A week ago again, Atlético de Madrid supporters had reasons to be optimistic for the rest of the season. With a short defeat in the first leg of the eighth of the Champions League and a place at the top of the Liga ranking, the Colchoneros had reasons to believe it … Especially since Julian Alvarez was on fire, well supported by his compatriot Rodrigo de Paul or the luxury joker Alexander Sortlowe, and that the team turned very well very well.
But in the space of 4 days, the Colchonero cards castle collapsed. An elimination in the Champions League from the eighths, which some will qualify as cruel because of the scenario of the penalty shootout and the draw complicated so early in the competition, but which leaves the Rojiblancos without option of European title when many saw a window to go to the end this season. A sacred disappointment, even if it is true that due to the context so complicated, the criticisms were rather lenient in Spain, where it was even pointed out that the troops of Diego Simeone would have deserved to qualify on all two games.
Goodbye to major titles
There was therefore the Liga, even if the unexpected defeat against Getafe last weekend had already been a blow in this race for the title. With all the cards in hand to stay at the top of the championship, the Colchoneros have chained two defeats in a row and now find themselves dropped. The Madrids are now 4 points from the leader, Barça, which also has a less match, therefore potentially 7 points behind. Real Madrid has also exceeded the Colchoneros, with 4 more units. Even if Diego Simeone has been confident that his two rivals will necessarily lose points by the end of the season, the difference in points could already be too important.
A failure on the national scene which, contrary to what happened in the Champions League, is worth strong criticisms of Simeone and his men. “Cholismo is starting to end its end. We always play the same game, it's the same all the time and we stay stuck behind for 90 minutes suspended at the transverse bar. When luck runs in your favor, you go a draw or you win, but when it is not the case, these things happen. We don't know how to play big games ”for example, swept the journalist Antonio Jesús Merchán on Radio Marca. The Argentinian tactician and his men will be able to fall back on the Copa del Rey – they are in half where they will face Barça – as a lot of consolation, but whatever happens, it is a season already failed for them …
