Football games are not always won by the team with the best offense. Atletico Madrid have perfectly embodied this creed in recent years.
The team under head coach Diego Simeone is known for being a well-organized defense that strikes with ruthless precision and then retreats in a highly disciplined manner. However, at present, there is not much left in this Atletico Madrid team.
This season, the Spaniard’s defense has been historically weak. Yesterday’s 3-3 draw with Club Brugge in the first leg of the Champions League play-offs was their ninth consecutive Champions League game in which they conceded at least one goal. When has this happened before? Never before in the club’s history.
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Also in the league, they recently lost significantly to Rayo Vallecano with a score of 0-3. Conceding 6 goals in two games against the 17th-placed team in the league and Club Brugge cannot be the standard for a top club. The team seems to have lost its identity. Maybe they should only play in the Copa del Rey from now on.
In their 4-0 victory over Barcelona in the first leg of last week’s semi-finals, Atletico proved that their old consistency is still there.
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