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Golden match. Barcelona – Atlético. The day before – football.ua

The Spanish liaison presents a preview of the match in which the champion of Spain will be determined today.

The amazing Spanish season, before turning a pen and leaving until August for a well-deserved rest, treats with its rare dessert dish – the meeting at the Camp Nou has the status of a golden match. Naturally, with small assumptions: Atlético would be fine with a draw, but Barça are playing at home. At the same time, the game form of the two teams playing the championship remains a mystery: Atleti, having issued an epoch-making series of 9victories in a row, in his two last fights he stumbled inexpressively – against Levante away and Malaga at home; Barcelona, on the other hand, almost officially said goodbye to the championship and at the finish line slipped into a frank play-off (a defeat and two draws in the last five matches), but the failures of the two Madrid clubs did everything to make the intrigue dramatically drag on until the very final credits.

Tata Martino never defeated Atlético this season, but the Barcelona junta, which acted rather ugly, in fact, conducting almost open negotiations with Luis Enrique under the current coach, has recently been trying to correct the situation through psychological methods: here and a beautiful farewell to Puyol; and prolongation of contracts with Messi and Pique, which is always a powerful incentive for football players; and appeals of players to fans; and the conceived beautiful coreo at the Camp Nou; and calls to win the championship for Tito.

Sending players to the decisive battle, the management strives to get to the thin strings of the blue-garnet philosophy (traditions, memory, fans, home arena), and preempts all emerging issues with the motto “With a shield or on a shield!”: it doesn’t matter what tactics he chooses for a Tata Martino match or something similar – the idea is that the largest European stadium will drive forward a team in which top-level masters perform. And an emotionally charged Barca is able to win one match in any condition and against any opponent.

As for the team of Diego Simeone, it made an unacceptable mistake in the previous round, failing to beat the unmotivated Malaga on its field – now, instead of the honorary corridor Cholo Team in the capital of Catalonia, Barca will be waiting, which can honorably close, in general, unsuccessful season for myself. Aggression, wrestling, standards, the second floor, the magnificent Courtois, the asocial Diego Costa – all these trump cards of the capital’s football players are well known, and all of them have become an insoluble problem for the Blaugranas every time this season. In order to prevent the Catalans from knocking out three points on psychology and morale, Diego Simeone will also use a motivating charge, and he is doing very well so far: Atletico, under the leadership of El Cholo, took part in 4 finals and won 3 of them. Only a two-legged confrontation with Barça in the Spanish Super Cup did not end with Victoria, in which two draws were recorded, and the Catalans celebrated the victory due to an away goal.

The clubs have played 170 matches in La Liga, Copa del Rey, the national Super Cup and the Champions League. Barça have the advantage: 75 wins, 40 draws and 55 losses with a goal difference of 327:255.

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Fact

• Barcelona and Atlético are Spain’s second and third most league-winning teams. Barça have 22 gold, Atleti have 9.
• Atlético have not won La Liga for 18 years since 1995/96.
• Atlético have not won a Camp Nou title since 2005 and have always returned to Madrid without points since 2006.
• The final match will be the 6th match for the teams this season. In the five previous matches, a draw was recorded four times and the victory was celebrated once by Matrasniki. Barça won the Spanish Super Cup against Atlético, but Cholo Team’s revenge was terrible: his team knocked the Catalans out of the Champions League.
• Tata Martino vs Atlético: +0, =4, -1.
• Diego Simeone vs Barcelona: +1, =4, -3.
• Barça have only scored twice against Atlético Madrid in their last five matches. Both goals were scored by Neymar.
• Messi is considered the Mattress Specialist with 20 goals and three hat-tricks.
• Diego Simeone, when he took over as Atleti coach, failed to beat only 3 teams in Liga: Racing, Gijon and Barça.
• Kules in home matches This season’s examples: +16, =1, -1, 63:14.
• Mattresses in away matches Examples of the current season: +13, =1, -4, 27:15.

