Atleti is in difficult leagues

The Atlético has five 'finals' to try to raise the most even League of the last decade, where up to four entities can win it. The mattresses they reached 50 points out of 57 possible in the first 19 days. But Simeone's have also starred big punctures. In September in The Alcoraz (0-0), the tie against him Celtic (2-2), the hard defeat before him Raise 0-2 in the Wanda, the tie against a Getafe who spent 20 minutes with one less player on the pitch, in addition to the defeat against Sevilla (1-0) and the draw against Betis (1-1). The rojiblanco team has gone five points in the second round after minute 80. Madrid have won 8, Sevilla has a balance of +9 and Barça +2.

If Atlético has shown something, it is that they grows in the face of adversity, so he said Koke just after the match against Athletic: “We are screwed, but we trust win all five games that remain. “Looking back, we find a curious background, to say the least: nine of its 10 leagues They were conquered on the last day. The exception was in the 1976-77 season, where they won it in the penultimate match. In other words, the rojiblanco team he is called to suffer in the final stages.

This red and white fashion was born in 1939-40 (Athletic Aviation 2-0 Valencia). In that I find the mattresses won comfortably to a Valencia that made things easy for him from the start. Paco Campos at minute seven and Elicegui in the last quarter of an hour they were the scorers of a match that was played at the Vallecas Soccer Field. Just one campaign later, history repeated itself. The Athletic Aviation beat Oviedo 3-0 and that result was worth them to take an advantage of two points to Athletic.

Nine years later of the second league title, the Atleti with Helenio Herrera in command achieved a meritorious three-way tie against Valencia on the last day. This 'tradition' reoccurred in the 1950-51 with a tie to one before him Seville with a goal from Barek that was worth another domestic championship. Atlético's suffering would continue over the years. After 15 years without a single league title, the pupils of Domingo Balmanya achieved an epic feat in the last day before him Espanyol (0-2) with goals from Griffa and Ufarte in a team where the mythical Luis Aragonés was.

Coaches change, players go in and out, but the exploits continue. These outcomes were also repeated in the 1969-70 (Sabadell 0-2 Atlético), in 1972-73 (Atleti 3-1 Deportivo), in 1995-96 (Atleti 2-0 Albacete) and in the most recent 2013-14 (Barcelona 1-1 Athletic).

Simeone knows the trick of patience

Diego Pablo Simeone is he maximum exponent this suffering tendency. The Argentine has implanted this warrior spirit as a player and coach. In the season of the double (1995-96) with Antić on the bench, Simeone defended the rojiblanco shield on the lawn and was in charge of opening the light against Albacete. A great goal that marked a before and after in Simeone's career. That League seemed to get complicated in Tenerife (1-1), but the Argentine brought the team to life by scoring that goal in the last game.

The anecdote is that Simeone also knows this formula as a coach. Emphasizing this last League of 2013-14, Godín gave a blow to LaLiga at a Camp Nou that ended up surrendered to the rojiblancos. The Argentine always defended the speech of “match by match” and it worked. Now, the entire mattress parish dreams of these milestones happening again.