Don’t underestimate Atletico! Oblak beats Inter, drops out of CL

Don’t underestimate Atletico! Oblak beats Inter, drops out of CL

Diego Simeone’s side were 1-0 down in the first leg, but then staged a remarkable comeback and even fell behind at the Wanda Metropolitano. They equalized to make it 2-2 and eventually won on penalties.

Cheap Alvaro Morata Football Shirts had a good chance after 28 minutes when he was free in the penalty area, but his header was well saved by Yann Sommer. Shortly afterwards, Inter opened the scoring after a fine counter-attack, in which Federico Dimarco was played in 12 meters from goal and scored his first goal to create a two-goal cushion.

However, Atletico hit back immediately when Inter failed to clear a ball and Antoine Griezmann finished from a turn.

Marcus Thuram had a great chance in the second half to win the game for Cheap Atletico Madrid soccer shirt set for kids but he missed the target with 15 minutes remaining. Memphis Depay, who came on for the stricken Morata, hit the post in the 85th minute, but the ball was back in play just seconds later and the Dutchman made no mistake.

The same applied to Rodrigo Riquelme, who was played in by Griezmann in the final minute of stoppage time and steered his shot over the crossbar.

The game went into extra time, in which Lautaro Martinez had perhaps the best chance, but he could only tip a header over.

And so it came down to a penalty shoot-out. Atletico won the penalty shoot-out in dramatic fashion: Alexis Sanchez and Davy Klaasen both failed to beat Jan Oblak and Martinez put the ball over the bar to secure victory for the hosts. Saul had missed for Atleti, but it didn’t matter in the end.

Jan Oblak! The Atletico goalkeeper saved twice from the penalty spot in the shoot-out and seems to have the aura of a truly elite goalkeeper. He made a number of important saves during normal time, but his best performance came in the most high-pressure situation imaginable. A world-class performance.

Martinez had a nightmare evening. Not only was he only on the sidelines for the entire 90 minutes, he also had a great chance to score a header in stoppage time, but botched the execution and then missed the decisive penalty that gave Atletico the win. It couldn’t have gone much worse for the Argentine, who delivered almost the exact opposite of a captain’s performance.

The weekend continues quickly for both teams: Atletico face Barcelona in an important La Liga match on Sunday, while Cheap Inter Milan soccer shirts for kids will face Napoli in Serie A on the same day.


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