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  • 20/04/2025
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00:00Look, with the run of four games that they had coming up, which began at Getafe, then Atleti, and it includes Athletic and Valencia.
00:09Orcas keeps his place in goal. It's Viti, Suarez, McKenna and Marmol in a back four.
00:14Moleiro, Esugo, Bacetic, and the Frenchman, as we say, or Spaniard now, obviously, Lenormand with Javi Galan make up the back four.
00:20Simeone, Coque, Barrios and Gallagher are the same four in midfield.
00:25And making chaos, making assist or scoring, but he's been very good left defensive midfield this season, so he'll be asked to dominate Viti.
00:34Well, the game's now underway. The ball is rolling at the Estadio de Gran Canaria.
00:38Roberto Moleiro's there in support. He might just be offside. That's what the Atletico defenders are asking for.
00:43Flag stays down. Moleiro stays on his feet, though.
00:46And the ball doesn't go across the line, so he's not going to get a corner.
00:49Silbo will play it back across, though.
00:51And Yana Black is forced into parrying it away as Oli McBurnie was there.
00:55Back into the box, and it's Captain Coque. They're lunging in to head it away.
01:00As Palmas looking to create something here.
01:03Cross comes in, not a bad one at all, and Javi Galan makes a bit of a mess of that clearance.
01:08He had Fabio Silva right behind him. It's going to go out for another corner for the home side.
01:12Maybe there, just a few of those Simeone instructions from Yana Black there.
01:27Taking advantage of the corner to give those instructions to his teammates.
01:32McBurnie Gallagher.
01:33Ball comes in.
01:40Alberto Molero, Fabio Silva tries to hold up the ball and turn.
01:44It comes off.
01:46Llorente, another header here, and it's on target, but straight at Yana Black.
01:50The set-up header there was Big Scott McKenna wrestling away with Lenormand.
01:57Lenormand claiming they needed a bump in the cheek, but they were wrestling,
02:01and then the leap by the Scotsman was good enough to set up that opportunity.
02:10Nice.
02:12Blowing that from Giuliano Simeone, but runs into Dario Sugo.
02:18He's moving up a notch, we think, next season, right?
02:20He's going Premier League.
02:22That has to be an A international.
02:24But if he continues his fight back to fitness,
02:28I think De La Fuente will instantly want to include him in an A squad,
02:33give him a competitive debut,
02:35and assure the future that he's a Spain player,
02:38because whether we see it tonight or even this season,
02:43there's special ability and a special football bringing in this kid.
02:46A few Liverpool fans would argue that they do maybe need an extra body in midfield.
02:53Not a bad option for next season for Arna Slott, maybe,
02:55but here is Dario Sugo, who lets fly,
02:59and it didn't look like it was that far away,
03:01but Yana Black is furious at his teammates,
03:03because no one went to close him down.
03:04Giuliano Simeone now with the cross on the right-hand side,
03:10and Julian Alvarez was there,
03:13but Dinko Horkas got a hand to the ball.
03:15He was expecting the flag to be raised, I believe.
03:18And the quality of the save are equal,
03:21and they're five-star,
03:23because he's absolutely,
03:25people, pros call that the corridor of uncertainty.
03:28And you can see yellow-shirted defenders going,
03:31what should I do?
03:32Do I lunge at it?
03:33Do I risk it on goal?
03:34Is there anybody there behind us?
03:35Because they've lost.
03:38For all of the guys down there,
03:40fit to the me,
03:40or fit to the me,
03:41and better paid,
03:42I want them to play like I would
03:45if I got the chance to represent my club,
03:46and both these guys
03:48are doing exactly that.
03:51Ball now for Giuliano Simeone
03:54to pick up,
03:56gallops forward,
03:57plays a lovely ball
03:58to Alexander Solov,
04:00who put it on target,
04:02and who pops up again?
04:03With accuracy.
04:05It's this youngster again,
04:06I was praising him up because of his speed.
04:08Let's also talk of his accuracy,
04:10nothing wrong with Solov.
