The match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madridwhich ended with a 1-1 which satisfies Barcelona above all – which thus remains firmly at the top of the Liga, +3 from second place in the standings – was characterized by an unpleasant episode around the 65th minute. In fact, after Eder Militao’s goal, which had momentarily given the Blancos the lead, there were moments of tension between the Colchoneros fans and the former player Courtois, who had celebrated under the opponent’s corner. After the goalkeeper’s gesture, the anger of the fans exploded and they targeted him, throwing everything at him and forcing referee Ferrer to interrupt the match for about ten minutes.
The technician ofAtletico Madrid, Diego Simeone, he told DAZN: “It’s not right but we protagonists don’t help when we provoke people and people get angry. And people have no other way to do it, which isn’t right… but we have to stay calm and know in what situations can we celebrate a goal, looking at the pitch. It’s right, but people don’t get angry by themselves, they get angry about something and we help people get angry, I don’t justify what they do, but… we can do more. and we don’t.
Also Koke he seemed to give some advice to the Los Blancos goalkeeper: “It was a moment of great tension, this can’t happen on a football pitch, we are professionals and we have to know where we are and be intelligent but for four people we can’t pay everyone. Even players have to be smarter.”