I am a little surprised by the negative results achieved by Atletico Madrid, because apart from they lost this match their game was also not as expected. Villareal were able to play better and were also effective in this match.
If you look at the starting lineups, you must realize the reason why Atletico can be defeated in that match. I don't know what Simeone thinks about the strategy, but putting 3 defenders only is too risky against a strong team like Villareal. Even worse, 1 from 3 defenders (Savic-Mandava-Witsel) basically isn't a pure defender, Witsel is a defensive midfielder. Simeone ideally excludes Witsel and chooses Gimenez or Hermoso or Felipe, to strengthen Atletico defense line. Villareal can win because Atletico used a bad strategy and choose the wrong players for the lineups, especially for the defenders.
Well, the truth is that I didn't understand the reason why Cholo had put his lineup up so aggressively and focused only on attack, 3 defenders could only win a game that got out of hand and also the risk is great and I think very few coaches run those risks, that even the goalkeepers go out to attack when it comes to a corner or a foul, in any case, I don't like how Simeone is doing it or how he is handling it if we are I'm going to put it on a scale From 1 to 10, I would give it a 5, because it is not generating results and it is worrying, especially with the high level of competitiveness in the league.
I think that Diego Simeone should realize this is not working and try some other tactics. Because there are a lot more important games still left to be played. And they will still have to play against some better opponents.
I don’t know how they will be able to do that with these tactics if this is not even working against opponents that are not the best in the league. And also the players need to stay cool and keep calm if things are not going their way. Things are already quite bad and there is no need to get air suspension willingly.