CHAIN SER
It was a vibrant, brave, colorful game. A derby in every rule. No matter how much you play in the middle of August. A derby where Atletico was much more solid and made a Madrid that had just started an era. The post-Christian era. The rojiblancos got the victory in an extension where they were much more lethal with so many of Saúl and Koke.
The match also started with so many rojiblancos. Because not even the first minute of the match had been fulfilled when Atlético scored. He signed Diego Costa, who took advantage of the initial chaos of Ramos first and Varane later, to overtake his own in the second 54 match with a shot to shoot shot to Keylor Navas. It was, in fact, quickest goal in any European final.
Soon the team of Lopetegui realized, where Modric was not home, that he did not have any other than owning the ball to try to get closer to Oblak’s goal. He did so. That push of the whites made the Cholo team go back some twenty meters.
They became protagonists Asensio, Benzema and Bale, knowing everything that is expected of them in this post-Christian era. After the Balearic had a clear occasion fulfilled the first quarter of an hour, derailed by a great Oblak, it was the Frenchman who scored the equalizer goal, in the 26th minute, after a pass from Bale.
A speedy Welsh internship on the right, in which he left behind Lucas Hernández, who today played on the side instead of Filipe Luis, ended with a pass to the far post that ended with the head Benzema, one of the most outstanding of his team in the first act.
Atletico wanted in the second half to change the plan and around the locker room it became more bossy. With Saúl and Rodrigo more protagonist, Cholo’s team had more touch and more intention.
But the Argentine coach, who did not see the match on the bench by penalty, did not see things very clear and ten minutes into this second act decided to take the field to Antoine Griezmann, who made one of his worst games with the red and white shirt, and gave entrance to Correa. Also Lopetegui, who wanted to regain control of the ball, took the same moment to change trading cards. Modric entered and Marco Asensio left.
With the Croatian and with the rudder of the whites, the Madridistas came closer to Oblak’s goal. In a corner kick while Juanfran tried to prevent Benzema from finishing, he touched the ball with his hand and the referee did not hesitate to call a penalty. As in the UEFA competitions there is no VAR, there was no further discussion. Without Cristiano already in the team, it was Sergio Ramos, we’ll see if he will always be the one in charge of shooting the penalty. It was marked by the captain with paradinha included.
Far from falling to the canvas, Atlético overcame this white shot. The prize came in the form of a goal with ten minutes to go. The author? Diego Costa again. He took a good pass from Correa and again a real Madrid defense, as in the first goal. Although this time it was Marcelo’s.
The party died without anything to put in their mouths. Already in overtime the game was dyed white from the start because Atletico waited on his field and let the men of Lopetegui. But in those the game was going when first Saul, a true expert in making superb goals in the best scenarios, signed the third of the Athletic and then Koke the fourth. The second part of the extension was a want and I can not of Madrid.
DATA SHEET:
Real Madrid: Keylor Navas; Carvajal, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Casemiro (Dani Ceballos, m.76), Kroos (Borja Mayoral, m.102); Isco (Lucas Vazquez, 83), Marco Asensio (Modric, 57), Bale; and Benzema.
Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Juanfran, Savic, Godín, Lucas; Lemar (Thomas, m.90), Rodri (Vitolo, m.71), Saul, Koke; Griezmann (Correa, m.57) and Diego Costa (Giménez, m.108).
Goals: 0-1, m. 1: Diego Costa, of individual play, with a double header and a right hand with little angle inside the area. 1-1, m. 27: Benzema heads a cross from Bale’s right wing. 2-1, m. 62: Sergio Ramos, penalty. 2-2, m. 78: Diego Costa rivets a center of Correa. 2-3, m. 98: Saul, with a volley with the left. 2-4, m. 104: Koke, a pass from Vitolo.
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland). Amonestó Marco Asensio (m.35), Marcelo (m.54) and Dani Ceballos (m.91 +), for Real Madrid, and Correa (m.60) and Diego Costa (m. 61), for Atlético from Madrid.
Incidents: match for the European Super Cup, played at the Lillekula stadium in Tallinn before some 12,500 spectators.