2-1. A crazy, beautiful victory that Griezmann decided – MUNDO DEPORTIVO

How beautiful is football! After a rough game between two very physical teams in the 90th minute the goals began. Hermoso opened the scoring, reconciled with the fans and then an involuntary hand in the area led to a 1-1 penalty. Already in the 100th minute, yes 100, Griezmann took advantage of an extension by Witsel to make it 2-1. Total madness!. Three points for Atlético de Madrid against Porto at this start of the Champions League. The first half hour was trial and error with two teams that wanted to impose their rhythm on the match. The colchoneros sought to recover quickly with a very brave forward pressure, which was then accompanied by quick transitions. So much so that Simeone came to ask for calm. The bands were authentic war zones, Nahuel Molina and Marcos Llorente became the most dangerous on the right, while Carrasco and Saúl suffered in some sets with the other Pepe. Gallery The images of Atlético de Madrid – Porto EFE To highlight in this first half a good chance of a free kick by Carrasco that skimmed the crossbar. The foul had been caused by Joao Félix who once again took a step forward to be the team’s most important player. Every time the ball passed through his boots things happened. Even recovering balls in the pressure in one of them, he could have messed up the oriented control. In the end Pepe, the central, prevented it from going to majors. In minute 36 came the only shot on goal. Koke did it after a cross from Yannick with which no one connected in the area. Diogo Costa stopped him without problems. For its part, Porto found the legs of the mattress defenders on several occasions. On some occasions it was Witsel, on others Giménez or even Saúl. It seemed that his best chance had been a header from Taremi that ended with a one-on-one almost without an angle against Oblak. He went outside. But the big scare of the first half really came at the brink of halftime. Minute 46 when Taremi left inside Giménez’s area and I passed him behind him, he didn’t find anyone… by a miracle. I sigh at the Metropolitan. The war in the bands must not have liked Cholo and that is why for the second part he made two changes to his team and removed the two lanes. On the right he took out Nahuel Molina who had left better feelings than other days, and on the left Carrasco who had had a bad time with Pepe. One of those who entered was Lemar who, with his combinations, caused Joao to continue growing in the match. And the other was De Paul, who after five minutes put in a center that cleared the defense and sent Koke to the cage from the front. A great goal that was annulled for offside by the Argentine at the start of the action. Before the disallowed goal, Taremi was able to take advantage of a rude mistake by Giménez. And a few minutes later it was Eustaquio who scared the Metropolitan with a shot from outside the area that forced Oblak to show off. Simeone decided to go for it all and put Griezmann on the field for Saúl, returning to the four centrals. The play went so badly with a shot from Evanilson and the clearest chance in a one-on-one from Joao Mario that Cholo brought on Hermoso three minutes later. If sometimes Simeone messes with the system, this was one of the times. But that did not stop a Porto that continued to generate danger. The only one who seemed to be in danger was Joao, but Cholo decided to change him and the stadium was divided between those who whistled for the change and those who applauded the Portuguese. Correa entered his place. A change that ended up having its effect for other reasons. First due to Otavio’s injury that cooled the game and then due to Taremi’s fair expulsion after simulating a penalty. It seemed all the fish sold… but the goals were missing. Hermoso showed his face by scoring the 1-0 after a great play by Correa, and a shot to the edge that hit a defender. And Hermoso gave the cross when the ball hit him in the hand, and the referee signaled a penalty. Uribe scored, despite the fact that Oblak guessed the intention. Well, when the 1-1 was considered closed in the 100th minute, Witsel extended a corner to the far post and Griezmann made the final 2-1. AT. MADRID 21 PORTO Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Molina (De Paul, m. 46), Giménez, Witsel, Reinildo, Carrasco (Lemar, m. 46); Llorente, Koke, Saúl (Griezmann, m. 60); Joao Félix (Correa, m. 70), Morata (Hermoso, m. 67).

Porto: Diogo Costa; Pepê (Joao Mario, d. 61), Pepe, Carmo, Zaidu; Octavio (Bruno Costa, m. 77), Eustaquio, Uribe, Galeno (Verón, m. 88); Evanilson (Toni Martínez, m. 77) and Taremi.Goals: 1-0, m. 91: Beautiful. 1-1, m. 95: Uribe, from a penalty. 2-1, m. 101: Griezmann. Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland). He expelled Taremi for a double yellow card (m. 81). He admonished the locals Koke (m. 55) and Hermoso (m. 94) and the visitors Pepê (m. 52) and Joao Mario (m. 67). Incidents: match corresponding to the first day of group B of the Liga de Champions, played at the Metropolitan Stadium before 51,777 spectators. see game file