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You can’t take words out of a song

Tata Martino, Barcelona head coach: “Footballers realize that they have a unique opportunity to win La Liga in front of their fans. The result of the match with Atletico will not affect my future career in any way, but I want to win this match with all my heart. Our opponent feels uncomfortable when he concedes first, and of course we will try to use it. The key to a winning result is attacking football. Signing a new contract with Messi is very important as it will give Leo peace of mind – negotiations have been long. Barça still retains the best player in the world. Those players who have recently been injured are not in the best condition, but they do not need to play six games in a row. They only have ninety minutes to play. Puyol? He is a great player and a great person.”

Diego Simeone, Atlético coach: “We live in the present, our journey is from game to game, so at the moment we don’t have any thoughts about the Champions League. Thoughts only about Barca. My guys have done a great job, and the fact that Spain has a club that can compete with Barça and Madrid will only benefit La Liga, because without competition there is no development. I think Barça will try to attack us from the very beginning in front of their fans. We are ready for this, although, I admit that we have the most difficult match since I took over at Atlético. Diego Costa trained yesterday with the general group, he does not have any health problems, so he should start today.”

Adriano, Barcelona defender: “We are aware of Atlético’s strengths. Simeone makes his players fight for every meter of the football field, which is reflected in the game that Atleti demonstrates and in their football philosophy. We will leave all our strength on the field to dedicate the title to Tito Vilanova. We must draw strength even where there is none.”

Gaby, Atlético midfielder: “La Liga has been a bipolar tournament lately and to help avoid that, we have to die for the result at the Camp Nou. We are comfortable both when we have the ball and when the opponent has the ball – this is our fundamental difference from Barça. As for the World Cup, I can only say that I wish the Spanish national team and all its players success in this tournament – even if I don’t go there, I always support Furia. ”

Koke, Atlético midfielder: “The match against Barcelona is very special – we can prove that we can make our dream come true. Psychologically, we are strong and are not distracted by extraneous stimuli: the coach teaches us to live football from game to game. When the game is over, we will think about the next opponent. I think the secret to Atlético’s success lies in changing the mentality – this is the most important thing that Diego Simeone has given to our team.”

Man in black

Chief Arbiter – Antonio Miguel Mateu Laos (Valencian Community), 36 years old, physical education teacher by profession. That is, a physical education teacher.

From the age of 15 he refereed the matches of children’s regional leagues. Since 1999 he has been the referee of Tercera, since 2002 he has been the referee of Segunda B, in 2004 he received the right to serve the matches of the Segunda, since 2008 he has been the referee of Examples. In 2011 he was awarded an international category.

Has an extremely unusual and uncharacteristic for Spain manner of refereeing, preferring first to have long discussions with the players, and only then, after a repeated violation, to punish with cards. For this he was both praised and criticized. In Spain, Jose Mourinho was known as a favorite referee – the Portuguese entrenador himself said this. In addition, Real Madrid has never lost if the match with his participation was refereeed by Mateu Laos (more than 10 games), but this tradition was interrupted this season by Atletico Diego Simeone.

Atlético with Mateu Laos: +10, =4, -3. – 4 penalties.
Barcelona with Mateu Laos: +10, =4, -1. +3 penalties.

In the first round, I refereeed the match between Atlético and Barcelona, which ended in a goalless draw.

Winner of Trofeo Guruchet, best referee award Examples: 2010/11.

The detachment did not notice the loss of a soldier

Barcelona:
Valdes /rehabilitation course after cruciate ligament rupture of the right knee/

Atlético:
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In the world of memes

Golden match confrontations.

Carles Puyol: the best feature in one photo.

The last round of the beautiful La Liga…

Pinto can become a goalkeeping coach in Barcelona.
The topic of the first lesson: how to bring your own fans to a pre-infarction state.

Atlético: it’s not about the budget.

Leaders Examples at the finish of the national championship

Atlético and Barça: differences in preparation before the decisive match /Tata Martino invited the team to a barbecue/.

Athlete getting ready to park at the Camp Nou.

Rescuing Willy Caballero in the final minutes of the Atlético-Malaga game. If it were not for him, there would be no golden match.

