Real Valladolid 1-Atlético de Madrid 1 | Champion in the purest Atleti style

Atlético was true to itself. He won his eleventh league title in the purest rojiblanco style, suffering, overcoming an initial goal from Valladolid and celebrating it at the end in style. Atlético del Cholo has suffered a lot throughout the championship and needed one more test of fortitude to win the title. Congratulations to the Madrid team for their fight, for that character and that faith in the most complicated moments, there were many.

The goals of Correa and Luis Suárez are already in the history of the Madrid club. Atleti is champion again, seven years later. Simeone has his second league title as coach and Koke extends his legend in the team (he will lift his first as captain). If in the nine previous occasions in which Atlético led the last round they did not fail, neither did they this time. The Oblaks, Trippier, Savic, Koke, Saúl, Marcos Llorente, Carrasco, Correa, Luis Suárez and company are immortal. They are the legend of a club that will never thank them enough for this championship. Valladolid, meanwhile, descends. He offered struggle and resistance and had he done so throughout the campaign, he would surely not regret having descended now.

It is a special, different title … It has many owners and many recipients (a hobby that never stopped encouraging the team, even though they could not attend the stadium). Many will remember those who are not yet and have not been able to enjoy this historic moment. From the third amphitheater they will have lived the eleventh league title. Some have not arrived in time to see Atleti at the top of LaLiga.

In Valladolid, Correa was once again the main protagonist. He made it 1-1 when the game was complicated. Thanks Angelito. Thank you for that humility and for that generosity. The play of the tie was tremendous, with a toe shot hitting the post. Correa changed the game and has been one of the LaLiga players. Tomás Reñones and Andrea Berta told me in a talk in training, after missing a goal against Betis in the last play of that game, that Correa would be the protagonist in Valladolid. They were not wrong. The 1-1 in minute 57 changed the dynamics of the crash. Fate rewarded him for his insistence. It is pure Atleti. He had to put up with mockery, but he never gave up. Ten minutes later Luis Suárez scored in a gift from the local defense. The Uruguayan has scored 21 goals and has been a blessing for the team.

Atlético then calmed down, aware that they had achieved the most important thing. He suffered in the end because Valladolid attacked and went desperately in search of the equalizer. He suffered because this team doesn't seem to know how to win any other way. But blessed way to win the title

Valladolid showed their face and Atlético was a caricature in the first half compared to the one they had played in the last games. The Cholo team had a horrible first half, with all the players well below their level. Only Correa was similar to other games, trying to move, go down to receive, cut back, associate … Atlético did not print the rhythm that it had put in the clashes against Barcelona, ​​Real Sociedad and Osasuna. Nothing to see. Nobody would have thought that the Cholo team had overwhelmed the Basque and Navarrese team and had the Barça player on the ropes. Valladolid's goal was an example of all the positives for the locals and the negatives for the visitors, in a rapid transition to attack. Carrasco fell asleep on the edge of the area of ​​the pucelano set and the backlash was manual: perfect. Óscar Plano defined perfectly against Oblak.

Where many rojiblancos fans expected a 0-1, a 1-0 was seen. Once again the world upside down. Once again suffering, a lot of suffering. But in the second half, Atlético turned the game around. Boys, you have touched the glory.