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Valencia are playing decent today and even if they just had a goal invalid by VAR , they will still attack in order to score but still...their overall season is not so great a....
It is not enough to only play decent. Valencia must do more than it. But indeed, Atletico Madrid was much better in any line. They were also able to utilize every chance to shoot and make it more accurate. 3- 0 for the Atletico Madrid Victory really made sense. Valencia might have good performance, but not really effective to attack and execute.
The fact that there are 12 points difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid tells us the story of the season thus far. Real Madrid has been doing well in the UCL just like they always do, ...
Real Madrid's loss to Barcelona in El Classico is truly unfortunate. In the end, Barcelona remained ahead with quite a lot of points. So, Real Madrid's opportunity to take over seems to have disappeared. They just need to maintain to stay in second place. And also to focus more on the UCL which of course will be much more challenging.
Valencia is in a bad state, but I find it tough in La Liga anyway. Frankly speaking, even Girona and Mallorca are not completely safe yet and that is about 10 teams to still fight for their place in La Liga. I think Celta Vigo won't have much to do with relegation, but of course it could theoretically still happen.
The positive outlook for Valencia is that they can actually beat relatively strong teams like Real Sociedad and even the win against Osasuna was very important. But at the same time they lose critical games like the one against Valladolid. Perhaps the good times for Valencia have come to an end these days.