Nor there are many precedents of clashes between Atletico and Manchester United. The tie for the Cup Winners of the 91/92 season. Nothing more. And nothing less than the rojiblancos will say. Undoubtedly one of the great European moments of the mattresses. “It was one of those magical nights of Calderon“, assures Abel Resino. the target and Solozabal They show us the way so that the Athletic repeat history.
The first step seems clear. The Metropolitan It has to be differential. “That night the stadium rumbled,” says the man who would later become Atletico coach. “Despite not being full, the atmosphere was spectacular,” he recalls Solozabal. That October night Athletic He laid the first stone to leave behind a team that was beginning to be fearsome. the great was born Manchester from Ferguson.
“The game was very close, we didn’t break it until the final minutes with the second goal from futre and the goal of Manolo“, comments a Solozabal that like Abel I was clear that in the second leg I was going to have to suffer. “For me, keeping a clean sheet was very important. I remember that in the second leg I had to retire shocked by a strong blow,” says the goalkeeper. The slogan for the first leg was clear: “Clean sheet”. Luis had insisted on the importance of not fitting in and relying on counterattack with Futre and Manolo. The plan went perfectly.
Times have changed, there will no longer be double value of the goals in the opposite field. He will no longer be Vicente Calderón nor the orange ‘bombers’ of the south end. Whoever has memory will remember three of the biggest avalanches that were experienced in that stadium. Now it will be the Metropolitan who leads the way. “The Metropolitan will carry the team in wings from the beginning. Without the double value of the goals, there is no need to speculate, the Athletic must go on the attack,” says Abel.
Back then, the hero of the night was a futre who scored a double. Now with a Athletic settled in the European elite for a long time, it will be the turn for the Joao Felix, Correa, Griezmann, Suarez… “The Athletic has a great deck of offensive players who can define the game”, tells us Solozabal. Abel is of the same idea, “they can do a lot of damage to the Manchester with all its offensive potential”. It is time to find among the rojiblancos who grabs the witness of the Futre, Manolo, Abel, Solozabal and company…
