translated from Spanish: Spanish press highlighted Arturo Vidal’s performance against Atletico

The Spanish press had positive concepts for the Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal for his performance on Thursday in the 2-3 defeat of FC Barcelona to Atletico Madrid, valid for the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup.The ‘King’ was weel in the scaffolding of Ernesto Valverde and was an important point in the culé action, as has been the tonic in the last compromises. He had two chances to score in the first stage and participated in the goal that he gave the 1-1 partial draw to the Blaugranas. The Sport newspaper rated former Juventus and Bayern Munich a score of 10 and rated in the clash against the ‘mattresses’ in Saudi Arabia, their ‘physical resource display allowing themselves to be seen in any area of the field, adding up in defence and showing dangerous in attack. He focused for Suarez on Messi’s first goal. Huge.” Another medium akin to the Catalan painting, Mundo Deportivo, called the ’22’ as “temperamental”. “It was headlined by energetic presence, sometimes chaotic, something that this Barca appreciates,” he said. In addition, the publication highlighted Vidal’s appearance as an assistant to a goal by Gerard Pique that was annulled by the VAR. “He gave an assistance out of sheer faith, but unfortunately it was not worth it for him,” he said. Finally, the newspaper Marca de Madrid highlighted the versatility of the owner of San Joaquín, who was seen in all sectors of the court.” He returned to the title in place of Rakitic and with his usual intensity fighting for all the balls. In attack he arrived with good centers. He created a lot of danger with his arrivals from behind,” he said.

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