Atlético de Madrid readapts its objectives

To begin with, it should be clarified that although it has not been aired publicly in a very obvious way, within the rojiblanco dressing room they understood that this was a season in which the team could fight the title again from you to you. Few but select signings had been signed, which had given yet another leap in quality to the already powerful squad. Some footballers like Cunha The Mario Hermoso They did openly acknowledge that the goal was to fight the title again, but overall, the statements were of a lower profile. Although it was not said, in the rojiblanco dressing room it was understood that the objective was to defend and fight the title achieved a year ago.

The Atlético de Madrid came out of the derby of Santiago Bernabeu 13 points behind the leader. The mattress team did not pose an adequate battle to Real Madrid, that right now he seems too solid a leader to think about fighting for the title. But in the mattress box they are aware that a season is long and that the teams go through a moment of form and results that can completely change the scenario.

The clear example is what happened last season, in which those of Simeone They came to have a very comfortable advantage in the middle of the course and in the second, the pressure of the rivals and the results of the pursuers led them to play the title on the last day. As explained Simeone before the match. “We are always quick to say that it is a final or a beginning. LaLiga it will always be competitive. There are six or seven very good teams at the top and they are doing things very well. As always, we are going to go game by game, which is our motto and we are not going to change it, ”explained the coach.

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Thats why he Athletic You have reassessed your goals. Without starting at the beginning of fighting for the title and defending it until the end, it has gone to a short term in which the team feels more comfortable. “The important thing now is to look at the team that we have closer, not the one that is further away,” acknowledged the Cholo at the end of the shock of Bernabeu. That is to say, first the immediate, then meeting a scenario from which conclusions are drawn regarding whether or not one is to fight for something. That is to say, the horizon of the team is right now to forget to think about the leadership and focus on what is close, in each game, in each battle. If that formula works out well, the locker room is convinced that in the month of May / April, the situation may have changed enough to be more ambitious.

But now, that short term leads to a focus on the Betis as a rival to pass right now – he is four points away but he has one more game – and especially in the Sevilla game next weekend. Lopetegui’s team is second, with 34 points, five more than the Athletic. “Now more than ever we have to think about game by game, which has always been good for us. From now on they are all final, “he said. Koke Resurrection at the end of the crash.

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