Athletic players defeated Barcelona in Madrid with 2: 0 in the derby of the eighth round of the Spanish Primera.
Barça seemed idealess again , this time without Ronald Kuman on the bench because he had to serve a suspension.
It wasn’t worth it either.
Atletico waited for their chance after a rival’s mistake, and such an approach brought them
a great counter-attack in the 23rd minute when Tomas Lemar nailed the ball into Ter Stegen’s net after Suarez’s pass.
In the 44th minute, a similar situation, this time the assistant was a Frenchman, and the executor against his former club Luis Suarez. The second half was a classic “closing” of the game by Diego Simeone, Atletico had no problems neutralizing the attempts of the Catalans, so in the end it deservedly celebrated what we somehow predicted in our detailed analysis that you can read HERE .
Madrid now share first place with city rival Real (game less) with 17 points, while Barcelona is ninth with 12.
The question is, will Ronald Kuman remain the coach of the team from the Nou Camp for a long time …
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