The Atlético has starred in a fall in the Primera Iberdrola this 2021 of those that had not been given for a long time. Not just because the rojiblanco team has gone from winning its third consecutive league two years ago to practically not being able to fight for the title in 2019-20 and totally forget about it in this 2020-21. Also because their performance on the pitch has dropped dramatically in recent months..
There are several reasons why Atlético currently holds the seventh position in the Primera Iberdrola classification. The mattresses went from lifting the Spanish Super Cup on the return of José Luis Sánchez Vera in January to almost saying goodbye to the European squares in April. But what has happened in this time?
The truth is that the rojiblanco team barely has added 14 of the 30 points played since the Madrid coach's return to the bench, 15 out of 33 in 2021. Thus, it has gone from the second position reached in January to the seventh, being especially bleeding their latest data: two defeats and two draws in four games.
In the league, in fact, Atlético has accumulated three games without finding a goal. Or what is the same, 270 minutes, four and a half hours. By the way, has been reprimanded by Levante (3-0), has been eliminated in the second round of the Champions League by Chelsea missing three penalties and playing with numerical superiority part of the tie, lost a derby to Real Madrid for the first time and also almost all hope of playing the Champions League next season.
It is true that this season has not been a bed of roses for mattresses. Starting by the serious illness suffered, and already overcome, by a key player like Virginia Torrecilla, passing by serious injuries such as those of the Mexican killer Charlyn Corral and the lateral Carmen Menayo, and ending with numerous slight absences of also important footballers such as Amanda Sampedro or Ludmila and the latest positives from Sánchez Vera, Toni Suggan, Knaak and Majarín.
Ahead, a final stretch of the Primera Iberdrola in which they still have to face rivals like Barcelona, Madrid CFF, Real Sociedad or Levante, and a Queen's Cup that can be another burning nail to hold onto.