never before, ever since Diego Simeon he has managed Atlético de Madrid for a full season, the rojiblanco team had conceded so many goals. Bleeding dry in defense, one of his hallmarks, Atlético has lost one of the main strengths with which he achieved indisputable success.
The three goals that the rojiblanco team received against Getafe and that almost cost him a dislike, gave continuity to some statistics that have made a dent in a campaign so far hesitant: throughout the course, the Athletic He has received 45 goals, the same as in the 2013/14 and 2016/17 seasons, when he signed his worst records since Simeone came to the bench.
However, to concede 45 goals this season, the Athletic He has played 32 games in all official competitions. When he hit rock bottom, he racked up 61 in the 2013/14 campaign and 58 in 2016/17. These data reveal a defensive weakness never seen before and that the statistics show.
Few teams have managed to score three goals a Atletico Madrid this season. In total, three have done so: Valencia, Barcelona and Getafe. And, curiously, of the three, there were two with paranormal stories that failed to pierce the red and white goal.
The chronic
At Valencia, Jose Bordalasduring his stage in Getafewent four seasons without scoring a goal Athletic from Simeone. Already in the ché team, they started a tie (3-3) in Mestalla and ended his curse. The Barcelona, was the second team to score three or more goals against him this season. Specifically, four, last day, to win 4-2 in the Camp Nou.
And, curiously, the third to achieve it has been the Getafewho lived in a permanent curse that lasted until this course, when Stefan Mitrovic scored in the first leg of the Alfonso Perez Coliseum after 20 games with 36 rojiblancos goals and only one azulón.
Now there are four, those who added the Turk to the list Enes Unal twice and Borja Mayoral. The team that has scored the least goals Atletico Madrid in the last decade, he managed to make him three in just 45 minutes.
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Simeone he will have to turn around his defensive weakness if he wants to stop suffering scares. And it is that, every time the Athletic He has signed a bad result, his players have not hidden and have recognized that they need improvements. “We have to work on concentration, we have to be self-critical,” he said Koke Resurrection after the Super Cup
The Uruguayan Jose Maria Gimenez, also launched a message that hit the target. He spoke of a “relaxation” with respect to the last course, in which he and his classmates “bite”. After his words, his team conceded four goals against Barcelona.
Far away are the years of greatest defensive lucidity. The best record of the “era Simeone” dates from the 2015/16 academic year, when the Atletico Madrid he conceded 31 goals, 0.77 per game; in 2017/18, 36, 0.61 per game; and the past, when he won LaLiga, 37, 0.77 per game. Now, with 45 goals, the average is striking: 1.4 goals per duel.
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Before him GetafeCuriously, he kept a clean sheet when he played with ten due to the expulsion of the Brazilian Felipe at 58 minutes. The team of Quique Sanchez Flores he lost his way when he had everything in his favor. He let a team escape alive that he hasn’t beaten in a decade. The Athletic reacted to achieve victory and got it. about the horn, Beautiful Mario made the miraculous 4-3 that did not hide the defensive shortcomings of the Athletic this season
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