Real Madrid-Atlético: defenders disguised as attackers, a record Griezmann... the tops and flops

TOPS

It's difficult not to mention the name of the man who, this evening, overtook Atletico legend Luis Aragones, thus becoming alone the top scorer in the club's history. And how ! De Paul passed the ball to the artist wearing a number 7 and then all he had to do was watch him write the history of his club. At thirty meters, 'Grizou' turns around and takes the ball with superb oriented control. With a single rake behind his supporting leg, he drops Modric and puts Rudiger and Tchouaméni out of reach, before sending a right-footed strike into Kepa's net. And then, it’s not just this goal. Throughout the game, he led the rojiblanco game and, as usual, redoubled his efforts in defensive tasks. Griezmann did Griezmann.

Elected man of the match, Dani Carvajal did not steal his title of MVP of the match. It's simple, while remaining strong, the full-back was involved in 3 of Real's 5 goals. Passerby on Mendy's goal, he destroyed Diego Simeone's hopes by equalizing in the 85th minute. And finally, it was his cross which sent the match into extra time, Joselu and Savic taking care of the rest. He will have covered the 120 minutes by being essential in the qualification of the white players, not bad for a player who many say is finished...

FLOPS

“The best defense is attack” they said. Well tonight was the opposite! The choice was ours: defenders who thought they were number 9s or disastrous defenses. It's up to you to decide which way to look at things. 5-3, 8 goals, 6 of which were scored by defenders, counting the CSCs of course. At the same time, when we look at the replays, what an idea to put Rodrygo (featherweight) to mark Hermoso. On the other hand, it's not better. Rudiger did not even have the right to a marking during the corner which led to his goal. We can also cite Kepa and his ball, which helped with Atleti's third goal, or also Savic who put it in the top corner at his own goalkeeper. But the funniest will remain the 100 meters final contested between Brahim Diaz and Jan Oblak after the Slovenian goalkeeper's exit from a corner. Unfortunately for him, the trailer attached to his shorts slowed him down and he was unable to prevent the fifth goal.

Since 2020, the Spanish federation has swapped its Super Cup to Saudi Arabia for a nice jackpot. They are surely right to do so given the revenues estimated between 240 and 340 million euros, reports 2PlayBook. But apart from them, everyone complains about the organization of it, players, coaches, supporters, journalists: everyone is unanimous. Going to play a final four in another continent and exhausting the players in matches that end in overtime, while depriving Spanish fans of matches on their territory, the chain of bad ideas is strong. But in any case, no changes will be made until 2029, when the agreement with the Saudis expires (if there is no extension). We should therefore witness a few more years of this completely artificial tournament to which we added two teams and a match to create revenue, but smile, a trophy is the key.