Feb 23, 2026
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Atleti are waiting for Brugge in the clouds
The red and white beat Espanyol before taking on Belgium.Jofre's goal gave Espanyol the lead, but Sorlot (2), Juliano and Lookman came back.Exposito scores a 4:2 lead.
Atleti took their roller coaster to the clouds against Espanyol to host Bruges.Simeone was left unchanged for most parts, with the starting eleven and attackers, Sorloth and Griezmann up top, for Julián to rest.In the middle, the test.Se Cholo continues to look for someone to play Barrios and, given Mendoza's approval, tries Baena in Cardoson.Manolo arrived at the Metropolitano with the intention that the game would last a long time.And Espanyol and Calero, in the middle of the line of five at the back, looking for speed attacks (Jofre and Dolan) without injuries waiting for the second half, where their goals tend to happen.Although football, at night, had other plans.
Because it wasn't even six minutes into the game and Oblak picked up the ball in his own goal.It was a quick and sharp counter-attack where Hanko and Griezmann misjudged each other, Dolan stole the ball and ran hard towards Oblak, possibly fouling the Frenchman.Once in the area, Joffre fortunately finished off his high cross at the near post: he attempted a first-time left-hander and Llorente came to interfere.The ball bounced off the red and whites and gave new life to Jofre who scored almost by accident.0-1.Manolo always knows how to tick Colo. Atleti suffered from poor transitions and their own midfield.Baena was on the rise and Cardoso was not a man to spread.And Espanyol was a tight team, so Simeone Pubill kept sending the ball from his place to Luqman.but the opener could not find an opener.Welcome to the red and white Roller Coaster.The clouds had already fallen.The lift would come in the 21st minute.
Sorloth scored the trophy but half belonged to Llorente.Llorente who rode his motorcycle, took the ball to the area, and recovered in the right corner to send it with a lasso to the far post, where the Norwegian with his left foot was ready despite the parakeet pulling his shirt.The red and white goalkeeper in January made his debut in February.1-1.And after the goal, came the game.And it was the French who continued to play the music.As if he had a gun to the lamp, he opened the way for Dmitrovic.The thread was also what gave the shape of the necklace.The star who received the most scholarships in football, always there.Where everything begins and ends.It was a free clause yesterday, looking for a gap for the rival.He reached the goal twice, but on one occasion he crossed too far, one inch wide, and on the other hand he combed back without luck, after combining with Baena, his shoes a useless source of open paths and not his teammates to take full advantage.Behind him is Pubill, a lifeguard who knows how to manage the ball;and that everything is done well.Ruggeri and Llorente look more like Giuliano and Lookman, both shut down in the first half.
As soon as the second started, the name of the first rang out loudly, wrapped in ole, ole, ole.Giuliano beat Dmitrovic to finally take advantage of one of those passes that only come from the boot of 10, always leaving a teammate one-on-one.Delight.With a single tap, he disabled the entire Espanyol mechanism, which was too submerged.The slide would not move any further up.Manolo's first change was to introduce Terrats to break up the row of five.Before Chol added Julian and Koke to the game, Luqman, who was one of those who wanted to leave, celebrated his first goal in the league.To which he also gave his second part.Griezmann took the corner, Ruggeri combed it and the winger rushed to send it into the net.The truth is, he only needed half a chance to score.
Serlott hit the post with a one-on-one and Ngonge responded on the crossbar before the Norwegian scored the fourth goal.Another Ruggieri header.Although Exposito made it 4-2 with a long-range strike against Oblak, who collected the ball for his own goal every game, Atleti await Brugge on cloud nine.The first two weeks will decide the fate of this season.
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- 13 cloud
- 17 Hanco
-14 Marcos Llorente (73')
- 18 Publ.
- 3 Rugers
- 10 u-Alex Baena (60')
- 22 Lidman (60')
- 20 Giuliano (83')
- 5 Johnny
- 9 Sörloth x2
- 7 Griezmann (73')
- 16 Nahuel Molina (73')
- 15 Clement Lengle
- 21 Obed Vargas
- 33 Mario de Luis
- 1 Musso
- 19 Julian Alvarez (60')
- 2 Gimenez
- 11 Almada (73')
- 6 speed (60')
- 24 Le Normand (83') SC
- 13 Dmitrovic -
- 23 Omar
- 22 Carlos Romero -
- 38 Clemens Riedel (56')
- 5 calero
- 6 Cabrera
- 17 Joffrey (76')
- 10 shots Lozano (69')
– 24 Terese Dolan (69 inches)
- 4 Urko Gonzalez
- 19 Quique Garcia (69') -
- 1 English
- 14 Ramón Terrats (56')
- 11 Pere Mila (76')
- 20 in-Antonio Roca
- 16 Cyril Ngonge (69 feet)
- 12 José Salinas
- 8 Education Fairs (69')
-2 Ruben Sanchez
- 15 Miguel Rubio
- 30 Tristan money
- 18 Charles Pickaxe
- 9 Roberto Fernández (69')
Ramon Terratz (56', Clemens Riedel), Koke (60', Alex Baena), Julián Alvarez (60', Ademola Lukman), Edu Exposito (69', Paul Lozano), Cyril Ngonge (69', Tyrese Dolan), Roberto Fernandez (69', Quique Garcia), Thiago Almada (73', Marco Griezmann)Llorente), Pere Millo (76', Joffre Carreras), Robin Le Normand (83', Giuliano Simeone)
0-1, 5': Jofre, 1-1, 20': Serloth, 2-1, 48': Giuliano, 3-1, 57': Lookman, 4-1, 71': Sirloth, 4-2, 79': Edu Exposito
Fa'amasino: Alejandro Muniz Ruiz
Wasit VAR: Javier Iglesias Villanueva, Daniel Jesus Trujillo Suarez
Cyril Ngonge (82', Amarillo)
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