Atlético outpaced? The gulf in intensity between Spain and Europe

Rubén Uría draws one indisputable conclusion: the pace of English and German football overwhelms Atlético. Alberto Carballo replies that the race lasts 90 minutes and likens Hulman's red card to one shown to Barrios.

Rubén Uría is reluctant to draw sweeping conclusions from a single night, but there is one he places above all others: you can debate quality or which league is better, but there is no doubt that English and German football is played at 300 miles an hour, at a pace that overwhelms Atlético. Whether the Germans' engine lasted 30 minutes or 35, he concedes, is another matter.

Alberto Carballo takes up the challenge: this is like a race, and the race lasts 90 minutes. Rubén reminds him that in that half hour they could have scored three. Carballo replies that they did not, and that without the sending-off it would have been a different game.

From there, the conversation turns to Hulman's red card. Carballo compares it to one Pablo Barrios received against Leverkusen, given how high the challenge caught the ankle. Rubén sees it as worse: on that occasion Barrios slipped, whereas Hulman took the bait and clearly got it wrong, something he finds a shame in a player with his experience.