“Stop worth half a championship”: Madness Mian Obelek

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Atletico Madrid does not play the hottest football in Europe nor in Spain in particular, but almost every passing week it does the job and may end the season with a championship. After a 0: 1 saturated in character over Alabs, it maintained a reasonable distance from Barcelona and Real Madrid just before the money time of the season.

And there is no doubt that the two players who lead Atletico to the coveted championship also stood out this time against Alabs – Luis Suarez and Jan Obelek. The striker scored with a goal in the 55th minute, in what was his 500th goal of his career and the goalkeeper provided a penalty save in the 86th minute to prevent his team from dropping unnecessary points.

“A stop worth half a championship,” cried the headline of the “S” about the penalty saved by Obelek. “Obelek was Atletico’s hero.” It was the Slovenian’s first penalty stop in three years in the Spanish league after ten kicks he faced (nine turned into goals, one missed the frame).

“Penalties do not have a clear pattern, sometimes a lot of them go out. Three years ago I stopped four out of six penalties and since then not even one,” he said. Obelek And he was modest: “Of course I’m happy with it and it’s a big luck that I was able to do it, probably in the final minutes of the game.”

“This is my seventh year at Atletico and there are games we suffer from. It is part of our DNA,” the goalkeeper added. “The beauty of football is that you never know what will happen. Of course we want to decide games early and score two or three goals in them, but even 0: 1 is worth three points.”

also Diego Simeone He concluded: “Beyond being relegated from the Champions League, the team is doing an outstanding job this season and that is always our goal. As the season progresses, the games become more difficult and the differences between the teams small. I am very pleased with the rescue of Obelek, who scored three important points.”

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