Uría: "Taking off Kang In Lee was Simeone's mistake"

After reviewing the match, Rubén Uría argues that Kangin Lee was the player best at reading Barça's high defensive line. He believes that his substitution, along with Baena's, stifled the team: he would rather have a player who tires but knows how to keep the ball.

What did Atlético de Madrid do wrong in the second half against Barcelona? Could Simeone have got it wrong? The debate over the second half against Barça centres on the substitutions, and Rubén Uría has one clear name: Kang In Lee. For Uría, "the Korean was the one who read the line best and knew how to switch play to find Barcelona's blind side. For me, it's a mistake by Simeone to take him off," he said.

In Uría's view, the Korean played three switches of play to Baena that left him one-on-one with his man, as well as the assist for Julián's goal with the outside of his foot, "a pass that would be called a thing of beauty if Luka Modric played it". Was he carrying a physical problem? Uría replies that his information says otherwise and that he had no problem at all. In his opinion, the coach got it wrong by taking him off, and also by taking off Baena.

Click on the video to watch and listen to the panel's discussion about Kang In Lee.