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Marcos Llorente, in a played of the crash between the Elche and Athletic

A PENAL FAILED CHANGED THE HISTORY

The Atleti saves in front of the Elche (0-1) and are still in the highest of LaLiga

Published:1/05/2021 - 18:08h

Updated:1/05/2021 - 18:13h

The Athletic has achieved an important victory in the Martínez Valero to keep in the highest of the classification of LaLiga and put more pressure to the Madrid and Barça

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The Elche was the victim of the Athletic of Madrid to recover feelings in LaLiga and not yielding metres in the career by the championship. The 'colchoneros' saved in Elche and already are conscious, more than ever, that they depend on yes same and that, if they win everything, will be champions of Spain, by what have not wanted to lose the opportunity to add three points importantísimos in the Martínez Valero to put pressure to the Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Seville.

The ones of Simeone jumped to the field in research of a goal that put them in the party, with constant approaches to the area defended by Gazzaniga. Luis Suárez, that went back to the titularity, had the first opportunity that went up him the rhythm to the party. A jugadón of the Atleti that finished with the Uruguayan leaving happen the balloon in the frontal, so that Correa gave it back to him of heel. The 'Gunman' did not hit in the definition and shot was, hit to the stick.

After the chamber of hour, the Atleti went back to the attack. Savic Had gone out with the balloon, leaving to Marcos Llorente only in front of the guardameta franjiverde. The ex of the Madrid left him the balloon to Suárez so that it finished to pleasure in the second stick. The spherical touched the crossbar before going in, but the so much did not finish going up to the marker, por a light offside of the Uruguayan, almost milimétrico, that denied him his celebration of goal.

The pressure of the Madrilenian was asfixiante and the goal to open the tin did not take in arriving. In the 23', Carrasco won the line faith bottom, put the balloon backwards for Llorente, whose shot hit in a rival diverting the spherical, that finished deceiving to the goalkeeper to put 0-1. The Elche wanted to react, won metres in the field, but Jan Oblak did not have important work, with the ones of Fran Escribá doing with the possession, but without happening the three chambers of the field.

The Elche looked for the tie

Before the referee pitara the end of the first part, the Atleti asked a penal. Carrasco Had commanded a shot inside the area and the spherical hit him in the hip of a defender of the Elche. The maximum penalty had been signalled, but after review in the VAR, cancelled the launching. The 'colchoneros' wanted to go to the rest with a more important advantage, but the technology was not of his side.

Already in the second act, the Atleti went down the rhythm considerably and the ones of Escribá won metres in thefield , but still without danger. When worse were the rojiblancos, Luis Suárez went back to mark, but also in position irreglamentaria. Correa had filtered for the charrúa, but was advanced when it beat to pleasure in front of Gazzaniga.

Shortly after it was the Elche that demanded a penal, after Perre Mile fell inside the area after receiving a push, but the referee no pitó at all. In the last ten minutes of party, the ilicitanos put the foot in the accelerator and arrived to incomodar to Jan Oblak, but the Belgian was very attentive to go out by up to trap a hanged balloon to the area of the Athletic, without any complication. The Elche wanted the tie and had the perfect occasion after doing with a penal in the last compasses of the meeting, but the stick denied him the goal to the venues.

With this complicadísima but important, the Athletic of Madrid keeps in the highest of the classification of LaLiga Santander, but no longer depend on yes same to carry the title. The rojiblancos add 76 points, by the 71 of the Madrid and Barça or the 70 of the Seville.

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