The ESPN FC crew react to Atletico Madrid’s performance in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Manchester City.
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Dirty, dirty players. If you cannot play cleanly, please Simeone and Atleti, just don't bother. Thank you Craig, thank you. How Felipe is not sent off for that challenge on Foden I do not know!
cholo is done. he can't take Madrid any further
Why is atlético Madrid even a team dudes just chill at the half line and defend with no intention of scoring
Simeone is a disgrace to the sport.
crappy team members with their bad attitude which is ironic since the people in general in Madrid are really nice.
Great playing athletico , man city was scrambling…. These pundit are a dumb af … who cares about shots on goal … some very weak shots are on target , while some some very great shows shave the bar and is considered off target.
I love atletico man ? well played ?
I love atletico man ? well played ?
No one understands how brilliant Atletico is. They managed to extend the game to 12 minutes of extra time by creating chaos, fouling and making it personal and they ended up almost scoring that equalizer… Most teams would have played it clean and lost to a solid defense. Atletico have 11 bad boys who make it physical and extremely tough to beat them against one of the best teams in the world… I'm a Juve fan btw so don't really care but I feel like they're being misrepresented.
I'm an Atleti but not bias. Felipe getting sent off is his fault and Simeone's. The first thing that caught my attention before the 2nd half started was Felipe not being subbed off. I was telling my dad why is he still in?! I watched him in the past and especially this year and he tends to get red cards but the thing is he gets reds for stupid challenges or things that can be avoided easily. This is also Simeone's fault as I said because he knows he's players and he should've subbed him.
Felipe kicked Foden intentionally and I taught he is stupid for doing it for no reason (or out of frustration) but then I checked the reply a few times and I noticed that Foden started everything. When Foden jumped to avoid Felipe's tackle he landed or stepped (intentional or not) pretty bad on Felipe's ankle or foot which made him angry and to make things worse was that Felipe is a hot head. He retaliated and that was enough for Foden to go down and act. Props to Foden for acting like that. I think the movie industry should look for him and offer him roles.
I know most of the players and teams waste time but this was something and on another level from City. It's funny because one of my friends hates Guardiola and asked why but he never told me. Right after the game was finished he texted me and said "Now you know why I hate him? Because he will do everything to win". To be honest that's what every manager does and while I don't like it, they want results but like I said that was on another level from City. It's a shame that time wasting, acting and other things have found there way into football and are making the game frustrating and unwatchable. Shame on both sides for tackles, dives, kicks and acting.
Atleti had some half chances and some good ones but they didn't finished them off and when you don't you lose. People are saying that Atleti couldn't score so they started the fight or wanted to waste time which is ridiculous. Atleti was a goal behind and they wanted to play and score not wasting time. This was reasonable when they were leading the game not being behind.
A much as I love Atleti, they should focus more on playing instead of booking themselves with cards, pessing of the opponents and looking for fights. If they can change their mindset a little bit I'm sure they can win the UCL. Congrats to City and City fans and let's see who will go through the semis. The game didn't have any highlights except the fight.
By the way, I'm not hating City for wasting time and I didn't say Atleti should've gone through. When I said City wasted time I wasn't expecting them to do so because of their quality and the way they play but they did what Atleti does in their games. I still think Felipe didn't hit Foden's leg that hard but it was an absolutely stupid and childish move from him. You won the ball and there was no reason for you to do something like that. Even if Atleti could've scored they would've had a hard time going to the extra times with 10 men against City
Atletico didn't dive and lost time like Man City players did, so don't compare , thats far worst than being defensive
At least Diego is 10000 times better than any English managers. Go cry Stevie and Craig.
Felipe's after kick on Foden was just a stupid move. His team had the momentum, had the real chance to score, and Felipe just hooked his team off the momentum. What followed was not football. That stupid guy committed this foul after a successful tackle.. He largely contributed to the elimination of Atletico.
Gotta respect Simione for sticking to his tactics for years. it got him to La Liga Titles. thats gotta count for something. Im sure a win is win from his perspective
How do you support Atleti they have nothing good,no football, no wins just fake passion???
Enough with the underdog mentality
How do you ask them questions?
atletico = shithousery club
A Scottish man giving lessons of football to Argentinians and Spaniards… Hilarious! Go cry somewhere else softie
I wiil criticise their bad behaviour. Atletico act like a victim cry baby in every game they loose.
gosh i love how atleti fans and atleti players are now barking against city hahahahahhahhhhh i remember in the comments the hyped of how atleti will smash city and the results is they tasted their own medicine. Same goes for psg last year!! they deserve to lose cuz look at how immature they are
Almost athletico kick out man city.
City were tired. They just called out against Liverpool three days ago
It's dissapointing as a atleti fan, had they possessed a bit of self-control i believe the game would end up 1-0 as can be seen they were dominating the whole 2nd part
Yeah thats a mockery of the game. It reminded me of Netherlands in 2010 WC. They certainly turned on their murderous attempts in the final against Spain. This is so against sportsmanship. I'm totally glad we're not seeing these thugs in UCL SF. Such dirty tactics should be banned.
Hate Simeone. Hate Wanda Metrapolitano. Hate Atletico Madrid. Hope they never again qualify!
Correa was fouled In the box, a clear penalty. Didnt see any of the pundits mentioning that.
If it was an English club that lost the tie and had a similar incident they would've had a vedio titled regarding that..just saying.