The Spanish Super Cup entered the semi-final competition, in which Atletico's home match against Athletic Bilbao has received widespread attention from the outside world, Atletico was the champion of the league last season, and the team's history has won the Western Super Cup twice, is one of the favorite teams to win the championship, and Athletic Bilbao has always had the title of a giant killer, and there are also 3 Western Super Cup champions in the history of the team, so it is called the dark horse turbulence team outside the la Liga top three.
After the opening, Atletico played very actively, felix fired furiously at the ball in the box, but unfortunately failed to hold the ball down. Carrasco then tried to shoot long-range from the edge and the ball was too well played to be confiscated by the goalkeeper. Throughout the first half, the initiative was under atletico's control, carrasco was the more active player of the Sheets, but multiple shots failed to give the team the lead. This situation continued until 60 minutes into the second half, when Simeone's side finally turned the advantage into a winning position, Lemar sent a corner kick from the left side of the field, Felix's header hit the upright, and accidentally bounced into the goal on the back of the goalkeeper, making it 1-0.
After taking the lead, Atletico was also relieved, after all, the long siege also consumed a lot of the players' physical strength. However, Athletic Bilbao once again showed a tenacious side in adversity, and in the 75th minute, also taking advantage of corner kick opportunities, Muña found Alvarez, who was ambushed in the box with a precise arc of the ball, who jumped high and forced the Atletico defender to rush to the top of the goal, rewriting the score to 1-1. The goal at this point in time also made a subtle change in the mentality of the players of both teams.
Riding on the equalizer's Yu Wei and Atletico's unstable foothold, the old and spicy Biba quickly threw troops into the front court, hoping to complete the reversal in a short period of time and give Simeone a fatal blow. Sure enough, they did it, and in the 80th minute, still using a corner kick on the right, Williams fired furiously into the penalty area in the melee, the angle of the ball was extremely sharp, Oblak's line of sight was blocked, and finally the ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, and Athletic Bilbao rebounded 2-1 away. Due to the little time left for Atletico, the Sheets Army is also powerless to return to heaven and can only accept the fate of being eliminated.
In this game, Atletico can be said to have the advantage, but unfortunately lost the game. In terms of possession, the Sheets Army got 56%, Biba only had 44%, the number of shots on goal was almost the same as the two teams 11-10, originally in the lead, Atletico was expected to kill the game, but Martinez's header in front of the 64-minute goal line was too poor, directly in the arms of the goalkeeper. If this ball can be scored, then Atletico have the advantage of holding two goals in 4 minutes, Biba's morale will surely plummet, and the subsequent reversal will not happen.
After this campaign, Atletico also lost in the Western Super Cup, and they did not have the opportunity to win the final against Real Madrid. Atletico's performance this season is indeed quite sluggish, as many as 15 points behind the first-place Real Madrid in the league level, not to mention defending the title, or to compete for a Place in the Champions League, which is also very difficult. This year marks Simeone's tenth season with the team, and the Argentine coach, who holds eight championship trophies and is known for his iron blood, is now losing his former magic. Judging from the overall performance of Atletico So far, it is very likely that this season will once again encounter a four-big empty situation.