Real Madrid's defeat to Atletico Madrid 3-1 really made us realize that no matter how good ball possession is, if you don't have a sharp striker, then it's really in vain. Not only will they not be able to face other big teams later in the UCL, Even against Atletico Madrid they couldn't penetrate Atletico's back line strongly.
I said a while ago that Madrid would gradually lose ground with a formation like this. There was no striker with the ambition to score goals, making Atletico Madrid enjoy a very entertaining match. Like it or not, this defeat made Barcelona lead at the top of the standings, followed by Girona who unexpectedly could be consistent and be in second place.
I think that the main problem was not caused by real madrid has no striker to scoring against atletico madrid. The main problem on in defensive line. People can know which was the weakness point from real madrid easily once they were only watching the hightlight.
Look at how real madrid has no defenders who can prevent morata to freely heading the ball. Morata and griezmann was always getting free space. It's the main problem owned by real madrid. Missing militao was giving big impact to the defensive line of real madrid.
The defenders were scared in fightin in the air against atletico madrid's striker.
In my opinion, if Barcelona occupied the top of the standings, it would be difficult for any club to catch up. This season Madrid will experience many problems, whether they realize it or not, the fact that if there are no senior players like Kross, the fans worries will become even more real.
The main problem was on its defenders. I have no problems in the attacking line even though madrid was always playing without good attacker. Joselu is far from my expectation. I have no hope to him to stay in madrid next season.