The Atlético debacle in the second round of the League It is not precedents in the Cholo era and almost not in the whole history of the club. The team finished the first act of the first position championship with 44 points, with six advantage over Barcelona, but in the 13 days that are consumed by the second round those of Flick have taken an astronomical difference of +16, which has caused that six games for the end of the tournament the distance with the leadership is already unattainable 10 points.
If only the second round will be counted Atlético would be the 13th in the classification right now. Much closer to the descent than Champions positions. That simple statistical data exemplifies the disaster of the second meridian of the championship in which, without going any further, Valencia has taken the rojiblancos a distance of six points, since they have added 25 in the first 13 games by Just 19 of Simeonand after its squeaky defeat in Las Palmas.
Along the way Nothing less than 20 points have been left When throughout the first round, it resulted in 13 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat, only the team had been lost 13 He has lost to Leganés, Getafe and Las Palmas away from home And before Barcelona in the Metropolitan, While he has tied in the Riyadh Air Before Villarreal and Celta already domiciled to Espanyol. Since the League resumed after Christmas, he has only been able to win Mallorca, Athletic and Valladolid in their Stadium and Valencia and Seville out.
The fall began in Leganés, where it was attributed to a day of bad luck. Then the Villarreal tied in the Metropolitan, but more or less the team was kept afloat until It exploded following the defeat in Getafe. From that moment on, the balance has been two victories, a draw and three losses, pulling the leadership of the first round and giving the league in tray to Barcelona or Real Madrid.
With six games ahead, Atlético’s only aspiration is to maintain third position and thereby guarantee Champions and Super Cup. Then, as of June, the Club World Cup will arrive, although today it is not a competition that causes special illusion either in the costumes or among the fans.
The second round debacle
- Leganés 1 Atlético 0
- Atlético 1 Villarreal 1
- Atlético 2 Mallorca 0
- Real Madrid 1 Atlético 1
- Atlético 1 Celta 1
- Valencia 0 Atlético 3
- Atlético 1 Athletic 0
- Getafe 2 Atlético 1
- Atlético 2 Barcelona 4
- Espanyol 1 Atlético 1
- Seville 1 Atlético 2
- Atlético 4 Valladolid 2
- Las Palmas 1 Atlético 0
