Atlético Madrid face the break with the same income, with the same mattress. The Barça team has four points, which overwhelmed Real Sociedad from Anoeta
Atlético de Madrid, whose doubts threaten and call into question their status as leaders in the decisive section of the season, took a breath, a relief, just before the competition stopped to give way to the commitments of the teams.
The break will be good for Diego Pablo Simeone’s team. The stumbling blocks, insecurity and acceleration of his persecutors have recently called into question the achievement of a title he looked forward to with authority not many weeks ago.
A bad streak, diametrically different from the one he enjoyed in the first round and a European fall, brought a certain pessimism to the Metropolitan, where Atlético de Madrid this time won, suffered, against Alavés(1-0) to keep distances and options intact.
Between Luis Suárez and Jan Oblak, the red-white bleeding subsided. They spread a bad, hasty commitment between them, which indicated a greater threat from Barcelona and Real Madrid, which does not fail. In fact, the Barcelona team is scared while the white box insists.
Atlético Madrid face the break with the same income, with the same mattress. The Barça team has four points, which overwhelmed Real Sociedad (1-6) in Anoeta, and six in a Real Madrid that insists and fulfills its commitments.
Simeone’s team is not the same as the first section of the course. But just as then the resources of Luis Suárez and Jan Oblak were decisive in Alavés’ visit to the metropolitan. The Uruguayan scored the goal that gave the victory. The Slovenian goalkeeper tied him stopping a penalty five minutes from the end which would have meant another shot.
The 500th goal of the South American’s career, the nineteenth with Atlético Madrid’s shirt and as definitive as his team in eight of the last twelve rojiblancos victories. Then came Oblak, a little thin at eleven feet lately. He stopped Joselu’s shot and avoided a concession with inconceivable consequences for the future of the competition.
And Barcelona is in orbit. With numbers in their last matches similar to those of the rojiblanco team in the first round. Ronald Koeman’s team has fifteen wins and three draws in the last eighteen league games.
He celebrated the match Messi 768, which became the player with the most matches in the history of Barcelona. He celebrated it with a double at the Barça exhibition in Anoeta, where he highlighted Real Sociedad.
After Marc Andre Ter Stegen saved his team in the beginning, Koeman’s set was overwhelming. Antoine Griezmann and Serginho Dest were convicted before the break. The American side, an arm from Messi and Dembele adorned the victory that frightens the leader (1-6). Barcelona does not waver, waiting for a minimal failure of Atlético to attack the top.