Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal 2020 (Atleti-Villarreal 2020)
Final score and result: Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal 3-1 (Correa, Koke, Felix/Alcacer)
Wanda Metropolitano- 23 February, 2020
Atleti come from behind to beat Villarreal 3-1, with Joao Felix scoring for Diego Simeone’s men
Here is how the big European newspapers rated Atleti and Liverpool’s players following the former’s surprise 1-0 win over the reigning CL holders at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Atleti starting line up vs Liverpool CL: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Savic, Felipe, Renan Lodi, Lemar, Partey, Saul, Koke, Correa, Morata
LFC starting XI v ATM CL 2020: Alisson, TAA, VVD, Gomez, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Fabinho, Salah, Mane, Firmino
L’Equipe player ratings Atleti-Liverpool 1-0
French newspaper L’Equipe were impressed with Atleti’s Brazilian left back Renan Lodi, but less so with Thomas Lemar and Alvaro Morata. On the LFC side, it was mostly a bunch of 4 and 5’s on 10, with goalkeeper Alisson getting a 6.
The paper also gave Diego Simeone a manager rating of 8/10, with Jurgen Klopp getting a 4/10.
AS Newspaper player ratings Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool
On to Spanish newspaper AS, who also gave Renan Lodi three stars, but were equally impressed by fellow Brazilian Felipe Monteiro’s performance.
This Alvaro Morata slip and missed chance vs Liverpool saw the Spanish striker miss a good opportunity to put Atletico Madrid 2-0 up in their CL game on 18 February, 2020. Morata found himself in space in the box, but just he primed himself to shoot, he slipped and the chance went begging. The miss brought back memories of his error prone stint with Chelsea.