Atleti looks in the mirror of 2014

The Athletic you look at it mirror of what happened in the season 2013-14, in which he was champion. Simeone's team has lost the great advantage he wore with respect to his pursuers, but still first and his chances of being champion are still intact. In the absence of nine days, the situation now is quite similar to that of then. With nine days to go, Atlético is first, with 66 points, one more than Barcelona and three more than Real Madrid.

Then, and in the absence of nine days, Atlético and Real Madrid they figured tied at 70 points at the top of the rankings. Third was Barcelona, with 69. And Simeone's team put on a great championship final. He won six games consecutively: Granada (1-0), Athletic (1-2), Villarreal (1-0), Getafe (0-2), Elche (2-0) and Valencia (0-1). I know complicated life in the last three days garters, just when he was in a position to take the title. In the absence of three encounters lost to Levante (2-0); On the penultimate day he could be champion, but he drew 1-1 against Málaga at home and had to leave everything for the last game, where he took the title in the Camp Nou.

The Atlético won 20 points out of 27 possible. Led the rankings with 90 points, three more than Barcelona and Real Madrid. Los del Cholo won the championship suffering and almost agonizingly in the already historical match at home against Barcelona. At that time Atlético played the Champions League and had to play a place in the final precisely against him. Chelsea, executioner of Madrid this season. On that year 2013-14 Atlético eliminated the English team and stood in the final in Lisbon. That perhaps led to the Cholo team arriving just in strength at the end of the league.

Now it happens something like that regarding to LaLiga, although Atlético already it is not in European competition, something that can play in your favor in the domestic tournament. The rojiblancos have an advantage in a point to Barcelona and the leader has to play in the Barça fiefdom, although the match will be played in the matchday 35 of the championship. Betis, Eibar, Huesca, Athletic, Elche, Barcelona, ​​Real Sociedad, Osasuna and Valladolid are the nine rivals that Simeone's team has to face.

The match of this day seems like a key to the LaLiga development, since the Athletic plays in a fief that lately he is good while that Real Madrid and Barcelona face. Atlético has get the three points from Villamarín and although nobody wants to talk about the clash between his two great rivals, everyone would see with very good eyes a tie. But the first and most important thing is to regain the path of triumphs and beat Betis.

The team, on the other hand, yesterday felt the support from your hobby. In the training session a banner could be seen that read the following: “Against everything and everyone, go ahead champion“. The players came out Very angry by the arbitration of Gil Manzano in the clash against Sevilla and the current that the referees are not making it easy for Atlético begins to permeate the Madrid fans. The team doesn't want to get into it. Koke, as captain, sure you can talk to your classmates of what happened in the 2013-14 season. The team already knows how to play with the pressure of fighting for the title.