A stone on the road

EI Athletic returns to competition nine days after defeating the Seville 2-0 in a show of strength as a team. The ridiculous before Cornellà and not to dispute the Spain Supercup They caused him to have had so much time between two crashes. Now, in three days, the Eibar team and the Valencia.

The calendar is like that, for tears and laments of some and joys of others. Visit Atlético the fiefdom of Ipurua, complicated field. Last season they fell 2-0 there at this point in the year (on January 18). He Eibar it passed over him and the rojiblancos are warned. Ipurua is a stone in Atlético's firm path in LaLiga. The rojiblancos are winter capeons, but nobody relaxes. There's still a lot (follow the game live on As.com).

Eibar is a curious case. First it is admired. His good management in the offices and on the bench has made him a fixture in the First Division. Ipurua has always been an almost impregnable venue, but the numbers say otherwise. Eibar have won seven points at home and twelve away. With 19 points he struggles not to find himself in a truly compromised situation. But if he does not improve in his stadium he will have a bad time. And the troop of Oblak, six goals conceded in LaLiga. Sevilla kept him locked up for an hour in his area and the Slovenian hardly had any scares. Eibar could not score at home Celta, Elche, Osasuna, Cádiz, Getafe and Valencia. But we are passionate about football because nobody would bet everything on an Atlético victory.

Simeone has casualties: Koke, Hermoso and Trippier, important players in his scheme. Saúl, Felipe and Vrsaljko seem called to replace them. In addition, the Cholo has Dembélé, a category booster above. Dmitrovic He always had good performances against the rojiblancos and Eibar relied on his saves, his high pressure and scoring a goal. Enrich and Kike García they have the last word. In the other area Suarez does not forgive. The local team will be stung by the stumble against him Navalcarnero and Atlético must show that it is going for everything.