Well whatever Quique said to his players at half-time, it hasnt had the desired effect, unless he told his players to crawl into their shells and gift possession to Valencia. Absolutely nobody inside the Vicente Calderon has much confidence in this side and you can begin to hear murmurs of discontent from the stands. Atelti need a goal and quick.
Atletico Madrid Vs Valencia - Forlan Fires Penalty Against The Post
And they should have had one when they were just awarded a penalty after an atrocious piece of defending from Maduro. Having horribly miscontrolled the ball in his own area, Maduro attempted to rectify the situation with an equally disastrous, mis-timed lunge on Jose Antonio Reyes. Diego Forlan stepped up to take the kick (quite why Sergio Agüero wasnt entrusted with the spot kick with the Uruguayan in this frame of mind is beyond me) and smacked his effort against the right-hand post.
In all fairness, had he scored it would have done him the world of good, but as it is his wretched form continues. How Atleti need him to find his scoring boots once more. Apart from the penalty, Valencia had come out strongly at the start of the second half with Jordi Alba and Joaquin causing all sorts of problems down the wings. The goal appears to have woken them from their early slumber.
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