The Atlético de Madrid achieved on Wednesday before the Athletic
a very important victory to put land in the middle in LaLiga with his most immediate pursuers. The goals of Marcos Llorente placeholder image Y Luis Suarez, this from the penalty spot, served to leave the Barcelona to six points and to Real Madrid to eight, and all with the same disputed matches.
The rojiblanco team, with 26 days elapsed, adds the best score in its history, 62. A figure that has never reached this championship heights before and that exceeds the one he had in season 13/14, in which he ended up conquering LaLiga. The colchoneros then added 61 points, who were also third after Barcelona and Real Madrid. Simeone's men finished the championship with 90.
In the other title won by Atlético with three victory points, that of 95/96, the team led by Radomir Antic he had 58 points, four less than now.
One of the comments that has been made for a long time to try to explain the good league that Atlético is doing is that its first position is due, to a large extent, to the fact that the other two greats of Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona, do not they are going through their prime. That in other circumstances, the Cholo painting would be third.
Well, going to the numbers, from the 13/14 season, in which Atlético was champion, until the last one, the rojiblanco team would be the leader in four of those six six seasons. Only Barcelona had more points at this point on the lathe in 17/18 and 15/16. In both cases, it added 66 points.
The comparison does not admit discussion if we take as a reference last season, in which Real Madrid had 56 points (two more than now), one more than Barcelona (one less than today). In 18/19, Barça led with 60 units, 12 more than Real Madrid. In 17/18, 66 were added by the azulgranas and 51 by the whites. In 16/17, the leader was Madrid, with 62 points, the same as Atlético now, for 60 from Barcelona. In 15/16, 66 for Barça for 54 for Madrid and in 14/15, 62 for the Catalans and 61 for the Madrid.
That is, only Barcelona, and twice, had more points than Atlético with 26 games played in recent years. Data that demolishes the mantra that Atlético's privileged position this season is due to the fact that Madrid and Barcelona have lowered their level. Because in the rest of the championships since 13/14, this mattress team is the leader or it would be fighting for the title with them.