanical game. Without fissures. In the mold of his coach. He won and he deserved it. Match by match. [Narration and Statistics 1-0]

A mold that perhaps the Simeone of 2012 would not recognize, but the Argentine is not the same as he was 11 years ago. They are not in their template either.. In fact, there is only one player who survives the passage of time, maturing like fine wine.. A player who today played no more and no less than 600 games with the red and white jacket. His name is Jorge and, like his last name, he has practiced resurrection at various times, but always with the help of the Argentine coach.

However, the first one to warn was the new Koke. Pablo Barrios filtered a beautiful cross pass that Morata narrowly missed. Atlético started with an infernal pace against a Mallorca that had not competed for 21 days. In the first five minutes it was not known who had accumulated the most minutes in the international break. The red and white ones were motorcycles.

And Lino, a Repsol Honda from the good times of Marc Márquez. Every ball he touched challenged the defender regardless of where he was on the field.. Until he caught not one but two defenders at the top of the opposing area and showed them his license plate after two dribbles at 200 per hour.. Then she gave way to Correa who, from the penalty spot, sent her up.

Another who has put power back into the engine has been Llorente. In an effort of 40 meters, he recovered 20 from Abdon Prats when the Mallorcan already looked eager to face Oblak. The Mallorcan striker has quality, but he is not Muriqi. The Kosovar contributes a lot to Javier Aguirre's game. He throws washers at them and he puts them down and puts them to play and that, on a team with a low block, means a world.

After the first half hour, the game lost steam. Atlético lowered its intensity and Mallorca took the opportunity to distance itself a few more meters from Rajkovic's goal. The red-and-white monologue was maintained, but with less edge. Only a corner that Hermoso finished high could be considered worthy of being called a chance, and he was caught in what Medina Cantalejo does not consider worthy of being called a penalty and describes it as a penalty.. Summary: 0 shots on goal from both teams in 45 minutes. He could have been the first on the stroke of half-time, but a well-conducted counterattack by the red-and-white attacking players ended up poorly resolved by Lino, who had Griezmann unmarked.. He decided to shoot and blocked the defense.

Griezman and Mr Hide

Note that we have just named Griezmann and there are only a few lines left to finish the chronicle.. “I'm very good,” he responded online to those who questioned the Frenchman's saturation of games, 180 minutes in the recent break.. The Frenchman, the apex of the Atletico attack, did not find the rhythm or the position that he performed so well against Celtic in the Champions League.

We have hardly mentioned Morata either. The man from Madrid appeared at the beginning of the second half with a powerful but focused header, from the center of Azpilicueta. 10 minutes later, Morata missed a clear shot after another spectacular play by Lino, the best red and white of the match along with Koke.

But Griezmann always has time to fix games and spoil chronicles. The Frenchman, second top scorer in Atlético's history with 170 goals, surpassing Adrián Escudero with yesterday's goal, headed a good cross from Hermoso into Rajkovic's squad.. That's what geniuses have, they don't need a painting, just a brushstroke.

The goal changed the script of the game a little, with more dangerous exits from Mallorca more due to errors by the red and white players than due to their own successes.. Larin scared after a commotion in the Oblak area and then Lato with a volley from outside the area. And the last one was from Amath, the clearest of all. Alone and with a field against Oblak, he was shrinking as he approached the Slovenian until he failed. There was time for Memphis' redebut and little else. Atlético is already third with one game less.