𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐯𝐬. 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥: 𝐕𝐀𝐑 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝟏-𝟏 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰. 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬' 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭-𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤.
𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐳 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐱, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐞𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝟐𝟎-𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝.
Shortly before halftime, Gyokeres was shoved over in the box by David Hancko, and the Gunners striker pulled himself up to smash home his spot-kick, breaking the deadlock for Arsenal.
At halftime, Simeone changed his lineup to 3-4-3, and his team was eager to equalize. Before they scored, Alvarez powered home a penalty after Ben White handled Marcos Llorente's sliced shot. Ademola Lookman fired straight at David Raya, Antoine Griezmann had a shot courageously stopped by Gabriel Magalhaes, and Alvarez curled a free-kick just wide.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐳𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐨, 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐀𝐑. 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠.
𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐤 (𝟔/𝟏𝟎):
𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬' 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜.
𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬 (𝟔/𝟏𝟎):
𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 (𝟔/𝟏𝟎):
𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞.
Industrious as always but struggled to get the better of Hincapie. He might have been forced off at halftime due to an injury he sustained in the first half.
Julian Alvarez (6 out of 10):
Partly at fault for the opening goal as his poor hold-up play but the Atletico defence under pressure. did, however, display a great deal of threat in the attack, and after approaching from a distance twice, he made no mistakes from the spot. Forced off with an injury that Atleti hopes won't prevent him from playing in the second leg.
Ademola Lookman (5/10):
caused White a lot of issues, but his finishing and final ball were both poor. missed three significant opportunities following the intermission.
