"We are not satisfied, but that’s football. You can’t always win," by far the best player of Atletico from Madrid said. The main problem of the Athletes was the fact that during 180 minutes of the city derby the only player to stand out was Jan Oblak.
Oblak is this year’s league record holder
The magical touch of the trainer Diego Simeone didn’t work this time; not in the first and not in the second match were they a match for Real from Madrid. But the fact remains that the winning goal was given by Chicharito only in the 88th minute of the return match, when the opponents had a player less.
22-year-old goalkeeper from Škofja Loka restrained eight shots by Real in the first match, and seven in the return match, 15 consecutive shots altogether, which no other goalkeeper managed in this year’s Champion’s League, but the 16th shot was fatal. The statistics portal WhoScored gave him the best grade among the Atletico player, i.e. 7.85 (7 defences and two caught cross-shots, and the only two with best grades were the author of the fatal goal Rodriguez (7.94) and Cristiano Ronaldo (8.11).
When the best in the world tries to console you…
"Madrid is a great team with excellent players. They deserved to win, we wish them luck," Oblak acted sportsmanlike, and congratulated the city rivals. After the final whistle the first superstar of Real Cristiano Ronaldo approached Oblak and tried to console him.
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Translated by G. K.