Atletico Madrid debuted the second round of ‘Liga’ with a tie against Racing at Vicente Calderon (1-1). The red and white team, that keeps with difficulties to obtain positive results in its stadium,that let scape two points against the team of Cantabria, although could be more if it weren’t for the tie goal scored by Pablo. Portugal’s men were ahead at the scoreboard and one more time Atletico was obliged to go cross current against a rival that, under the premises of the defensive order and the pressure, knew how to keep at the bay.

During the first half we could see a secure Racing on the pitch and with clear ideas, pressure at the middle of the field to sink the Atletico at the beginning of the match and speed to make a counterattack. While, the red and white team couldn’t take the match with precision due to the oppressive pressure of its rival, so the atackers hardly counted with possibilities of getting with danger to the rival area.

Even though it didn’t miss ocassions, the first one at 27’ when a pass from Galletti from the right side crossed the area and Jurado shot into Toño’s hands. Fernando Torres continue the siege minutes after culminate a personal play with a shot which left at the left side. It didn’t happen anything else at the first 45 minutes, though almost at the end of the first half Seitaridis warned with a poison center that obligued to Toño to make a great effort at the clearance.

At the second half it shown a different Atletico, more incisive and force, something usual at the Calderon comitments. But the first one to scared was Racing in an action of Scaloni that bumped the good work of Pichu after shoting alone from the small area. Fernando Torres responded little after of the Cantabra offensive with an spectacular volley from outside of the area that very near was to shock to Toño. ‘Kun’ Agüero, Luccin and Atonio Lopez also participating in the bombing to the Cantabro goalkeeper with far shots, though any of them sliped among the three posts.

Atletico besiege and Racing was trying to get out of the cove basing on its options at the speed of Munitis and the great shot of Zigic. Both players got close with danger to Pichu’s area and with a combination between both born the cantabro goal. The minute 73’ was running when Pedro Munitis assisted to Zigic in the area and only against Pichu scored the first goal of the match. In two minutes and without time to absorb the blow Atletico equalized the result thanks a shot of Pablo Ibañez in a play of a foul.

Racing attended amazed after reemerger of his rival and could suffer a second goal at the minute 77’ of an action of ‘Kun’ Agüero inside of the area, but the header left very near of the left post before a goalkeeper that was already beatten. Nothing else it could do at the match, hardly some action from a foul made danger in the area, but in any of them it couldn’t break the deadloak, that definitively, endorse to both teams to finalize the match.


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