Lodi keeps Atlético in the fight for the Champions

Two goals from the Brazilian winger give Simeone’s men a placid victory, confirming the good image shown against United in the Champions League.

Solvent victory of Athletic before a Celtic who has been showing an indolence for several weeks that will not bring anything good to the sky-blues. Lodi vindicated himself as a lane player and as a scorer, with two goals, in a team that looks to Old Trafford without neglecting the League, which should give him the place to continue next year playing in the Champions.

The rojiblancos, who seem to have taken a step forward after the match against Manchester Unitedjumped to Metropolitan to face the Celtic with the same eleven that subdued the English, even though the result did not smile at him Champions. Simeone He tried to continue reinforcing the self-esteem of his people by betting on the same faces. And the players appreciated it by showing the same intensity and the same hunger.

At the beginning they subdued the Vigo players, who were overwhelmed, although there were no clear chances for the colchoneros in a duel that got rough, with a hard leg. The Celtiñas picked up two cons that showed the locals the rival danger. he was able to score Deer in a move that saved reinildo with cloud smoothie. The Slovenian continues to offer worrying symptoms. But in the end the rojiblancos merits found a prize in a diagonal that lowered an expansive Lodiwho got rid of Hugo Mallo to score the first goal by screwing his shot into the strain of the post Hard. The athletic intensity demanded too much from the visiting defense, who saw how the Simeone prevailed with another party led by Herrera and Kondogbia in the middle.

The second half started better for him. Celticwith more bite and more arrival, but Atlético was not uncomfortable and again Lodi, a great discovery at this stage of the season, scored again and settled the match for the colchoneros. With the game on track and the team fighting, the dance of changes began Simeone used to reactivate people like Luis Suarez, Griezmann O Lemar looking forward to what is to come.

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Lodi pulled the cart of a good Athletic who gets back into positions of Champions and shows reliability after having gone through very difficult times. The team went back with a clean sheet, thus linking two games in the League without conceding, something they had not achieved since May of last year. That will be the goal Old Trafford to pass the tie Champions.

SHEET: ATHLETIC 2- CELTIC 0

ATHLETIC: Oblak (5); Vrsaljko (5), Savic (5), Giménez (5), Reinildo (6), Renan Lodi (10); Llorente (6), Kondogbia (7), Héctor Herrera (7); Correa (6), Joao Felix (5). Coach: Simeone (7). Substitutions: Carrasco (5) for Lodi (m.63), De Paul (5) for Correa (m.63), Griezmann (5) for Marcos Llorente (m.63), Lemar (5) for Kondgobia (m.68 ), Luis Suárez (5) by Joao Félix (m.74)

CELTIC: Dituro (4); Hugo Mallo (4), Aidoo (5), Araújo (5), Javi Galán (5); Fran Beltrán (5); Brais Méndez (4), Denis Suárez (4), Cervi (5); Iago Aspas (5), Santi Mina (4). Technician: Coudet (4). Changes: Galhardo (5) by Santi Mina (m.75), Nolito (4) by Cervi (m.75), Solari (sc) by Denis Suárex (m.80)

GOALS: 1-0, Lodi (m.34); 2-0, Lodi (m.59)

REFEREE: Hernandez Hernandez. He admonished Savic, Giménez, Oblak, Iago Aspas, Reinildo, Araujo,

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