It was my Atletico favorite, Gimenez, who didn't hustle back enough to stop the Venezuela goal. It's been a rough year for the kid: he gave up a terrible goal against Deportivo in a match in which Atletico dropped two unnecessary points (and ; he gave up the PK against Bayern which Oblak thankfully saved; he was benched against Real Madrid in the Champions League final; and now this mistake.
Kind of ironic, considering there were reports he might be suspended for that game due to his confrontation with Juan Carlos Osorio after the Mexico game. Had he been suspended, they might still be in the tournament. Or not, who knows. They looked pretty clueless for the better part of the game.
Speaking of clueless, Mexico looked like garbage. Do that against even a mediocre side, and you're getting your doors blown off. I like that Osorio is willing to tinker and won't throw the same tactics game in and game out, regardless of how hopeless they might be, but that game was the textbook definition of getting too cute. Four center backs is rarely a recipe for fluid passing and maintaining possession. The fact that they started out with one as a winger (Yasser Corona) set off alarm bells in my head from the start.
I really didn't think they would miss Guardado as much as they did. But the lack of any sort of a clue in the midfield almost proved lethal. Holy turnovers, Batman!