Juventus 3-0 Atletico Madrid: 5 Talking Points & Tactical Analysis

#3 Atletico lacked drive and were lackluster in all fronts

Antoine Griezmann was barely involved in anything significant in this game

Simeone’s side did have the cushion of a two-goal lead but the tie wasn’t over, which was what it seemed from their perspective towards the game. They were content with surrendering the possession completely and put as many men behind the ball as possible.

Atletico do arguably have the strongest, most well-knit defensive unit in Europe currently but a tactically flexible and intelligent team like Juventus are good enough to decipher their weaknesses and strike the blows where it hurts the most at the right time.

Allegri’s team never stopped probing them and eventually, the Rojiblancos had to break down, after a tremendous performance in the first leg at home. Here, they never looked keen to recover the possession and depended on their backline to see off Juventus’ continuous attacking moves.

The midfield was overpowered and outwitted by the duo of Pjanic and Can. Saul never looked like asserting his authority over the game, which he is quite capable of and Atletico resorted to playing catch-up in the game, something that should never have been the option because of their significant advantage from the home fixture.

Juventus are not an out and out attacking team, but they do possess the required armory and firepower to cross the line according to the demand of the situation.

They did exactly that, by changing their style of play at specific junctures of the match and the Spanish side surrendered meekly.