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<\/span><\/h3>\nWanderful atmosphere.<\/span><\/h3>\nThe Wanda Metropolitano<\/a>\u00a0is another magnificent addition to the range of spectacular new stadiums.\u00a0<\/span>On this Saturday it held over 64,000 vibrant red and white shirted home fans. Many carried Spanish flags. Which were soon waved at the visiting players.\u00a0<\/span>Inevitably when Catalonia meets Madrid Gerard Pique<\/a> got special treatment whenever he touched the ball.\u00a0<\/span>But if Barca were intimidated they didn\u2019t show it.<\/span><\/p>\nAtletico hold Barca to a draw<\/h3>\n
The match became a fascinating duel between the passing moves of the Catalans against the defence of Atletico.\u00a0<\/span>But it was a combination by the home side that drew first blood. A period of probing gave Saul the chance to deliver a right foot shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. That gave Atletico the lead. However\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona did not panic. The pattern stayed the same. With home coach Diego Simeone remaining a manic presence on the touchline. And f<\/span>or some time it seemed the visitors might lose. But eventually the home defence was breached.\u00a0<\/span>Rather than from a tricky combination it was from a cross by Sergio that Luis Suarez headed home. Barcelona had equalised.<\/span><\/p>\nMessi the magician.<\/h3>\n
Leo Messi has been described as being from another football planet<\/a>. In an age of mileage statistics he often just strolls around. But he has instant control.\u00a0<\/span>Then suddenly there is a burst of pace and he combines with Suarez or Iniesta to shoot at goal. Whenever this happened the crowd seemed to hold its collective breath. As they did when he approached a free kick near the edge of the penalty area. That was in the final minute. His chip went over the wall but straight into the arms of goalie Oblak. There was relief all round.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/rsz_1rsz_20171014_211536-300x225.jpg\")
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<\/h3>\nReal move closer.<\/h3>\n
The contest ended with honours even. The atmosphere, the fans and the spectacular stadium had all contributed.\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona kept their unbeaten record though they knew rivals Real Madrid had moved closer. Because across town another superstar, Ronaldo, had scored the winner in the derby defeat of Getafe. On a warm Saturday in Madrid both Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> and Lionel Messi had strutted their stuff. And those few that saw both live were privileged witnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/h3>\nWanderful atmosphere.<\/span><\/h3>\nThe Wanda Metropolitano<\/a>\u00a0is another magnificent addition to the range of spectacular new stadiums.\u00a0<\/span>On this Saturday it held over 64,000 vibrant red and white shirted home fans. Many carried Spanish flags. Which were soon waved at the visiting players.\u00a0<\/span>Inevitably when Catalonia meets Madrid Gerard Pique<\/a> got special treatment whenever he touched the ball.\u00a0<\/span>But if Barca were intimidated they didn\u2019t show it.<\/span><\/p>\nAtletico hold Barca to a draw<\/h3>\n
The match became a fascinating duel between the passing moves of the Catalans against the defence of Atletico.\u00a0<\/span>But it was a combination by the home side that drew first blood. A period of probing gave Saul the chance to deliver a right foot shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. That gave Atletico the lead. However\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona did not panic. The pattern stayed the same. With home coach Diego Simeone remaining a manic presence on the touchline. And f<\/span>or some time it seemed the visitors might lose. But eventually the home defence was breached.\u00a0<\/span>Rather than from a tricky combination it was from a cross by Sergio that Luis Suarez headed home. Barcelona had equalised.<\/span><\/p>\nMessi the magician.<\/h3>\n
Leo Messi has been described as being from another football planet<\/a>. In an age of mileage statistics he often just strolls around. But he has instant control.\u00a0<\/span>Then suddenly there is a burst of pace and he combines with Suarez or Iniesta to shoot at goal. Whenever this happened the crowd seemed to hold its collective breath. As they did when he approached a free kick near the edge of the penalty area. That was in the final minute. His chip went over the wall but straight into the arms of goalie Oblak. There was relief all round.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nReal move closer.<\/h3>\n
The contest ended with honours even. The atmosphere, the fans and the spectacular stadium had all contributed.\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona kept their unbeaten record though they knew rivals Real Madrid had moved closer. Because across town another superstar, Ronaldo, had scored the winner in the derby defeat of Getafe. On a warm Saturday in Madrid both Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> and Lionel Messi had strutted their stuff. And those few that saw both live were privileged witnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Atletico hold Barca to a draw<\/h3>\n
The match became a fascinating duel between the passing moves of the Catalans against the defence of Atletico.\u00a0<\/span>But it was a combination by the home side that drew first blood. A period of probing gave Saul the chance to deliver a right foot shot past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. That gave Atletico the lead. However\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona did not panic. The pattern stayed the same. With home coach Diego Simeone remaining a manic presence on the touchline. And f<\/span>or some time it seemed the visitors might lose. But eventually the home defence was breached.\u00a0<\/span>Rather than from a tricky combination it was from a cross by Sergio that Luis Suarez headed home. Barcelona had equalised.<\/span><\/p>\n Leo Messi has been described as being from another football planet<\/a>. In an age of mileage statistics he often just strolls around. But he has instant control.\u00a0<\/span>Then suddenly there is a burst of pace and he combines with Suarez or Iniesta to shoot at goal. Whenever this happened the crowd seemed to hold its collective breath. As they did when he approached a free kick near the edge of the penalty area. That was in the final minute. His chip went over the wall but straight into the arms of goalie Oblak. There was relief all round.<\/span><\/p>\n The contest ended with honours even. The atmosphere, the fans and the spectacular stadium had all contributed.\u00a0<\/span>Barcelona kept their unbeaten record though they knew rivals Real Madrid had moved closer. Because across town another superstar, Ronaldo, had scored the winner in the derby defeat of Getafe. On a warm Saturday in Madrid both Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> and Lionel Messi had strutted their stuff. And those few that saw both live were privileged witnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barcelona took their 100% La Liga record to the new home of Atletico. Naturally in the current political climate they received a hostile reception. But ultimately they returned home with a point. Catalonia meets Madrid ended with honours even. Atletico Madrid v Barcelona – Catalonia meets Madrid Wanderful atmosphere. The Wanda Metropolitano\u00a0is another magnificent addition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2212,"featured_media":3630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1365],"tags":[210,464],"class_list":["post-8015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-barcelona","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Messi the magician.<\/h3>\n
<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nReal move closer.<\/h3>\n