Yes, Atletico Madrid is fairly well place in the table but no better than Barcelona, and to lead the league title next season I think Diego Simeone's squad is still under Xavi's team in some ways.
I don't see anything special about Atletico Madrid this season because they are indeed one of the favorites in the top four so nothing is different if we look at previous seasons
come on you can't compare Atletico Madrid with Barcelona, you're really making a wrong comparison
let's say that there are two strong teams, in my opinion, Real Madrid and Barcelona, the others have to fight to get into the Champions League
no one can aspire to first place in La Liga except those two at the moment
Yes indeed, in my personal judgment also that Atletico will never be able to get a big chance to win the La Liga title. Although for example Atletico can win the La Liga title, and maybe I will conclude that Real Madrid and Barcelona are experiencing a decline in performance in that season. Maybe this kind of judgment can be attributed to underestimating Atletico, but I don't care because it seems to be the reality. So yes, no matter how much effort Atletico put into building a team in the off-season like this, but in the end Atletico will still find it difficult to be the strongest team throughout the season in La Liga. But apart from this assessment, basically I don't hate Atletico because I like the style of play adopted by Diego Simeone who has strong characteristics in every match.