Atletico relegated from the Champions League, Jan Oblak regrets it and stresses that luck was not on his club’s side
Jan Oblak, who has already tasted the taste of the Champions League final with Atletico, will not see the knockout stages of any competition this season. The goalkeeper of the Slovenian national team was back in goal for Atletico against Bayer Leverkusen at home on Wednesday evening. It ended 2-2, but a draw was the same as a defeat for Madrid.
After Porto beat Club Brugge 4-0 away in a late afternoon match, it became clear that Atletico will have to bring Bayer to its knees. But it seems that the Argentinean Diego Simeone’ s squad has succumbed to too much pressure. Bayer, who were still fighting for the Europa League, led twice in the Spanish capital. Diaby scored in the ninth minute and Hudson-Odoi made it 2-1 twenty minutes later.
Falling out in a very cruel way
Atletico equalised both times, first through Carrasco, the second through De Paula. But a point was the same as defeat. Jan Oblak, who defended the whole game, and his teammates have already said goodbye to the Champions League, even though there is still one round to go. But Atletico will not be able to make up the four points behind Porto. Atletico will long regret the missed opportunity. V 99. One minute after the game was over, but VAR intervened and awarded an 11th-minute penalty to the home team, Carrasco missed a shot from the white spot! The Bayer goalkeeper parries the attempt and Niguez sends the rebound onto the crossbar. The ball then rebounded to Mandava, who had actually already beaten Hradecky, but hit Carrasco just before the goal line!
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“We have fallen out in a very cruel way. In the second half, we did everything we could to win, but we couldn’t. We would have needed luck, but we didn’t have it. There is nothing else I can say. Just that I am disappointed. For us, this is a painful blow. We can only thank the fans for their excellent support. They deserved much better. I am sorry, I am very sorry,” said the former Olimpija goalkeeper after the Bayer game.
