Victory, victory, victory and victory again - that's football. They were words Luisa Aragonesa, more precisely the football philosophy of the famous "turtle" and legend of Atletico Madrid.
And that's exactly what his beloved club is all about this season - a machine for winning, regardless of whether he plays well or has to suffer and defend himself like he did against Barcelona two nights ago (2:1).
- And victory again - Marko used the words of the former player and coach of Athletics for her cover, using the word victory 12 times to remind that the "Kolćeneros" are in a series of so many triumphs in all competitions.
For a long time it seemed that the team Diego Simeone lost their way to Montjuic hill on Saturday evening, Barcelona dominated for the whole hour, played well and created chances... However, it was only Pedri managed to shake the net Jan Oblak, and after the lob Rafinje stopped by the crossbar, Atlético seemed to feel that he was alive again.
Just moments later Rodrigo from Paul equalized, Atlético continued to defend and waited for another chance, which arrived in the 96th minute when Alexander Serlot knocked the ball into the goal after a counterattack.
- Gigantic - was the cover of "Asa", another Madrid newspaper.
As expected, the Catalan media were as depressed as the players Hansia Flick.
- Cruel defeat - wrote "Mundo Deportivo".
Victory in Barcelona after almost 19 years
Diego Simeone from the first days on the bench of the "colconeros" (today is exactly 13 years since he took over the club) brought Atlético back to the big stories, he was the champion of Spain, played in two finals of the Champions League, won the Europa League, but he didn't until now he didn't know how to demolish Barcelona in their stadium. And, the post in Catalonia lasted almost 19 years, more precisely since February 2006 when the club from Madrid led Pepe Murcia.
Now he has finally succeeded, but he admits that his team has been in a subordinate position for a long time.
- We were humble enough to suffer and defend against a team that plays very well. They were far better than us in the first half and until our goal - the Argentine expert is realistic.
Kings of referee compensation
In the current part of the season, Atletico scored as many as 13 goals in stoppage time, and many of them were for victories or to avoid defeat, such as against Real for 1:1 or precisely in the match with Barça for triumph.
Serlot decided against "Monžuik" with his eighth goal in La Liga this season, after entering the game in the 73rd minute.
- It's a team, when one player leaves, another comes in and responds in the right way - added Ćolo.
Flik: We are disappointed, but life goes on
After a great start to the season, Barcelona slowed down, quickly lost their advantage at the top, and after the defeat against Atlético, handed over the leadership position to Atlético. This was the third defeat of the Catalans at home - before Atlético, Las Palmas and Leganes celebrated at "Montjuic".
- We lost against Las Palmas and Leganes, but we played an incredible match against Atlético and in the end we were not rewarded there either - maybe this break comes at the right time - said Hansi Flick, coach of Barca.
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defeats were registered by Barcelona in the last seven La Liga matches, all after opening the season with 11 victories and a defeat
The German expert emphasized that everyone together must learn from such matches.
- It is not normal that we lost a big advantage so quickly and we will have to work on it... After the break we will show how strong we are. We are very disappointed by the defeat against Atletko, but life goes on - concluded Flik.
La Liga now goes on a New Year's break, and everything resumes in the first days of 2025.
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