The goals of Mehdi Taremi (5) and from Stephen Eustace (24) left the Spanish team without third place, which Bayer Leverkusen snatched from them after a goalless draw with Bruges, who went through to the round of 16 as second in the group.
The defeat at the Do Dragao stadium, which made up the goal against Marcano in the last minute of injury time, is a disaster for the people of Madrid who will not even be able to continue their way in the Europa League for the first time since Diego Simeone took over of the team in the winter of 2011.
Errors in defense and inaccuracies sentenced Atlético de Madrid and doubts about “Cholo” are increasing after a game in which their leaders were outmatched and only reacted in the last part of the match.
Porto opened the scoring when Evanilson beat the back of the defense and put the ball into the area, which Taremi only had to push into the back of the goal defended by Jan Oblak.
A quarter of an hour later, Galeno received a filtered pass in the area, but his shot was taken out by Oblak.
The Slovenian goalkeeper, who has become one of the best on his team, supported Atlético, who could have been thrashed if it hadn’t been for him and who had a hard time getting into the game, waiting too far back for the Portuguese team.
Atletico Madrid The goal defended by Diogo Costa barely bothered, who in the first 45 minutes only had to stop a weak shot from Rodrigo DePaul (32).
When it seemed that Atlético de Madrid was settling down, an error by Savic led to a steal by Galeno, who went to the penalty spot for Eustaquio to make it 2-0 (24).
The second goal was a blow for the group led by Simeone, where Nahuel Molina and Ángel Correa were also starters and who could still receive a third saved by Oblak ‘in extremis’ shot by Otavio (37).
The rojiblanco team tried to take a step forward after the break, looking to play in the opposite field.
The entrances of Matheus Cunha and Yannick Carrasco for Saúl Ñíguez and Joao Felix gave more intensity and arrival at Atlético.
Atlético de Madrid, who had an Antoine Griezmann goal disallowed due to a prior foul by Rodrigo de Paul (68), began to test Digo Costa with shots from Ángel Correa (74) and Carrasco (76).
Atlético’s Belgian winger was the real shock for his team down the right wing, reaching the Portuguese area with danger.
Faced with the red and white pressure, Porto sought to close behind and go on the counterattack, taking advantage of the spaces of an Atlético thrown desperately in the last minutes of the match.
The Portuguese team sought to lower the revolutions of the match to avoid the harassment of Atlético, who put more heart than head in the last quarter of an hour and could not avoid defeat and elimination.
In added time, Marcano headed a corner kick into the back of his own nets, but Atlético no longer had time to equalize, which would have meant their pass to the Europa League.
This is how the table looked
Source: Ambito
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