The Atlético de Madrid he's going through one of his worst moments of the season. The wards of Simeone They have been unable to add two consecutive victories since January. This pothole is causing both the Real Madrid as Barcelona are dangerously approaching the leadership that they have been holding for more than one lap.
A pothole that started in February just when the Atlético de Madrid suffered up to six casualties per Coronavirus. It did not become an outbreak because to be designated as such, three must be infected in 72 hours, to which the team of Simeone did not arrive for a few hours.
The first casualties were those of Carrasco Y Handsome. Two key players who could not be against him Cadiz after detecting its positive. The colchoneros took the game forward, winning 2-4 although a less solid team was already beginning to be seen …
During the week they fell Joao Felix Y Dembelé, on February 3 the Portuguese and the next day the Gaul. Two positives that again caused the alarm light to go off. Luckily for the colchoneros there was time to prepare for the match against Celta de Vigo that was played on Monday at the Metropolitan.
A match that they prepared with the four casualties already mentioned, which were joined at the last minute by both Lemar What Herrera. The good news is that Carrasco He entered the squad list although without having completed any training with the group … the match was tied at two. A goal from Ferreyra in the final section he left the rojiblancos without three points.
From that moment on and despite the fact that little by little the positives by Coronavirus They were returning to the dynamics of the team, a pothole began that to this day has not been solved. Do not forget that the Covid 19 it is a disease that directly affects the lungs and can have sequelae. To which is added the time they have been without training normally. The footballer who most noticed this downturn after his return is a Joao Felix. Be that as it may, a month and a half without winning two games in a row. That's a long time to win a league.
Luis Suárez crashed a ball into the wood in Getafe
After the draw against him Celtic, came the victory against him grenade by 1-2. The celebration of Saul Y Koke in the goal of strap that gave the mattress the victory, said it all. After that match came the double confrontation against him I raised. 1-1 in the Ciutat of Valencia and 0-2 in the Metropolitan. Two games in which the colchoneros for opportunities and game deserved more but only achieved one point out of six possible.
The defeat against Levante was joined by the one they suffered in the Champions League against him Chelsea. 0-1 won the English in Bucharest. All this in a match to forget but they have 90 minutes in London to leave it as a mere anecdote.
After the two defeats suffered, two victories and two draws have come. Two long-suffering victories against Villarreal Y Athletic
from Bilbao; and two draws in the two derbies in which it seemed that he could have taken all three points in both games.
Now it's time to look at the horizon. There are still 11 games to be played in the League, and nobody should forget that right now everyone would want to be in the place that the Atlético de Madrid. Although before that it will have the return of the Champions League in front of Chelsea, a match in which the colchoneros will be played to be in the quarterfinals of the competition.