The Atlético de Madrid
follow leader of The league with eight games to go. The mattress team clings with all its strength to the leadership. The rojiblancos will sell their skin dearly in this regard.
It is true that the mattress team is not at its best in terms of game and results, but with that and with everything it is showing a capacity for resistance beyond any doubt. And that the bleeding he suffers is “game by game.”
The Atletico of Madrid drew against him Real Betis in the Benedict and held the lead in the standings, despite losing two more points. He has added 17 and given 16 in the last eleven appointments, in which he has only won four games. He still maintains a point of advantage over the second, the Real
Madrid.
The wear and tear of the team is being palpable. Despite the fact that the colchoneros have been running for 19 days in a row, since the 12th round of the championship. But the feeling is that, if he wins LaLiga, he will do so suffering. After adding 24 points out of 24 possible between December 2020 and January 2021, eight victories in a row, the rojiblanco team has managed to add only 17 of the last 33 at stake.
It is clear that the trend has changed. Since the game against him Celtic, on February 8, 11 games with only four wins, with two losses and five draws. A journey in which the team of Simeone the difference of 11 points it had diminished.
And now? Now the team is holding on to the fight. Undoubtedly. “It is a very competitive League. They started out irregular Madrid Y Barcelona, Atlético started very strong, now we are in an irregular moment in the League, Madrid is coming with an extraordinary step, Barcelona he had problems with Valladolid and on Saturday he lost … It is an extraordinary moment, I love as a coach, being at the end of the League competing ”, explained the Cholo at the end of the crash.
“At the end of the season there is more tension, but we have been growing. Last year we came from a transition and now we are in a beautiful place that we must sustain ”, he added.
MENTAL STRENGTH
A feeling shared by Koke, the team captain, who argues that they are ready for what is coming. “We are all having a great season. We have to continue ”, he said to add:“ In the end it is a mental issue, it is the illusion that we have for wanting to win. That is what motivates us. Beyond the physical effort that we have to do, I think it's all in the head. Head first we have to be strong and we are. (…) We feel strong. It is a pity that we are having many casualties. If we are strong-minded, we will reach the goal we all want ”.