Atlético is really in a crisis and this defeat was logical - in addition to scoring just one goal, they conceded two, which is a lot for a defensively oriented team. Tomorrow they play an away match with Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey, I wonder if they will fly out of this tournament, will this shake Simeone's position as head coach?
Atletico Madrid make this season worse than all expectation because after the last successful season, they should do better in this season because their young players should play better after one more season. I am not sure what are reasons but in this season, their players, from old to young play very unstably. They score less goals and their defense even get worse. They have more conceded goals that break their best strength and Simeone can not fix it even he is an expert coach in this defense and counter-attack tactic.
Although not really interested super cup final between Real Madrid vs Atletico Bilbao I think this great result each team where Bilbao without favorite can defeat Atletico Madrid 2-1, I think they have playing well how to make Atletico Madrid left early with Super Cup take the same step with Barcelona after defeating by Real Madrid.
Atletic Bilbao have one of most beautiful season in their history and they do it impressively because they don't have too much budget for transfer like other clubs in La Liga. Their budget can not be compared to Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid. Even much less than Sevilla or Valencia. Anyway, their team are a united one and they play as a whole team with good teammate spirit. I believe it is the biggest contributor to their success.
On paper I think Madrid most favorite to get first super cup trophy in this years depend can play with full team where Vinicius Jr have back to the team. Left than three days later final Super Cup will held between Real Madrid vs Atletico Bilbao and both team will prepare well to get first trophy in this season.
I think so. Real Madrid with Carlo Ancelotti don't have big conflict among coach and players or players vs players. So they are playing very good and in match against Barcelona, Benzema did not try to shot because his team mate was moving forward to make a shot. In the end, it's a goal for Real Madrid. I see very good leadership from Benzema in that moment.
as we know that Ancelotti is a great coach with his two arrivals to Real Madrid where he managed to temper the emotions of their star players in the Real Madrid body especially considering the high ego for each player but today Ancelotti did a good job how they successfully advanced to the Super Cup final after overthrowing Barcelona in extra time where Karim Benzema's leadership as captain could be carried out well by the French striker where they could control the egos of Real Madrid players while in the squad.on and off the pitch so that he can freely talk a lot on the green grass when he hosted Barcelona in yesterday's super cup match