He Atlético de Madrid he conceded the first defeat of the season in Munich on Wednesday. In the fifth game, the rojiblanco team fell, which in LaLiga had won two games (Pomegranate Y Celtic) and had tied another two (Huesca Y Villarreal). A painful defeat, more than the loss of the three points at stake, because of how the match developed and the final score, with seven keys to take into account.
There is time to recover from that setback in Munich, as there are still five rounds left in the group stage to get the ticket to the round of 16. Furthermore, the tie recorded in Austria between Salzburg Y Lokomotiv minimized, for qualifying purposes, the defeat of Allianz Arena.
In any case, Atlético now have five commitments ahead of them until the next break to settle in the upper zone of the table and to redirect the situation in Europe. Five games (three in the League and two in the Champions League) that the team Diego Simeone you must push forward to get closer to your goals.
This Saturday, Atlético will host Betis at the Metropolitano at 9:00 p.m. with the idea of continuing on the path of victory that the team took again in Vigo after two consecutive draws. The mattress box, which is now eighth, is only three points behind the lead, now occupied by Real Sociedad and Villarreal, but these people from Gipuzkoa and Castellón have two more games than those from Madrid, so a victory would boost the rojiblancos in the table.
Three days later, again a clash at the Metropolitano, this time against the Salzburg, in what will be a key duel for Atlético's continental aspirations. A victory, coupled with Bayern's foreseeable triumph against him Lokomotiv in Moscow he would take the Cholo team to second place in the group, which is now the goal after Munich's 4-0.
Afterwards, Atlético will visit Osasuna in El Sadar (Saturday, October 31 at 6.30 p.m.) and three days later he will have to be in Moscow to face Lokomotiv. And the following weekend he will receive Cadiz in the Metropolitano before club competitions stop again due to the commitments of the national teams.
In short, five vital matches for Atlético, who want to achieve a full of triumphs. Or what is the same, 15 points before going to the break, after which, the Metropolitan will visit the FC Barcelona.