with atletico madrid's defeat of cadiz. position 4 in the athletico madrid standings is not safe. now bilbao is only 2 points behind with atletico madrid who is ranked 5th. until the end of the season the competition between bilbao and atletico madrid will run tight and exciting.
Atletico will try hard to finish in the Champions League zone next season, it would be a shame if they were knocked out of the top four by Bilbao. Diego Simeone is very experienced in dealing with that kind of pressure, and it is believed he can get Atletico back up after being down in several matches. After facing Inter Milan in the second round of the last 16 of the Champions League, Atletico had to face Barcelona afterwards in La Liga. Diego Simeone strategy and experience will be tested in these two matches.
A lot of people are talking about Simeone or generally about the coaches, but I think that sometimes the players should have more responsibility for what they are doing on the pitch. Simeone has lots of experience, but at the same time the players have tons of experience at Atletico as well and they should play their best. While I can't feel sorry for the coaches as they are earning millions and millions and if they get sacked their life still goes on, I do think that penalties or backlashes for the players should be much harder if they constantly underperform. As soon as they have their first big contract, football becomes secondary. At least sometimes it looks like they see it that way.