The Atlético de Madrid didn’t shoot between the three sticks in the entire first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against him Chelsea at the National Stadium in Bucharest, according to official UEFA statistics, which also show that he completed half of his rival’s passes and committed only nine errors for the England team’s 21.
The team of Diego Simeone, subject to an absolutely conservative plan, it was harmless. His play passed and the numbers reveal it: 6 tries on the opposite target, none of them between the three sticks, three outside the frame and three blocked, that is, they didn’t even end in the intended direction.
Chelsea looked for him almost twice as often as him: 11. Of these, five were between the three sticks, including the Chilean goal from. Olivier Giroud after playing time three came out and as many were blocked. Mendy, the England club’s goalkeeper, did not stop; Jan Oblak, from Atlético, played in four.
The rojiblanco team also lost possession (41 percent to 59 percent of his opponent); in the distance traveled (104,470 meters to 104,905), and wide in the passes: he put 396 in front of his opponent’s 696, but completed less than half that he was (289 to 589) and with 12 points less correct, between 73 percent and Chelsea’s 85 percent.
Likewise lthe difference in errors between Chelsea’s 21 and Atlético’s nine