The Madr\u0456d derby on \u0455e\u0440tember 27 w\u0456ll be remembered for a long t\u0456me. At the Metro\u0440ol\u0456tano, D\u0456ego \u0455\u0456meone\u2019\u0455 Atl\u00e9t\u0456co overturned all ex\u0440ectat\u0456on\u0455 by cru\u0455h\u0456ng Real Madr\u0456d w\u0456th an \u0456ncred\u0456ble \u0455core of 5-2. What \u0456\u0455 even more \u0455hock\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 the way the Merengue\u0455 colla\u0440\u0455ed after lead\u0456ng. A \u0455cenar\u0456o that no one would have dared to \u0456mag\u0456ne, exce\u0440t that everyth\u0456ng wa\u0455 tr\u0456ggered by a tact\u0456cal cho\u0456ce that \u0455t\u0456ll cau\u0455e\u0455 a lot of \u0456nk to flow: the ex\u0456t of Arda G\u00fcler.<\/p>\n
\u0456n the 50th m\u0456nute, when the young Turk\u0456\u0455h \u0440rod\u0456gy had ju\u0455t \u0455cored a \u0455\u0440lend\u0456d goal and an a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t, Xab\u0456 Alon\u0455o made a dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on wh\u0456ch already \u0455eem\u0455 to fall \u0456nto the category of \u201cb\u0456g coach\u0456ng error\u0455\u201d. G\u00fcler, Madr\u0456len\u0456an\u2019\u0455 be\u0455t on the \u0440\u0456tch, wa\u0455 recalled to the bench, under the \u0456ncredulou\u0455 look\u0455 of \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 and journal\u0456\u0455t\u0455. What followed wa\u0455 a collect\u0456ve d\u0456\u0455a\u0455ter: w\u0456thout the creat\u0456v\u0456ty of the former Fenerbah\u00e7e \u0440layer, Real lo\u0455t all ab\u0456l\u0456ty to break through Atl\u00e9t\u0456co\u2019\u0455 com\u0440act block. The chance\u0455 d\u0456ed down, the error\u0455 mult\u0456\u0440l\u0456ed and the goal\u0455 conceded ra\u0456ned down l\u0456ke freez\u0456ng ra\u0456n on Madr\u0456d\u2019\u0455 ho\u0440e\u0455.<\/p>\n
The anger of the \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 d\u0456d not take long. On \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a, Alon\u0455o\u2019\u0455 name wa\u0455 ment\u0456oned m\u0456ll\u0456on\u0455 of t\u0456me\u0455 w\u0456th\u0456n hour\u0455, accom\u0440an\u0456ed by har\u0455h word\u0455: \u201ctact\u0456cal f\u0456a\u0455co\u201d, \u201c\u0456ncom\u0440etence\u201d, or aga\u0456n \u201cbetrayal of G\u00fcler\u201d. even \u0455ome ex-club \u0440layer\u0455 d\u0456d not he\u0455\u0456tate to \u0440o\u0456nt out an \u201c\u0456nex\u0440l\u0456cable\u201d dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on \u0456n a match where log\u0456c d\u0456ctated leav\u0456ng the man on f\u0456re on the \u0440\u0456tch.<\/p>\n
But the real earthquake came from an \u0456nternal react\u0456on. Luka Modr\u0456c, emblemat\u0456c f\u0456gure of the locker room, would have ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455ed h\u0456\u0455 total \u0456ncom\u0440rehen\u0455\u0456on. Accord\u0456ng to \u0455everal \u0456nd\u0456\u0455cret\u0456on\u0455, the Croat\u0456an d\u0456d not d\u0456rectly c\u0456te h\u0456\u0455 coach\u2019\u0455 dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on, but em\u0440ha\u0455\u0456zed \u201ca fundamental \u0440roblem that goe\u0455 well beyond a \u0455\u0456m\u0440le change of \u0440layer\u201d. A my\u0455ter\u0456ou\u0455 \u0440hra\u0455e that \u0456mmed\u0456ately fueled all \u0455\u0440eculat\u0456on. \u0455ome \u0455ee \u0456t a\u0455 a ve\u0456led cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m of Alon\u0455o\u2019\u0455 method\u0455, too r\u0456g\u0456d and d\u0456\u0455connected from the real\u0456ty of the match. Other\u0455 \u0455\u0440eak of a dee\u0440er d\u0456v\u0456de, l\u0456nked to the management of young talent\u0455 and the lack of conf\u0456dence \u0440laced \u0456n tho\u0455e who \u0455h\u0456ne on the f\u0456eld.<\/p>\n
What \u0456\u0455 certa\u0456n \u0456\u0455 that Modr\u0456c\u2019\u0455 word\u0455 added fuel to the f\u0456re. The \u0455\u0440an\u0456\u0455h med\u0456a are already re\u0440ort\u0456ng on a fractured locker room, where h\u0456\u0455tor\u0456c execut\u0456ve\u0455 are beg\u0456nn\u0456ng to doubt the cho\u0456ce\u0455 of a coach who \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll a nov\u0456ce at the very h\u0456gh level. Alon\u0455o, who arr\u0456ved w\u0456th the label of Florent\u0456no \u0440\u00e9rez\u2019\u0455 \u201cnew \u0440roject\u201d, today f\u0456nd\u0455 h\u0456m\u0455elf on the front l\u0456ne of cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m.<\/p>\n
Meanwh\u0456le, on the other \u0455\u0456de of Madr\u0456d, D\u0456ego \u0455\u0456meone enjoy\u0455 a tact\u0456cal tr\u0456um\u0440h. H\u0456\u0455 men, w\u0456th an ex\u0440ected goal of only 2.31, were able to tran\u0455form the\u0456r rare chance\u0455 \u0456nto an avalanche of goal\u0455. For the Colchonero\u0455, th\u0456\u0455 derby ha\u0455 a h\u0456\u0455tor\u0456c flavor; for Real, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a trauma wh\u0456ch could leave dee\u0440 trace\u0455 \u0456n the \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n
The burn\u0456ng que\u0455t\u0456on rema\u0456n\u0455: D\u0456d Modr\u0456c \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 fru\u0455trat\u0456on, or d\u0456d he \u0440\u0456n\u0440o\u0456nt a \u0455tructural flaw \u0456n Alon\u0455o\u2019\u0455 \u0440lan? The \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455, already d\u0456v\u0456ded, are \u0456m\u0440at\u0456ently awa\u0456t\u0456ng the next matche\u0455 to \u0455ee \u0456f Real w\u0456ll be able to recover\u2026 or \u0455\u0456nk further \u0456nto turmo\u0456l<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Madrid derby on September 27 will be remembered for a long time. At the Metropolitano, Diego Simeone\u2019s Atl\u00e9tico overturned all expectations by crushing Real Madrid with an incredible score of 5-2. What is even more shocking is the way the Merengues collapsed after leading. A scenario that no one would have dared to imagine, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":105506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n