La Liga round 29, or the champion status of Atletico Madrid finally returned to the right track, get rid of the pre-season offensive and defensive sluggish state, this round with a 1-0 small victory over the promotion of Ma Vallecano, in one fell swoop won 5 consecutive la Liga wins, the Champions League also successfully entered the top 8, but the team situation is still not optimistic, the Champions League is looked down, is considered to be Manchester City's big package, data agency "538" analysis predicts that Atletico only 18% of the competitive probability, La Liga is basically unable to catch up with the top of the real Madrid, currently only 54 points, temporarily ranked third in La Liga, Two points less than second-placed Sevilla and 12 points less than Real Madrid at the top of the table.
Simeone has recently been working hard to strengthen the team's defense, hoping to regain the iron-blooded team's style of play, which has been quite successful, not only allowing Atletico to win 5 consecutive La Liga games, but also the second longest winning streak in La Liga this season, second only to Real Madrid's 7 consecutive wins. The Champions League also eliminated Manchester United with a tenacious defence. In this round against promoted Ma Vallecano, Atletico continue to let their opponents attack and focus on the counterattack after defending themselves.
Statistics, Atletico this campaign of 45% possession, and Vallecano's shot comparison of 10-16, shooting contrast of 3-4, and finally with Cork in the 48th minute of the game with Felix hit the wall after the push shot broke the goal, Atletico successfully beat Vallecano 1-0, but based on defense Atletico faced great pressure, so had to sacrifice some players for fouls, this campaign ate 5 yellow cards and 1 red card, Vallecano only 3 yellow cards.
According to the match footage, Atletico's top scorer this season, Angel Correa, insulted the referee, and he had a physical confrontation with Kathena in the 84th minute of the game, Correa pushed Kathena down, and then was whistled by the referee for a foul, which caused Correa's dissatisfaction, and the referee immediately sent him a direct red card. After the match, the referee's report directly recorded Correa's bad deeds, and his insulting words to the referee were: "Ia concha de tu madre" (translated as Chinese is: your mother's X).
According to the regulations, the maximum suspension of insulting referees reaches 12 games, and there are two criteria for punishment, first, it does not constitute a serious foul, but only a contemptuous or ignoring attitude to face the referee, will be suspended for 2 to 3 games, if insulting, offensive or insulting verbal attitude to the referee, the serious circumstances will be banned for at least 4 games, up to 12 suspensions. It can be seen that Correa's abusive referee's operation this time is more fierce and less auspicious, and the punishment will be inevitable.
This season, the 27-year-old Angel Correa has played 40 games for Atletico and scored 12 goals and 6 assists, becoming the team's top scorer, and the suspension will make Atletico's back games full of variables, and the situation of competing for the fourth place will become tense. Atletico are currently five points ahead of fifth-placed Real Betis, but one more game.