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Quote from: SUPERSAIAN on March 17, 2024, 11:00:47 PM

We have been seeing improvements in Barcelona for a few weeks. I do not expect them to beat Atletico Madrid so easily, but they were very good and did not play a great match. An important moment in the match was when Xavi was suspended due to his objections. This was an important moment.

Even if Barcelona was ahead, the players could have been affected by this situation, but that was not the case at all, on the contrary, they scored two more goals and Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 today. Barcelona's young players show a lot of promise: Yamal and Pau Cubarsi

Yes there have been great improvements in this Barca team for some time now and also a great deal of consistency in the way they have been playing and also grabbing points both at home and on the road which has also made them formidable as a team. But on the side athletico Madrid, I still can't stop wondering how they managed to oust inter Milan from the UCL with the kind of performance they put out there yesterday, against inter Milan they came all out, they took control, they show intensity as well as character until they got themselves back into the game but against Barcelona they played like a youth team, they couldn't even get a consolation goal, in my opinion i think this is one of their worst performance this season.

Athletico Madrid's unbeaten streak of 25 games at home in La Liga has come to an end. The last time they lost a home game in all competitions was back in January 2023, against Barcelona. Once again, Barcelona has managed to defeat them. It's unclear why Athletico seems to struggle against Barcelona specifically. Is it because of the different league and approach? Don't know but being humiliated and brutalized by Barcelona was tough.

Nevertheless, Barcelona displayed a great team effort. Their intensity and defense have notably improved. They now close down tight spaces effectively, which is what Barcelona fans have been hoping to see from their players. The whole squad put in a fantastic performance, sending a strong message ahead of their match against PSG.

Like you rightly said, it was Barcelona that last won defeated Atletico Madrid in the Spanish La Liga in their own home ground before yesterday maach and were also able to repeat same feat again in that serious encounter of yesterday. Atletico Madrid have been performing exceedingly well in the Spanish La Liga whenever they're playing at home and facing a Barcelona side that has some of their players sidelined because of injuries, I never expected Atletico to lose that game but surprisingly to me and many other who predicted and staked an Atletico Madrid win or draw, Barcelona took all three points from the game.
Diego Simeone's men were able to eliminate Inter Milan from the UEFA Champions League competition last week which I thought will give them the needed morale to play at their best yesterday against against Barcelona but they actually didn't live up to expectations of many. With that result, Atletico Madrid is now in the fifth position of the Spanish La Liga table with one point behind fourth placed Athletic Bilbao and would now have to fight for the fourth place position or risk not playing in the UEFA Champions League competition next season