Champions League: Stuttgart misses the surprise against Atletico

For a half time, VfB Stuttgart overran the favoured Atletico Madrid, but in the end the Swabians had to settle for one point despite the overload. By Robin Tillenburg The game on the third match day of the premier class ended on Tuesday evening 1:1 (1:0), Jamie Leweling managed the lead goal for the VfB (36th minute of play), Julian Alvarez balanced out (47th). Morten Hjulmand saw the Red Card on the Spanish side (64.). Due to the division of points, the team of Sebastian Hoeneß remains unbeaten in the Champions League and with seven points is full in the target despite the missed surprise. Undav: "Lost two points" In the end, despite the good result on paper against the favorite, the Swabians had to annoy themselves a bit about the draw. Deniz Undav on Amazon Prime: Lost two points. I think we were clearly better, had many chances, Atletico had a time in the second half where they were at the push. Then came the red card and it was clear that we have more possession of the ball and the chances will come. But that's something that's haunting us right now, that we only make a little bit or almost nothing out of the opportunities that we have. Stuttgart dominated Atletico in half one Not a minute was played, since Madrid's goalkeeper Jan Oblak had to parry twice already in the highest distress: First the keeper dived against a flat shot of Bilal El Khannouss in the corner lightning fast, at the following corner he defused a concealed shot of Josha Vagnoman. The VfB ran the guests early and courageously, they had to work on operating temperature, which coach Diego Simeone naturally did not like. But it did not get better for the runner-up in the standings from "La Liga", in the tenth minute Oblak had to snap up his arms in a distance shot by Angelo Stiller again lightning-fast to prevent the backlog. The Swabians pressed vigorously on the leadership and the Madrilenes saw no land at all. Leweling achieves the overdue lead The bad news for the Stuttgart residents: They could not reward themselves for this printing phase. Around the half-hour mark, the guests slowly began to swim a little freely and appear in the opposing half. However, VfB remained sharp and present in the duels and worked out the overdue 1:0: Stiller put Marc Pubill under enormous pressure in the counterpressing and conquered the ball for his team in the guest penalty area. Leweling let another opponent get off by gunfinte and then brought the ball slightly faked left bottom in the corner (36.). It took until the 42nd minute before Champions League debut Dennis Seimen had to hold his first ball in the VfB goal: A headball of David Hancko held the 20-year-old safely. Nothing more came from the favorite until the break whistle. Alvarez meets, Hjulmand looks red But Simeone apparently found the right words and cogs in the halftime break to steer his team back on the right track after an almost chanceless first half: The newly replaced Ademola Lookman was not decisively disturbed enough in the first real attack of the second passage on the left wing of Vagnoman, brought the ball flat into the middle, where Alvarez of the entire Stuttgart defensive had slipped from it and shot from the rotation indefensible upper right (47.). 45 excellent minutes of hosts were leveled within just two minutes. The Swabians had to shake first, the guests were now the game-determining team. Pablo Barrios forced Seimen to a strong foot defense after an hour. A very unthinking action of Atleticos Hjlumand helped the VfB shortly afterwards: The Dane senste Stiller in midfield at a Stuttgart counter from behind with the sole in the legs and saw one of the clearest red cards of the current season (64.). Promptly, the hosts were again dangerous: Grischa Prömel missed Oblak's goal with a header only just (66.). But the dominance of the first half no longer wanted to come, the Madrilenes defended their penalty area very passionately. The final offensive, however, belonged to the Bundesliga team: Jeff Chabot had in the 81st. Minute after a corner by head a good chance, but aiming left past, Oblak still parried a shot of Prömel (89.) - nothing more came. So Stuttgart was able to look forward to a good performance and a counter in the end, but had, as in the Bundesliga last several times, in a strong game an even better result.