Atlético beat Espanyol in a match where controversy reigned (2-1)

The Athletic of Madrid confronted to the RCD Espanyol in the day 32 of LaLiga in research to follow adding points that amplien his advantage in the 'fight' by the places of Champions. The team of the 'Cholo' Simeone arrived to the meeting after the hard elimination of the Champions League in hands of the Manchester City, and looked for to raise of this strong hit in front of some 'parakeets' that came to win to the Celtic of Vigo the past Sunday and are more than consolidated in the half of the table.

The party began with an Athletic desenfrenado in research of a goal and an Espanyol very structured that attained to neutralise the attacks of the 'rojiblancos'. The team of Vicente Moreno kept apegado to the willing plan by the Spanish trainer and knew desordenar to an Atleti very predictable. In a moment of superiority, the group 'blanquiazul' had the played clearer of the first-half. After a kickoff of corner, Cabrera cabeceó only in the first stick and forced to Oblak to make a paradón to avoid the 'fallen' of his fence.

After this, the meeting 'thickened' and both teams kept to the margin to run some risk. However, to minutes to arrive to the rest, Wanda Metropolitan 'shook' after two events that starred the colchoneros. The first took place in the minute 41, when Joao Félix fell in the area demanding a pisotón of Sergi Gómez that the VAR did not see like sancionable. The second arrived in the last seconds, before the referee gave the pitido final of the first part. Thomas Lemar felt the left thigh after a run by the band and fell tended to the flat, for afterwards be withdrawn of the terrain of game with the help of his mates.

A second full time of controversy

The second half aimed to be very distinct for the Athletic of Madrid. The Cholo, conscious of the importance of not losing points to these heights of the championship, 'shook the 'tree' and entered 3 offensive changes for 'change him the expensive' to the team in attack. They left Lemar, Joãor Félix and Vrsaljko to give him gone in to Griezmann, Cunha and Carrasco, and go that they worked him the replacements. To the minute 52, Carrasco took advantage of a balloon sent by Cunha for 'break' the tie and put the 1-0 in the marker.

But, to the minute 71 the panorama him 'painted' of 'black' to the 'rojiblancos'. Kondogbia Was expelled after having him struck the balloon in the hand afterwards to rebound in Felipe. This situation was taken advantage of by R.D.T., that in the shot of back fault to the infringement committed by the French, commanded the ball at the end of the network after an error garrafal of Oblak, that did not know to control the shot and put 'tables in the marker'.

However, the greater controversy of the meeting arrived in the last minute of the party. A centre of the Atleti hit in the arms of the same R.D.T., that had jumped to clear the balloon. After the review of the VAR, the referee decreed a penalti, what less controversial, that Carrasco turned into goal, giving him the victory by 2-1 to some 'colchoneros' that, momentáneamente, are equalised in points with the Seville, that plays the night of the Sunday in front of the Madrid, and to the Barça, that has two parties less.