Atlético dries up

Atlético dries up. The rojiblanco team has problems with the goal in the last games and this is giving them some problems, especially in European competition. In the last four games, Atlético have not gone from goal to game (they went unmarked against Lokomotiv), which contrasts with the scoring streak they had been running until then. After the break, Atlético has not been able to count on Luis Suárez, positive for coronavirus, and Simeone's team has accused him. Without the Uruguayan, and with Diego Costa also out of combat due to an acute thrombosis, Atlético does not have a pure nine and it costs them a lot to score. Against Bayern he had control of the game (except for the last twenty minutes), control of it, the ball and the chances. But it was not a second that long to have closed the clash.

Atlético scored four goals against Cádiz on November 7, just before the break. What has followed is quite a different story. After the national team matches the Atlético beat Barcelona 1-0, with a goal from Carrasco. He drew without goals in the Champions League against Lokomotiv, beat Valencia by the minimum (with own goal of the team Valencianist by Lato's work) e equaled one goal against Bayern, with both João Félix. Very little baggage for the game of the Madrid team. In Valencia, in the last league game, he dominated the clash from start to finish, although he did not have depth or finish.

Luis Suárez had five goals until he had to stop. He made two to Granada and one to Celta, Betis and Cádiz. In Champions he had not been able to score. Atlético hope that he can return this Saturday in the match against Valladolid. The Uruguayan is a benchmark at the top of the attack and his teammates miss him. In the four games without him, the Madrid team has scored three goals. In LaLiga those two goals helped him to defeat Barça and Valencia, since Oblak did not fit. But in the Champions League he could not get past the draw against Lokomotiv and Bayern, what has led to Atlético having to play the pass on the last day against Salzburg.

In these games without a pure nine, Simeone has placed Correa and João Félix at the top of the attack, with the help of Marcos Llorente and Carrasco. Correa played a very good game against Bayern, although he had to finish. Just what the team needs. “We lacked forcefulness”Simeone commented at the end of the match against the European champion. Cholo left happy with everything except the lack of a goal. If Atlético had been somewhat more accurate, they would have resolved the game in the first half. It wasn't and he ended up paying for it.