The Atlético de Madrid faces two commitments this week against I raised. A strange situation caused by the atypical calendar this season, conditioned by the covid. The rojiblanco team visits the Ciutat de Valencia on Wednesday in a postponed match on matchday 2 and on Saturday, they host the Granota team at the Metropolitano, already in a clash on matchday 24.
A rival who has not been particularly good at Simeone in Valencian territory, where he has lost three times. Of course, the last was in 2016, a 2-1 with goals from Victor Casadesús, Rossi Y Fernando Torres. Since then, two wins and a draw, which has served to end that black legend that haunted the mattresses every time they visited the Ciutat.
In any case, Atlético is warned. Above all, remembering the match on 13/14. The rojiblanco team went to Valencia in a privileged position, on the penultimate day of the championship. A triumph left those of the Cholo on the verge of the title, but against all odds, they fell after nine consecutive wins. 2-0. Filipe Luis, at own door, and Barral they were the authors of the goals of a match in which Atlético made up to three times as many shots as Levante and that ended with pikes between players from both teams and controversy. Life was complicated for the rojiblancos, who would later draw against Malaga against Barcelona to win their tenth league. But for that day, everything could go to waste.
The situation is not the same now in form, but it is in substance. There are more days left, Levante does not play it, but if they win this double commitment against the Granotas, the Madrid team would be in an excellent situation to tackle the final stretch of the championship.