The Athletic, once the league competition is restarted, it has final eleven in front. And it's in Game a position in the Champions, which means that the rojiblanco club can maintain its current economic status. It will not be easy.
First because now there is various teams tucked in the fight for being in the top four and also for the calendar. A look at the matches that Atlético must play indicates that those of Simeone will play five in their stadium and six at home, where the Madrid team usually lowers its performance a lot. However, it will be necessary to see if the remainder of the league competition is played behind closed doors. But outside At home Atlético has not felt as safe as inside their stadium. The first two games that the rojiblanco team have to play when the league tournament starts will be against Athletic and Osasuna.
There is other data important and that surely has not gone unnoticed by Simeone and his team. Of the eleven encounters there are two against direct rivals in the fight to get into Champions. And, in addition, it is played in the last two league days. Atlético will face Getafe and Real Sociedad closing the championship. It will be an all or nothing against teams right now looking to finish in the top four. On the first lap Atlético he won Getafe, in the Wanda Metropolitano, but lost before the Real society, in San Sebastián. From the teams above, you will also have to face Barcelona, in the fight to win the league championship with Real Madrid.
Atlético, in addition, will have to face teams that can be playing a lot for the relegation. Valladolid, Levante, Alavés, Mallorca, Celta … For Atlético on many occasions these games are more complicated that matches against teams at the top of the standings. You have to remember, for example, what happened with Atlético against Espanyol. The Madrid team could only get one point against an opponent who was playing it.