EI Atlético has lost its strength over Oblak's goal. If the rojiblanco team has stood out throughout Simeone's stage for being a rock behind, strengthening even more with the arrival of an Oblak who has been in five seasons the Zamora award of LaLiga, this course things are not going as expected.
The rojiblanco team has conceded seven goals in the first nine games of the season and has conceded a goal in six of them. If since his arrival at Atlético Oblak he has left a clean sheet in 162 games of the 312 he has played, a spectacular percentage of 52%, so far it has only gone to zero against Elche, Porto and Athletic. The three games at home and the last two ended with a draw after Atlético was not able to pierce the rival's goal either.
Since the 1-0 win against Elche, Villarreal, Espanyol, Getafe, Alavés and Milan were able to get ahead on the scoreboard. In three of them the rojiblanco team managed to come back in the last moments, San Siro the last of them, against Villarreal he added a point in the last play and in Mendizorroza he was not able to turn around Laguardia. Matches where a common pattern is repeating, conceding a goal very soon after starting with less intensity than the rival.
Inferiority to set pieces and difficulty for Oblak to act successfully, receiving a goal on the opponent's first shot on goal. The Slovenian is not accompanied by the defense, but he has also made some improper error in him, such as the one that led to Getafe's goal. He needs to close his goal again and Barcelona is a litmus test for it. Last season got leave without a goal in the first leg (1-0) and on the return (0-0) despite having Messi in front. The first step to victory is to regain security behind.