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FC Barcelona VS Atletico Madrid Match Review

The biggest La Liga game of the year certainly did not let us down. It's was definitely the most entertaining match we've seen all season. Action from both sides, good shots, good saves, a red card, the La Liga decider was packed with action. Both teams started off very well with confidence in their attacks. Diego Costa headed over the crossbar on one side and on the other Jordi Alba hit the post. However, after the half hour mark everything changed. Diego Costa fouled Arthur and then lost his temper, resulting in a red card for the Spaniard. At this point the game was Barca's to lose. They had a man extra, were playing with their best team and had the home advantage. However, their creativity in the final third was very disappointing. Atletico defended with everyone except one or two of their forwards such as Griezmann and later Morata. After the break Barca knew they had to come up with something quick. Leo Messi, whom I didn't mention at all so far, which is surprising for a player of his standards, started to get more involved. However, even he found it extremely difficult to break this Atleti defence which had the likes of Jose Maria Gimenez and Jan Oblak, who were both absolutely fantastic. While they were the two stars for the visitors, for the home side it was mostly Arthur, Pique and Lenglet who made sure that Marc ter Stegen would not be disturbed at all. While Atletico defended very well, when you're up against Barça, you need to be holding on till the very last second. Finally at the eighty-third minute Luis Suarez beat Jan Oblak with a beautiful strike from outside the box. Barça were in the mood and when they are in that mood there is no stopping them, with Lionel Messi scoring a solo goal just a couple of minutes later. Atletico's game was over and so was the title race. They, like all others crumbled to the best team in the world.

Positives :-
• The determination Atleti showed even with ten men.
• The combination of Jan Oblak, Jose Maria Gimenez and Diego Godin.
• Barça's confident defending with Lenglet, Pique, Arthur and Busquets.
• Barça's willingness to win until the very last minute.
• Malcom's maturing

Negatives :-
• Diego Costa completely let his team down with his temper.
• Barça's lack of creativity in the final third even against a team with ten men.
• Philippe Coutinho's below par performance

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