In the 18th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid will play Sevilla away. Sevilla are currently 2nd in the table and Atletico are 4th, and in order to compete for more points, it will definitely be a real-knife match.
But before that, Atletico Madrid was not in a good position, the team had suffered two consecutive defeats in recent matches, and Simeone's Atletico Had never experienced three consecutive league defeats.
You know, Atletico just won last season's La Liga title, how did this season suddenly pull a little crotch?
Let's analyze from the personnel side, the main squad has not changed much, and this season there is basically only one Saul who has left the team through loan. Although Saul's performance in the Blues Chelsea this season is a disaster, he is definitely one of the top two players in The Atletico team last season, and his coverage and scoring connect the front, middle and back lines of Atletico, and the title of atletico's core midfield definitely has his share.
In addition to Saul, Suarez also made a huge contribution last season. Isn't Suarez still here this season, why not? In fact, it is really different, Suarez, who was just abandoned by Barca last season, came to Atletico with a sense of anger, desperate to prove to his old club that he was honest and old, so he was full of momentum to attack Atletico in every game.
By this season, Suarez's momentum to prove himself has obviously disappeared, and his body has also deteriorated significantly in the overuse of last season, which is already a period of decline, will it not age faster when it is overused? That's it, a season is enough time to turn a player's body upside down.
In addition to the players, Simeone's timeless and stereotypical tactics have also become a short board to balance Atletico's development. The opening rush, trying to score a goal in the first 30 minutes, 30 minutes without gaining began to swing, the whole team crouched in the pit, looking for an opportunity to play a quick counterattack. It is always the three axes in the game, and how can the tactics that have not changed adapt to the ever-changing modern football?
Suarez, who was in full form last season, forced Atletico to smash the opponent's goal, and when the players are no longer in form this season, who can stand up and lead Atletico forward?
Of course, this is definitely not Suarez's fault, as a head coach should not have been expecting players to stand up and save the world, football is a team game, no one can always rewrite the outcome of the game, the strength of the team is the greatest. Simeone failed to play to the strength of the Atletico team, so this season they may have drifted away from the championship.