A third of the season is now completed and Atletico keeps its DNA. You can use the fingers of one hand to count the games in which this team has deployed a good football. But they keep competing to the fullest. In the season with a renewed team, Atletico is one point away from Barcelona and Real Madrid in LaLiga and with the qualification for the next round of the Champions League in mind. They have lost two out of the last seventeen official matches. This is how Atletico has been in the first third of the 2019-20 period.
Draws. Atletico Madrid has won six games, tied another six and lost one during this Champion League. They were defeated in San Sebastian. They scored 15 goals in the thirteen games played so far and has conceded eight. This deserves recognition in terms of numbers. They make very little goals but receive very little as well.
Champions. Atletico has met expectations in the Champions League. In four games they have two victories, one draw against Juventus and lost one against Leverkusen. They scored six goals and received four.
Morata. He has scored in six consecutive games, four in LaLiga and two in Champions. He is the top scorer of the team, with five goals in the Champions League and two in the European tournament. He is holding the team in a poor scorer beginning. He is making the goals his team could not make. Diego Costa has two goals, a significant number for a forward in his category but not for the group and Simeone.
Two faces. The Atletico has offered both sides for most of the games. Matches are not consistent. They usually play a very bad first half and subsequently tried to improve after the break. Simeone said he was guilty of the team not playing the right way in the matches. Fans have wondered about the reasons why Atletico is not able to play with intensity during the entire 90 minutes. They came out differently before Espanyol and faced Bilbao the right way in an intense game.
The future. The idea within the club and the coaching staff is going for more. João Félix has just contributed some details to the team and the new players will be integrated. Atletico understands that it’s just a matter of time to get all the pieces together.
Source: https://as.com/futbol/2019/11/10/primera/1573412560_903753.html
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Tags: La Liga, Atletico Madrid