A great sports manager named Mateo Al-Yamani

Without exaggeration, Atletico Madrid’s management must reward Mateo Al-Yemeni for the Adimola Lukman deal!

Imagine that on the last day of the transfer window, Lokman was on his way to Turkey to sign a contract with Fenerbahçe, but there was a dispute over the payment. Al-Yemeni immediately seized the opportunity, convinced Lokman, and signed him for only €40 million!

Lokman has made an extraordinary contribution to Atlético Madrid, scoring four goals in three games.

Today, against Barcelona, he scored a goal, made a goal, won four duels, and made seven runs with the ball for a distance of at least 10 yards!

Lokman’s deal is a real golden one.

He is a sharp winger who produces from organized play and transitions, a goal scorer, a playmaker, creative in tight spaces, committed defensively, direct on goal, not one for dribbling and moving around in space, all for only €40 million!

Before signing Lukman, Atlético Madrid signed a great sporting director named Mateo El Yemeni.

Barcelona suffered two losses today.

One on the pitch, and another administrative loss that could have a longer-term impact.

The administrative loss is the departure of the respected man in charge, Mateu Alemany.

The former sporting director of Barcelona, whom we all know well, did a great job during what was arguably the most difficult financial period in the club’s history.

Alemany was like a magic lamp for Barcelona; he was able to save huge amounts of money, restructure contracts, and bring in many good reinforcements with very limited resources. He did a great job quietly, but his results were clear on the ground, and his achievements are too numerous to list.

His departure from Barcelona was a big problem, and he went to Atlético Madrid in a very important move. His first gift there was the Lukman deal.

A deal that shows that the man still has the same keen eye as “Falcon.”

He still has the same clear philosophy in his choices, and he promised the Atlético fans and management that there would be significant developments in the transfer market, the organization of player contracts, and the provision of resources for the club, which is his true specialty.

Today, Lukman is facing his first big test with Atlético, proving what a great deal he is, even though the whole world knows his quality and potential.

But he is confirming it once again: excellent mental presence, comprehensive performance, strength, speed, and mobility, goal contributions, and a real deciding factor in the final third.

He is a player who provides the team with many solutions and is there when it counts.

In the end, Aimani’s departure was a big loss for Barcelona.

It may not be as visible to the public as losing a match, but it is a loss in terms of planning and building.

The shot you see here caused an unusual controversy today in the match between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid!

Barcelona scored a goal at the beginning of the second half through Kubarsi, and suddenly the referee stopped play to discuss it with VAR.

Imagine that play was stopped for seven minutes straight. Why do you think that was?

The Atlético network explained the reason after the match, saying that the refereeing committee was unable to determine whether the goal was valid or offside using the semi-automatic offside technology due to the heavy congestion inside the penalty area. So what happened next?

The surprise was that the refereeing committee had to draw the lines manually in order to make a decision in this case, and the decision was to disallow Barcelona’s goal due to offside against Kubarsi.

The Egyptian league is working according to the rules!

This incident prompted Hans Flick to attack the referees, saying after the match that refereeing in Spain is chaotic because there is no clear communication between the field referee and the VAR referees!

I know Diego Simeone played a great game today and deserved to win, but just look at Barcelona today, you’ll see a team that’s literally pitiful!

First of all, Barcelona played today without Pedri, Rafeina, and Rashford, with Olmo playing on the left wing, while Atletico played with Lukman on the left wing.

Imagine the difference, of course!

Come and look at the lineup. Look at their lineup. They only have Lewandowski playing. The rest are the goalkeeper, three defenders, five players from the academy, and Rooney.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid played with Sorloth, Baena, and Al-Mada, and brought on Griezmann, Alvarez, and Lukman.

Imagine the difference in quality between the two teams!

All this is aside from the events of the match itself. Barcelona lost by two goals and then came back. Ferran shot the ball at the crossbar, but Barcelona lost three goals and then came back. Ferran missed a one-on-one and Atletico scored their fourth goal.

Then Barcelona lost four goals, came back and actually scored a goal. They spent seven minutes drawing lines and the goal was disallowed, and it ended with a red card for Eric Garcia!

That means injuries, missed opportunities, a disallowed goal and no bench.

A team that only spent 30 million on transfers and continues to rely on La Masia youth, while most of its competitors spent over 200 million this year.

A coach other than Hans Flick jumped ship and left Barcelona in this pitiful state!

Diego Simeone deserves real praise for the great game he played today against Barcelona!

This guy studied every weakness in Barcelona and attacked from the first minute, and not just any attack, but every attack was made with instructions to speed up the pace, as if you were watching Fast Break for the Danish national handball team.

You couldn’t even stand in a regular formation to stop it!

Not only that, but Simeone focused today on transitions, relying first on Alvarez and Griezmann in depth to pull all the elements of his trap inside the field, and then shifting the play to the wings in the spaces where Simeone and Yorente were sprinting from back to front at lightning speed, thus avoiding offside.

The first half could have ended 5-6 for Atlético!

Atlético Madrid, who had not been able to beat Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano in five games, beat Barcelona 4-0 today, scoring four goals in one half, which is the first time this has happened to Barcelona since 2020.

A historic match, Simeone.

A formidable presence in every big game,

a dominant figure on the pitch, relentless and ruthless in carrying out every role required of him, incredibly aware and intelligent, familiar with every detail that happens on the pitch, and as dangerous as a scorpion with its sting, which is difficult to avoid and shows no mercy.

Julian Alvarez is one of the most important and strongest additions to Atlético Madrid in recent times. He is a player who is ready for any big challenge and has a great ability to adapt to any role required of him.

With Lukman, we have a duo that possesses a great deal of versatility and diversity; a combination of strength, speed, decisiveness, and tactical flexibility that makes

any defense suffer against them.

Julian Alvarez is an excellent player, excellent, excellent.

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