Just after equalizing the score, they gave Atletico a penalty kick. Is this because they were afraid that Atletico would not be able to score?
Besides, Alvaro thought that it was normal for him to knock down Griezmann, and he did not mean to knock down Griezmann.
Led by captain Xavi Lopez, almost all the players in the second half gathered around the referee to ask for explanations.
The referee Del Cerro ignored it. He believed that Griezmann was more likely to grab the spot than Alvaro. Alvaro's blocking was to prevent Griezmann from shooting, so there was no problem in awarding a penalty kick.
The Spanish players could not accept the referee's explanation and continued to put pressure on Del Cerro, asking him to change the decision.
Del Cerro was so angry that he was forced to play, and he directly took out the yellow card and warned the captain Xavi Lopez.
The Spanish players originally wanted the referee to be more fair and not favor the home team too much when they put pressure on the referee. Unexpectedly, they overplayed the game and did not stop it, causing the captain to receive a yellow card.
The Espanyol players did not dare to make any more trouble and could only accept the result with curses.
Griezmann personally took the penalty kick he created.
Facing the Spanish goalkeeper Lopez, whom he had just scored, Griezmann was very confident. After the whistle blew, he kicked a penalty kick, easily deceiving Lopez and scoring the Spanish goal.
2:1
Atletico leads Espanyol again.
The on-site commentator shouted loudly, "Okay, okay! Beautiful spoon penalty! Griezmann! Griezmann! As the saying goes, people with good skills are bold, and as the saying goes, boldness is higher."
After scoring a penalty kick, Griezmann raised his arms and ran towards the stands.
Atletico Madrid players came over to celebrate with Griezmann.
The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands were once again in a state of carnival, applauding and chanting the name "Griezmann".
Atletico Madrid coach Simeone clenched his fists and sprinted to the sidelines.
Perhaps out of passion, Simeone actually ran to the Espanyol coaching bench and interacted with the players on the field.
This is definitely a provocation.
With Simeone's character, he wouldn't have done it accidentally.
Faced with Simeone's provocation, Spanish head coach Sergio behaved very unmanly, sitting there like a puppet without saying a word.
Atletico Madrid's defense is definitely the best in the world, and the Spaniard finally equalized the score.
Now because of a controversial penalty kick, Atletico Madrid takes the lead again, and the confidence and emotions of the Spaniard's players have been greatly affected.
When the ball kicked off again, some players became very impatient and wished they could score immediately to equalize the score.
For a team like Atletico Madrid, being impatient is useless and will only give them more chances to score goals.
Atletico Madrid is very experienced. After Griezmann scored the penalty kick, they were ready to counterattack the Spaniard and take the opportunity to expand the score.
In the 30th minute of the game, the youngster Asensio, who had been showing no performance, suddenly took a long shot from 278 meters in front of the penalty area.
The ball flew towards the upper left corner of the goal like a cannonball.
Goalkeeper Oblak was very focused and reacted quickly. He moved at high speed and hit the ball with both fists.
The ball fell in front of Atletico midfielder Thiago. Thiago stopped the ball, took two steps horizontally, and passed a long pass to the frontcourt to find Oliver, his midfielder.
Oliver had previously taken the ball from the wing and gave Griezmann an assist, which caused the Spanish players to strengthen their defense against him.
When Oliver took the ball, Spaniard's full-back Fuentes and midfielder Diop immediately came over to attack.
Oliver took two steps forward and suddenly cut inwards.
At this time, Atletico Madrid full-back Juanfran came in from behind at high speed.
Oliver pushed the ball forward and quickly ran towards the penalty area.
Fuentes had already come over to follow Oliver, but he couldn't get back in time and was pushed to the bottom line by Juanfran.
Juanfran reached the bottom line, saw that there were already three points in the penalty area, and immediately took a curve ball and passed it to the penalty area.
Oliver was interfered by Fuentes at the front point and failed to grab the point.
Griezmann in the middle jumped up but did not touch the ball.
Vietto, who was playing from behind, jumped up and headed the ball towards the back corner of the goal.
Central defender Andrea Rocco failed to grab the spot. When he saw Vietto's header, he quickly moved laterally and used his body to block Vietto's header.
Vietto's header hit Rocco's arm and bounced out.
Before his body hit the ground, Vietto shouted: "Handball, handball! Handball No. 6."
The referee Del Cerro didn't see clearly, but he saw that Rocco's arm was close to his body and he had just awarded a penalty kick to the home team, so Del Cerro ignored Vietto and signaled the game to continue.
If this goal was scored, it would almost seal the victory. Vietto couldn't accept it. He followed the referee Del Cerro and asked for a penalty kick.
Del Cerro was angered and directly took out a yellow card to warn Vietto.
Vietto wanted to argue again, but Griezmann was afraid that the nonsensical referee would give him another yellow card, so he quickly pulled Vietto away.
Vietto's little episode actually caused a loophole in Atletico Madrid's high-position press, which gave the Spaniard the opportunity to calmly play the ball in the backcourt.
Perez found Asensio with a direct pass.
Asensio passed the ball across to Zhao Yang. Zhao Yang caught the ball and made a fake move to the left, deceiving the player who was trying to defend him, and then penetrated forward into Atletico Madrid's penalty area.
Zhao Yang's breakthrough was sharp, and Atletico players were very aware of it. They had previously used foul tactics to deal with Zhao Yang, but Zhao Yang had just scored a free kick, which made Atletico players a little wary when defending Zhao Yang.
, they were afraid of giving Zhao Yang a free kick, and Zhao Yang made another free throw.
Hesitation is the most important thing. Just when Jimenez was considering whether to foul, Zhao Yangxu stepped on his bicycle, changed direction and entered the penalty area.
Zhao Yang entered the penalty area. Jimenez and Godin did not dare to move. They could only use their bodies to block Zhao Yang's shooting path and prevent him from taking off.
Godin and Jimenez had excellent positional sense and rich defensive experience. Zhao Yang made several fake moves but was unable to get rid of the defender and get out of the shooting angle.
Zhao Yang saw that he had already reached the small penalty area and did not dare to break out any further, so he kicked his heel and passed the ball back to the front of the penalty area.
Facing the defense of Atletico Madrid's two central defenders, Zhao Yang did not dare to be distracted at all, so he passed the ball back to the penalty area, betting that Caicedo and Asensio, who were familiar with him, would run into this position.
Zhao Yang made the right bet. After Asensio passed the ball to Zhao Yang, he immediately cut across to the middle, preparing to meet Zhao Yang.
Suddenly seeing Zhao Yang pass back with his heel, Asensio quickly followed up with quick eyes and quick legs, and met the ball with a blast.
Neither Godin nor Jimenez expected that Zhao Yang would actually pass the ball back. It was too late for them to stop it, and it was too late to block it. They could only hope that goalkeeper Oblak would perform magically.