Indicative compounds

Barça go out to win in front of their fans to brighten up a season that cannot be called successful in any way. The Catalans have never been considered a fighting team. It’s time to prove that Barça can win with sweat and blood.

38-year-old will take the place in goal Pinto / fights against Atlético in all tournaments: +6, =1, -3, shutouts: 1, goals: -12, JC: 1, CC: 1, average score for the season from Who Scored: 6.83/ , who will play his final match for the blue garnets and will certainly try to finish his Camp Nou performances on a positive note.

In place of the right lateral – traditional Daniel Alves /+14, =5, -6, goals: +3, JK: 11, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.43/ , who will face the Ottoman warrior Arda Turan. Considering the status of the match, we should expect more attentive defensive actions from the Brazilian, and not just permanent runs forward – however, they will still be, you can’t deceive the heart. Carles Puyol has already said that he is not ready to play: thus, in the center of defense, most likely, a link consisting of a barely recovered 9 will be involved0016 Piqué /+10, =4, -0, Goals: +1, JC: 3, CC: 0, WhoS: 7. 51/ and holding haw with displaced landmarks Javier Mascherano /+3, =4, -1 , goals: 0, JK: 3, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.13/ . Of course, Bartra’s exit is also possible, but it seems that Martino will prefer Piqué anyway. The far left in the defensive quartet is Jordi Alba /+4, =8, -3, goals: 0, JC: 6, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.05/, and he will have the hardest job of guarding Koke.

Busquets /+10, =4, -2, goals: +1, JC: 6, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.27/ will enter the only vacant position of a pivot hava. In the center of the field, he will be assisted by the creators of the Blaugranas in the person of Xavi /+12, =8, -9, goals: +1, JK: 0, KK: 0, WhoS: 7.06/ and Fabregas /+3, = 4, -1, goals: 0, JK: 3, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.31/ . The whole trio will have to cope with the viscous struggle that Atlético players will impose, and in addition, all three will try to maintain high pressure when losing the ball and trying to counterattack Matrasnikov.

9 will appear on the right in attack0016 Alexis Sanchez /+3, =4, -1, goals: +1, JC: 2, RCC: 0, WhoS: 7.52/ , for whom the season is statistically successful, but in fact Barça are ready to sell the Chilean for an adequate price . On the left side of the attack we will see Andres Iniesta /+11, =6, -6, goals: +1, JC: 2, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.37/ , who got in pretty good shape by the end of the temporade. And, finally, nominally in the center of the attack, but in reality – wherever it wants, the main tool of the Catalans will act – Lionel Messi / +12, =4, -5, goals: +20, LCD: 3, CC: 0 , WhoS: 8.46/ .

The transfer of Iniesta from the middle zone to the front line will be due to the caution of the Barcelona coach and the need, in which case, to have a numerical advantage in the central circle, since the “Pale Knight”, wherever he is, always falls deep behind the ball. Neymar’s recent injury and Pedro’s poor form are unlikely to see these strikers appear in a blue garnet start, but Neymar, who has proven ability to score against Atleti, could come on as a substitute to be used as a wild card.

Barça will go ahead from the beginning and try to score an early goal, which will mentally calm the team. An early goal is vital for Kules, because the longer the hosts can’t score it, the more nervous they will be. The most important factor seems to be precisely the emotional mood – in tactical and game terms, Barca is not able to offer something new. But the focus on the result (remember the last 20 minutes of Catalonia at home in the Champions League match against Matrasnikov) is precisely the component against which it will be very difficult for the opponent to find any intelligible antidote. The main thing is that Barca should be able to discover this very charge in itself.

As always, the weak side of the Catalan team is the line of defense, in which the nominal defensive half is concentrated; two laterals who are unconditional attackers in their souls; a defender who had just left the infirmary; and a veteran in the “frame”, to whom all the pharmacy points of Barcelona pray – it is there that the fans of the Blaugranas stock up with validol, having learned that Pinto will defend the gate. Let’s not forget that any standard near the Catalan penalty area is fraught with danger by default: Barça are frankly bad in the game on the second floor, while Atlético are certainly good in this component.