04:12Another corner now
04:13for the visitors.
04:14This first half has definitely
04:15livened up in the last 10 minutes or so.
04:17Very tight angle again,
04:19this time,
04:20Tinko Horkas does well to catch.
04:22Wants to maybe start,
04:23a counter charge.
04:25Alberto Moledo
04:25lifts up his head,
04:27but he is surrounded
04:28by red and white shirts.
04:31And he gets the decision.
04:32He fell over there,
04:33he lost his balance.
04:35Diego Martinez did well
04:37to come in and bring
04:38Fabio Silva into the team.
04:40It's turned out to
04:41clearly be
04:42a very good experiment
04:44as he is the club's top scorer
04:45on 10 goals this season
04:46in La Liga.
04:47Yeah,
04:47one of the things he did
04:48before he went to two strikers
04:49was he made him the number nine,
04:51which was a big change
04:52and it worked very well.
04:53A forum held
04:54where fans were allowed
04:56to pose questions
04:57and one of them
04:58was aggressive
04:59and Harry Redknapp went
05:00on the attack
05:01and predicted
05:02massive things
05:03for Frank Lappert
05:03from midfield
05:05as Chelsea's all-time
05:06leading scorer.
05:06So,
05:07left to play
05:08plus stoppage time.
05:12Simeone using up
05:13four of his five,
05:14allowed changes
05:15as the cross comes in
05:16for Alexander Soloth.
05:17He got his head
05:18on the end of it,
05:18beat Alex Suarez
05:19fifth to it as well.
05:21I guess they're ahead
05:21of Juliano Simeone.
05:24Now Llorente,
05:25good ball back here
05:26to Juliano.
05:28Just went wide
05:29in the front post.
05:31Well,
05:31they do still have time
05:32to maybe
05:32snatch a late winner here.
05:36Yeah,
05:36wins and win.
05:37If they get the late winner
05:38and they are
05:39in La Liga terms,
05:41the kings of the last
05:4220 minutes scoring,
05:44winning,
05:45then they can,
05:47you know,
05:48wrap up
05:48and go home
05:49and save
05:50three points,
05:51find no quibbles,
05:52no questions.
05:54But they haven't
05:55been impressive.
05:58Indeed,
05:58obviously,
06:00football doesn't
06:01work like that,
06:02but if games
06:02lasted only 30 minutes
06:04and the final
06:0430 minutes at that,
06:06Atletico Madrid
06:06would be seven points
06:07clear at the top
06:08of the table.
06:09But since it lasts,
06:10obviously,
06:1190,
06:11they find themselves
06:12third in the standings.
06:14Many late goals
06:16have won them
06:17points this term.
06:19whether that's
06:22a merit or not,
06:23it's good for you
06:24because you need
06:25the points
06:25and you need
06:25the late goals.
06:27Whether it's a merit
06:27or not
06:28is a hot discussion
06:31because if you've
06:32got a good squad,
06:33you should be
06:34regularly winning
06:34games earlier.
06:38Las Palmas here,
06:39the ball may drop
06:39kindly for them
06:40and it has!
06:42Las Palmas,
06:43almost out of nothing,
06:45might just have
06:46won the game
06:47but the flag is raised
06:49and all of the
06:50Las Palmas players
06:51surround the official
06:53there.
06:53Referee on the
06:54far side
06:55does take
06:56quite a long time
06:58to think about it
07:00and then the flag
07:02goes up.
07:03He must be
07:04in full control,
07:05it must be
07:05a deliberate action.
07:08Goal given.
07:09And there it is
07:10with one minute
07:10left to play
07:11of stoppage time,
07:12it's been confirmed
07:13by the VAR
07:14It's Atleti.
07:16It's a shock.
07:17Cholo will argue it.
07:19Atleti fans
07:20in the media
07:21will be saying
07:22we was robbed,
07:23Gov.
07:24Doesn't matter anymore.
07:26Football is
07:27completely local.
07:29Las Palmas have done it.

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