Football encompasses many intangibles and one of them, only one of them, is sport. There was very little of passing the ball, dribbling and scoring in the Metropolitan. Only intermittent fragments of Griezmann. He Getafeguided by Bordalás’ libretto, turned his visit to the Atlético of Simeone in a tortuous appointment with the dentist for the red and whites.
Interruptions, waste of time, complaints, messages in the form of kicks, blue men on the ground… Of that, the meeting was plenty. Better for Getafe, installed in the danger zone of the championship, worse for Atlético, immersed in the fight for the leadership. The red and whites fell in the blue framework that, as the timer runs, the greater the effect it has.
The slowness proposed by Getafe led to mattress inaccuracies resulting from frustration. Although football, returning to the front line, is fear, emotion, nerves… An accumulation of intangibles. In acting, perhaps one of the most important, Simeone shines. The one in the black suit once again successfully resolved the equation of the match by clearing up the mystery from the bench.
Again, and they go… The more than 60,000 fans, dressed in the hat and turned into christmasthey close football 2024 with their team launched. Fully involved in the fight for the league title after the eleventh consecutive victory. Atlético rides a motorcycle, it has been borrowed from Jorge Martín, MotoGP world champion and self-confessed red-and-white fan who was honored at the Metropolitano.
Linen Flashing
The Brazilian moves like a tightrope walker between success and error. His season has had everything, although more of the second than the first. He redeemed himself against Sevilla, with a big shot, but he foundered again against Getafe. He sinned again in decision making. Both to define and to influence from the side.
Simeone does it again
How many games have Atlético won from the bench? The one from Getafe was another one of them. The red and whites could not find the way to harm the concrete wall built by Bordalás.
