The Metropolitano turns on one of its own
The crowd had decided before a ball was kicked. Julian Alvarez was booed when the line-ups were read out. The Argentine has been angling for a move since the window opened, and the stands were not letting it go.
Sour mood, goalless half. Chances came at both ends and none of them counted. Villarreal were far from pinned back.
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Twenty-five minutes that broke the game open
Just past the hour, Pubill struck. Edge of the box, top corner, nothing Luiz Junior could do about it. 1-0, and the kind of finish you rewind.
Seven minutes later it was gone. Hjulmand caught Buchanan in the area, Gerard Moreno converted from the spot. 1-1.
Then the 76th. Le Normand dragged down Mikautadze, VAR sent the referee to the monitor, out came the red, and Villarreal had a second penalty. Mikautadze took it himself and scored. Atletico were a goal down and a man short, at home.
Simeone’s son does it again
They should have caved. They did not. With four minutes left, Baena threaded Giuliano Simeone in behind and he finished across the goalkeeper. 2-2. The coach’s boy, once more, in the moment that counted.
Then came the hanging on. Oblak had to be sharp to deny Buchanan late and keep the point on the board.
Two points lost at home in matchday two, or one point stolen with 10 men, depending on which side of Madrid you sit. Villarreal head home knowing they had a win in their hands for a quarter of an hour.
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