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It was a little painful when the goal came off the foot of Joao, who has been discarded by Simeone in recent seasons Cheesy

The game was still going on and it was still business as usual, Barcelona still employing their infuriating tiki taka scheme, which made it a bit difficult for Atletico to move around, despite the few chances they had on the counter-attack.

By the 70th minute I was pretty bored with the game as it was, the ball was mostly in the middle of the park and although there were a few chances on target both clubs were a bit poor,I would have liked more open play from both teams but so far it seems they haven't done that as both clubs are still defending each other and not playing frontally to intimidate each other.

Joao Felix is still a valuable asset for Atletico Madrid because he only has a one-season loan spell at Barcelona from Atletico Madrid. Barcelona probably won't be able to make him permanent due to his high value, but Joao Felix has had good form with Barcelona this season. He fits Barcelona's style of play and I think Barcelona will try to make him permanent if there is a possible option.

The match got more exciting towards the end, that's because Atletico Madrid started to increase their attacks. They create opportunities and so far Inaki Pena has made a brilliant save for Memphis Depay's shot. Barcelona's defense was good in this match, but they failed to take advantage of many opportunities to score additional goals.

I know but that doesnt take away from the fact that Simeone was the one who sent Joao away these past few seasons. As for Joao being made permanent, it's still a bit complicated because Barcelona revealed from the start that his loan was only for one season and there was no permanent option after the loan.
Although Joao is currently playing very well but making this player permanent will not be easy because Barcelona is likely to have to prepare more than 50 million to bring Joao from Atletico.
Towards the end of the match there was some increase in the intensity of the attack but the poor finishing did not make a difference as both clubs had the same problem in this match which was their imperfect finishing.