Due to FC Porto’s victory over Club Brugge (0-4), Bayer Leverkusen knew before the duel with Atlético Madrid that wintering in the Champions League was no longer feasible. Despite this, the fanaticism splashed from the Germans. Mitchel Bakker, among others, let himself go completely, when the home team missed a penalty in the person of Yannick Carrasco with a 2-2 score in injury time. In the end, due to the draw, both teams found their waterloo in the billion-dollar ball.
As so often, there was plenty to do on Wednesday evening during a Champions League match in the Wanda Metropolitano. Leverkusen took the lead after ten minutes through a beautiful goal from Moussa Diaby. Atlético had to win to keep wintering in their own hands. In case of a draw or a defeat, Simeone’s team would also be out of the Champions League. athletics then gave chase and tied the score halfway through the first half via Carrasco. The Belgian shot flawlessly in the left corner of about twenty meters on a pass from Antoine Griezmann.
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Not much later, however, Xabi Alonso’s team took the lead again. After childish fiddling with Ángel Correa, Callum Hudson-Odoi hit the mark. Substitute Rodrigo De Paul put both teams on the same level five minutes after the break after an assist from Carrasco. The latter then had the final chord on his feet when he was allowed to build from eleven meters in injury time. Referee Clément Turpin had already whistled for the last time when he was recalled by the VAR. A handball from Piero Hincapie was the observation. However, Carrasco failed. What followed was an explosion of emotions at Bakker, as can be seen from images that are now circulating on the internet.
Jeroen Kapteijns from The Telegraph has nothing good to say about Bakker’s behaviour. “It was a tumultuous and crazy end to Atletico – Leverkusen, so it is understandable that emotions are running high, but what Mitchel Bakker is doing here compared to Carrasco goes very far. Unsportsmanlike to treat someone who has just missed a penalty. treat.” Spanish journalist Manu Heredia also commented on the moment. “I don’t know if Carrasco was on another planet or if he had the courage, but if he had reacted badly to what Bakker did to him, there would have been a huge fight.”
Diego Costa
According to another Spanish journalist, Fran Guillén, Bakker is lucky that he did not have Diego Costa in front of him. “Otherwise we would have witnessed the first head transplant on a football field.” Leverkusen and Atlético will decide next week who can remain active in Europe after the winter. Simeone’s team currently occupies third place in the group with five points, one point more than Leverkusen. The Germans will play at home against Club Brugge on Tuesday, Atlético will visit FC Porto. Club Brugge and Porto have already qualified for the knockout phase with ten and nine points from five group matches respectively.