Quote from: tiCeR on Today at 01:22:26 PM

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Quote from: tiCeR on Today at 08:34:04 AM

That is quite an early judgment call here. I am with you that they are too hectic, too inconsistent, but I do think that Atletico Madrid is a team that can improve their game over time within the season. The more there is at stake for them, the better they can get. They have had seasons like that in the past. Since they can play quite a unique strategy, it is never a please to play against them. They are not as strong as they used to be when they frequently made it into the semifinals of the Champions League, but assuming they have no chance to win anything, I am not so sure about that. Inter is my favorite when Atletico faces them, but it is still quite a high level encounter.

Atletico is now 7 points behind Real and Girona, and this is too much for Atletico to hope for anything in La Liga. They were able to equal Barcelona on points and even beat them on goal difference (this once again indicates Barcelona’s poor attack), but it seems to me that the main struggle in the remaining matches will be with Barcelona for third and fourth place.

Atletico Madrid has to have several consecutive wins to keep stressing the teams at the top and hope for some bad games. 7 points is not the end, but given the current form that Girona and Real Madrid have, it seems like a lot and Atletico Madrid has had one strong streak with 6 wins in a row yet. But they also had some weak games against inferior teams, which they can hardly afford if their claim is to win La Liga.

Not going to lie, I was actually a little surprised to see Atletico Madrid in third position and ahead of Barcelona. Because generally, Atletico Madrid has not been performing very well, especially in recent times. So this definitely looks like an improvement from them. And at the same time, the players have also started to perform better. Things are looking good for Atletico Madrid this season. And I am not going to be very surprised if they are actually able to finish in the second position. But even though I am praising them, I don't think they are going to win the La Liga title.