Atletico Libas Madrid dengan Skor 4-2 di Piala Super Eropa

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Atletico Madrid keluar sebagai juara Piala Super Eropa, setelah mengalahkan rival sekotanya Real Madrid. Dalam pertandingan yang digelar di A le Coq Arena, Estonia, Kamis (16/8) dini hari WIB, Atletico menang dengan skor 4-2 atas Real Madrid, melalui babak perpanjangan waktu.

Atletico tampil menekan sejak awal laga. Terbukti, baru dua menit pertandingan berjalan, Los Rojiblancos sudah mampu unggul melalui gol yang dicetak Diego Costa. Kemampuan individu Costa tidak berhasil dibendung oleh lini pertahanan Los Blancos yang dikawal Sergio. Tendangan kaki kanan Costa pun melesat menembus gawang Thibaut Courtois. Atletico memimpin satu angka.

Pertandingan keduanya pun berlanjut. Madrid beberapa kali berupaya membangun serangan lewat Gareth Bale di sisi kanan. Persentase penguasaan bola Real Madrid juga lebih tinggi. Isco menjadi figur sentral Madrid dalam menyerang Atletico Madrid. Peluang sempat tercipta di menit ke-18. Winger Madrid Asensio melepaskan tembakan. Tapi, tembakan Asensio masih bisa ditepis oleh kiper Atletico, Jan Oblak. Sempat kembali menguasai bola, umpan Asensio berhasil dipotong oleh bek Atletico untuk dibuang.

Marcelo juga sempat melancarkan spekulasi dalam upaya Madrid menyamakan kedudukan. Sayang tembakan jarak jauh bek kiri Madrid itu masih melebar jauh di atas mistar. Penyerang Madrid, Karim Benzema mampu menyamakan kedudukan bagi Madrid di menit ke-27 melalui sundulan kepala yang diperoleh dari umpan silang dari Gareth Bale. Keadaan menjadi 1 - 1.

Madrid tampak lebih sering melakukan serangan ketimbang Atletico. Persentase penguasaan bola bun lebih tinggi di Madrid. Sementara Atletico yang membangun serangan lewat Koke dan Griezman lebih jarang membangun serangan. Sayangnya, serangan-demi serangan terus dibangun tanpa membuahkan hasil hingga ke akhir babak pertama.

Babak kedua dimulai dengan upaya serangan yang dibangun Atletico melalui gelandangnya, Antoine Griezmann. Hingga ke menit 54 sejak dimulainya babak kedua, Atletico terus berupaya menyerang. Bahkan, bek madrid Marcelo harus diganjar kartu kuning untuk menghentikan serangan yang dibangun oleh Juanfran.

Madrid pun mengambil alih inisiatif penyerangam lewat kaki Toni Kroos. Kehadiran Luka Modric menggantikan Asensio di menit ke-57 ternyata berhasil menambah penguasaan Madrid di lapangan tengah. Pada menit ke-61, pemain Atletico Correa juga mendapatkan kartu kuning karena melanggar Casemiro. Real Madrid berhasil membalikan keadaan pada menit ke-62.

Tangan pemain Atletico, Juanfran menyentuh bola dari tendangan Toni Kroos di kotak terlarang. Wasit pun memberikan tendangan pinalti untuk Madrid. Ramos, sang kapten yang menjadi Algojo tidak menyia-nyiakan kesempatan itu dan mencetak angka. Madrid unggul 2 - 1 atas rival sekotanya.

Namun, di menit-79, keunggulan Madrid disamakan oleh Atletico. Diego Costa kembali mencetak angka untuk menyamakan kedudukan melalui umpan Correa. Berkat gol dari mantan striker Chelsea itu, kedudukan pun kembali Imbang menjadi 2-2. Skor tersebut terus bertahan hingga peluit panjang yang mengakhiri babak kedua.

