Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid (May 8, 2022) - The Stitch

The game is two frames, three if we count the penalty.

The first and fundamental is the change of Casemiro. The brazilian had just missed to score one goal in front of the goalkeeper, after driving the ball well on the metropolitan highway. He is then replaced and Carletto hugs him and bursts out laughing. I think he says "mediapunta", surely the experts in lip reading will clear up our doubts soon. I suspect he was openly laughing at his lousy finish. It didn't matter, Carlo came to say.

The second is Simeone freaking out, as if he were going to win the Carranza Trophy or something. It was discount time and Wanda celebrated with a roar, alleviating their fear, every time we lost possession: we spent the last 10 minutes in their area. If today we played something, we would have annihilated them, it is possible to think without greater lack of humility.

The third frame is the penalty, perfectly prepared by the director of those things, so that the referee had no choice but to whistle what in real game action is a penalty sought by an attacker who wants to fall. But there is contact and we are Madrid, and if a referee is called to the screen against Madrid, the action is against us, according to the sanchezarminiano regulation (it was not updated after his departure) of the CTA.

So we lost, but meh https://twitter.com/realmadrid/status/1523407014164328448

While we continued in the replays of Rodrygo's goal, Atleti came out with a bugle call. We were Vallejo, Lunin, Jovic and 8 more, but after two arrivals in 5 minutes we realized that at least we would have to run a little today, for what they will say if not.

As a fan, Savic puts me in the game: it would be minute 7 or so, when he kicks Nacho in the knee, without any sanction. Then he would celebrate with a similar action, already in the second part, the entrance of Vini to the field. He finished the game without difficulty, Savic I mean. His love for ligaments we cannot understand.

If we lost it didn't matter, but let's beat them, was the general thinking of Real Madrid fans, as could be detected by Twitter. After the first minutes, Atleti players dedicated themselves with more and less skill to looking for a penalty, until they found it in Vallejo, a little tricky there. I already told it above: when the referee went to the screen they already had the exact frame frozen so that it would be a penalty at eleven meters. VAR advances in LaLiga.

Before the break, Kroos (still weak) was able to put in a cannon shot more Casemiresque than Kroosesque. Almost score. And Jovic missed a rebound in front of Oblak after a good combination of Asensio and Rodrygo. It is confirmed that with our shield the goals are small for him.

After the break a similar script: we passing the minutes to see if the flute sounded, and Atleti pushing sometimes, being able to sentence but not doing it. So I remember... Lunin at least gets a clear one, Carrasco threw one at the post and Griezmann continues with his rugby streak of finding new amphitheaters in the Wanda.

After that we had the opportunity and Casemiro's laugh came, confirming that we were having a party.

The objective was to give competitive rhythm to those with less shooting and some speed to the legs of Vini, Valverde, Modric and Mendy, who came out in the final stretch to dominate and squeeze Cholo's team against their goal.

Vini was received by Savic in his style. A red one, I insist, would not have hurt. Valverde began to hear Mina Bonino in his head and began to finish off and finish off, bringing considerable danger. And then the script was fulfilled: Madrid locked up Atleti, a fear began to be breathed in the Wanda, which celebrated each of our mistakes with tremendous relief.

Today we had not summoned the God of Soccer nor were we going to finish off with the soul, so the ball did not enter. Nacho had a very clear chance, but you don't have to force these things either. Cholo greeted Carlo, he made his retirement to the locker room, everyone happy, including the mayor of Madrid. There are no injuries, so go ahead. https://twitter.com/realmadrid/status/1523412417845288962