To win the long-awaited championship, Diego Simeone will reduce any risks to a minimum. Atlético knows how to play number two, knows how to suffer defensively, knows how to “park the bus” and knows how to keep its gates shut. True, now this lock will try to open the most dangerous of all safecrackers – a great specialist in terms of selecting the necessary master keys.

Thibault Courtois / fights against Barcelona in all competitions: +1, =4, -4, shutouts: 3, goals: -14, JC: 0, CC: 0 , average score for the season from Who Scored: 7.71 / has already played 20 clean sheets this season and is the main contender for the Zamora Trofeo, having an average of the so-called. “impenetrability ratio” of 0.64 goals conceded per game.

The defensive line of Mattresses must be represented by all the main actors. That is, ex-midfielder Juanfran /+5, =7, -5, goals: 0, JC: 5, QC: 0, WhoS: 7.08 /, one of the contenders for a trip to Brazil from Spanish application. In the center of the defense, we will see the good old South American bunch, consisting of reliable and experienced Godina /+2, =7, -9, goals: 0, WK: 7, QC: 0, WhoS: 7.46/ and Miranda /+1, =4, -4, goals: 0, WK: 1, QC: 0, WhoS: 7.16/ . In place of the left lateral is the Brazilian Filipe Luis /+2, =5, -6, goals: 0, JC: 1, CC: 1, WhoS: 7.23/ , who dreams of compensating for the lack of a call to the Brazilian national team for the home Mundial Spanish championship gold medals. Simeone has confidence in the entire defensive quartet, and it is these four defenders who have played all five matches against Barcelona this season.

The support zone of the Mattresses will be represented by two lovers of scorched earth. We are talking about Tiago Mendesche /+1, =3, -6, goals: 0, JC: 3, KK: 0, WhoS: 7. 47/ and Gabi /+3, =4, -11, goals: 0, LCD: 9, QC: 0, WhoS: 7.56/ . The duet of brutal-universal breakwaters, first of all, needs to think about how to neutralize the master’s think tank in the person of Xavi and Fabregas. Koke /+1, =4, -5, goals: 1, JC: 4, KK: 0, WhoS: 7.34/ flank, but, of course, at the next opportunity, it will begin to shift to the center. In place of the left midfielder will appear Arda Turan /+0, =4, -0, Goals: 0, JC: 2, KK: 1, WhoS: 6.92/ , whose showdown with Daniel Alves promises to be a memorable duel.

El Cholo uses veteran David Villa /+6, =9, -4, goals: +8, JK: 4, CC: 0, WhoS: 6.82/ in the attack line, the only representative of his team who has positive balance in games against Barcelona, and having a breathtaking season and moving to Chelsea “Dirty Diego” /+0, =4, -6, goals: 0, LCD: 1, CC: 0, WhoS: 7.43/ . At the same time, the naturalized Brazilian will certainly help the midfield line in the first half, and after the break and replacing the tired Villa, he will move to the cutting edge of the attack.

Tactics chosen for Diego Simeone’s golden match seems quite predictable – shutting off oxygen to the opponent’s fantasists in the center of the field, well-built powerful defensive redoubts, and, of course, focusing on set pieces near the goal of Josema Pinto. Cholo Team has a surprisingly reliable defense, conceding only 25 goals in 37 matches – it is the back line that should become Atlético’s main protagonist and his main hope at the Camp Nou.

Atlético will by no means force things – as soon as Mateu Laos blows the starting whistle, every second will bring the Argentine coach’s subrenal coach closer to the championship medals. It is important to withstand the opening assault of Barca – and it certainly will be – and not concede in the opening half of the first half. Atleti’s defense knows how to play against Catalan attackers (this has been confirmed five times this season, so it’s time to talk about a trend), but the danger lies in the fact that Barcelona players still have outstanding individual skills, so Mattress covers need mobility, safety net and avoidance of situations , in which the attackers of Barça will have the opportunity to beat the defenders of the capital team one-on-one.