Pertandingan pun harus dilanjutkan ke babak perpanjangan waktu. Di menit ke 99, tendangan volley Saul membuat Atletico kembali unggul. Baru lima menit berselang, Koke mengandakan keunggulan Atletico. Skor menjadi 4 - 2 untuk keunggulan Atletico. Skor tersebut bertahan hingga pertandingan usai.

Dengan kemenangan ini, Atletico pun meraih piala super Eropa. Duel Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid ini menjadi Piala Super Eropa ke-5 antara sesama klub Spanyol. Los Blancos telah mengemas empat gelar juara Piala Super Eropa, takni pada edisi 2002, 2014, 2016, dan 2017. Karena kalah dalam laga ini, Real Madrid pun gagal sejajar dengan Barcelona dan AC Milan sebagai tim yang paling sering menjuarai Piala Super Eropa dengan koleksi lima gelar.

Sementara Atletico telah meraih kemenangan pada edisi 2010 dengan mengalahkan Inter Milan 2-0. Dua tahun berikutnya, Atletico berhasil mengalahkan Chelsea 4-1. Kemenangan ini menjadi kali ketiga klub berseragam merah putih itu meraih piala super eropa.

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Are Bathroom Hand Dryers Sanitary?

Public bathrooms are already a nightmare for anyone who hates germs, and I usually try to just not think about all of the bacteria around me. I cringe when I sit down on a public toilet seat or turn on a faucet, but a new study has me wondering whether I've been worried about the wrong thing all along. If you're wondering whether bathroom hand dryers are sanitary, you should know that a new study found they may spray you with more bacteria than you'd ever think. Researchers at the University of Connecticut analyzed public restrooms and found that hand dryers were dispersing Bacillus subtilis, a bacteria commonly found in human feces. If you're thinking about switching to paper towels permanently, I don't blame you. I prefer hand dryers because they're less messy and, supposedly, better for the environment, but you may also leave the bathroom with bacteria-covered hands. To understand the horrifying results, it's important to know how hand dryers actually work. After you poop, the bacteria can end up aerosolized thanks to flushing, especially because so many public bathrooms don't have lids on their toilets. Some hand dryers recirculate the air in the room, which leads to bacteria ending up on your hands after you wash them. The research team swabbed the hand dryers and didn't find enough germs to account for the bacteria output, according to Live Science, so scientists theorized that bacteria in the air is the cause. The good news is that you aren't likely to get sick from a hand dryer, even though the ick factor is high here. Researchers say the implications of their study are important for health care facilities and other sterilized environments, but most of our immune systems can handle the bacteria that's being blown our way. Adding HEPA filters to hand dryers could be one way to reduce the bacteria that's currently being spread, according to the UConn team. HEPA filters absorb particles and are often found in air purifiers, and the researchers found that bacteria was reduced fourfold after retrofitting hand dryers with the filters. Researchers already suspected that hand dryers were kind of gross. In February, a picture of a petri dish filled with gross-looking spores that were reportedly from a hand dryer got hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook. A 2016 study found that jet hand dryers — the ultra-modern dryers that blow a lot of air quickly and actually get your hands dry in seconds — spread 1,300 more virus clumps than paper towels, according to Popular Science. But this study provides evidence of how the hand dryers become contaminated in the first place and steps that can be taken to reduce bacteria. So should you switch to paper towels? Like I said, I don’t blame you if you have the urge, but hand dryers are arguably better for the environment. Paper towels end up in the trash, while hand dryers don’t create any waste once they're manufactured, shipped and installed. Still, it’s kind of pointless to wash your hands and have them dirtier than they were when you came into the bathroom, so it’s your choice. Quartz says the findings are most useful for people who work in labs and handle harmful pathogens and healthcare facilities with immunocompromised patients — even though no one wants germs on them, you’ll likely be okay if you’re a healthy adult. And if a bathroom only has hand dryers, you aren’t left with much of a choice. Eventually, manufacturers will catch on and add air filters to hand dryers, but until then, just try not to think about it too much as you’re drying your hands in a public bathroom and use hand sanitizer liberally.