As last season's La Liga champions, the heavy investment of the Sheets Army at Atletico Madrid off-season did not have an immediate effect, facing Manchester City in the Champions League did not work miracles, the most terminated step eight, and La Liga was early to withdraw from the league title battle, now they only have the league this event, and the next goal is also very clear, that is, to keep the top four positions in the table, so as to obtain a next season's Champions League qualification, in the last round of the match with Espanyol, Although Atletico won, they also paid the price of Felix's season reimbursement!
In the thirty-third round of the league, Atletico will sit at home to face Granada, in this campaign, in addition to Griezmann, Kondobia and Felipe are also in a state of suspension, which has a great impact on The fighting power of Atletico, and Granada is now deep in the relegation zone, in order to be able to stay in La Liga, they will certainly do their best to fight the Sheets On the road, after the start of the game, both sides have invested heavily in the defensive end, coupled with the poor state of the opposing attacking players, Neither side was able to create too many threatening chances, and Atletico saw hope of a killer victory in the final moments of the game, but the new signing Cunha's shot hit the upright, leaving the Sheets Army to accept a 0-0 ending, which was Granada's first unbeaten away game against Atletico in 48 years since 1974!
Although a lot of money was invested in the offseason, the performance of the offensive end of the Sheets Army after the start of the new season still did not improve significantly, especially in the face of opponents who were not as strong as them, there were not many ways to face the iron barrel team, and felix, who had acted as the team's offensive bottle opener many times this season, was even more reduced by Atletico's ability to attack.
Although the Sheets Army had a high possession rate of 64% in the whole game and also created 12 shooting opportunities, there were not many people who really threatened the opponent's goal, only 1 shot hit the target, and the offensive threat was even worse than Granada, who completed 2 hits to the target.
Griezmann, who was the core of Atletico Madrid's attack in this game, although he did not give goals and assists in the game, his impact on the team's attack was still very significant, which can be seen from the fact that after he was replaced in the second half, there is not even a player in the Team team who can send a pass to Suarez on the front line.
In the game, the closest chance to score came from the 89th minute, and the Brazilian striker Cunha, who spent 26 million euros in the offseason, completed a very beautiful turn and shoot after receiving a pass from his teammate, but unfortunately the unlucky ball hit the upright and popped up, and Atletico Madrid also missed the opportunity to kill the game.
After the end of this game, Atletico Madrid once again surpassed Barcelona in the table with a 1-point advantage and climbed to the second place, but they played two more games than Barcelona, and after the end of the season, they still held the top four in the table, which is still the most important goal of Atletico Madrid, but to achieve this goal, this game and the relegation team Granada's performance is obviously not enough, in the case of Felix's season reimbursement, other players must stand up on the offensive end!