In terms of offensive action, Atlético will have at least one or two scoring opportunities: even if the Mattresses do not create dangerous chances on their own, one of the defenders of the Catalan team (or, more likely, the goalkeeper ) will definitely learn something.

Thus, concentration, patience and attentiveness can make Atlético Madrid the champion. It seems that Cholo Team has all these qualities, but only in the last rounds he somehow didn’t manage to show them very much.

Aleks Mannanov, Football.ua

Champions League, 1/4, Juventus – Barcelona

Having made half as many passes by the 30th minute, the hosts were leading 2-0, realizing what the opponent allowed them to create. The organization of the game in defense of the Catalans was lame, but in addition to the moment of Iniesta, absolutely nothing was created ahead of time. Of course, Juventus did not disdain a small foul, resorted to a tough selection and created an extremely limited space for the enemy to maneuver. However, this did not justify the creative hunger of Luis Enrique’s charges, who, for example, by half an hour of the meeting allowed themselves to make only one pass in someone else’s penalty area with possession at the level of 70%. They were probably surprised by the presence of Mandzukic in Buffon’s box during his own positional attacks. Don’t argue, it’s confusing.

There was time at half-time to wonder if the absence of Busquets could be linked to such a vague defensive performance. However, his role in the team is not only in destruction, but also in the fact that it is he who dictates the game of “Barcelona”, sets at an early stage of attacks their direction, pace and so on down the list. As a result, Mascherano did not take on such functions, and the first forward pass had to be made by Messi, which automatically reduced the efficiency in front. In addition, Rakitic was not confident in his abilities, who looked like the first candidate for a replacement. The Croatian did not make a single aggravating pass for half of the match.

However, it was not him who was replaced, even though the output of André Gomes suggested itself. The Portuguese replaced Mathieu, and in terms of position – Mascherano, who went in pair to Pique. Thus, what we talked about earlier (Umtiti exit on the left) happened, albeit belatedly. By the way, Gomes began to benefit from the first minutes of the half, actively included in the rebounds in the center of the field, which was not noticed by Mascherano.

At the same time, Luis Enrique, realizing that Juventus has an advantage in this important area, even defending, apparently, instructed Roberto to move more actively towards the midfielders in the center. All this is to the detriment of the width of the attack, which Messi tried to create alone on the right, from under which one of the guardians (for example, Mandzukic) was taken to the center.

However, none of this made sense, because Juventus continued to make the most of what the Catalans allowed them. For some reason, on a rare corner, Mascherano was given the right to fight with Chiellini , and the Turin defender hammered the ball into the goal without any problems. We’ve all seen this somewhere before…

Ten minutes after the third goal, the Catalans literally pressed the opponent to the penalty area, having a number of chances that, with proper approach, could be called assists. The hosts coped with the pressure, but not 100%, and it seemed that Blaugrana had already scored a goal. However, she lacked something in the final stage of the attacks: luck, good luck, a quality last pass or a little space – a little of everything. Messi tried his best, trying to create chances for his partners, but it was all for nothing.

Allegri emerged victorious from the first match of the series, including tactically. He had much more food for thought after the recent meetings of the Catalans in the Champions League than Luis Enrique, and the Italian specialist found a balance between pressing and holding back the opponent, finding the strength to resist the guests all 90 minutes without turning off the fight.

The control of the ball, on which the players of the Blaugrana made a bet, did not allow creating chances in batches, while the Turintsy squeezed everything and even more out of their own. In addition to Dybala and Mandzukic, it is worth highlighting Gonzalo Higuaina , who, although he didn’t score, was extremely useful in putting pressure on the defenders and working on both sides of the ball. The Argentine showed himself not as a goalscorer, but as an ideal team player.

In general, the whole of Juventus was a more well-played team, more organized, and it seemed that each player not only understands what he needs to do on the field, but competently and fully fulfills his goal for the match. We saw the coaching idea, in the end, what can not be said about Luis Enrique. However, we must not forget from what pit crawled out in this Champions League, “Barcelona”, to prematurely give a ticket to the semi-finals Turin. Although, to be honest, it was not clear how the Catalans could take it away.