The 29th match that Atletico Madrid played did not go smoothly, sharing points with Espanyol is a loss because it will leave a gap between positions 1 and 2 if Madrid wins today match, automatically Atletico Madrid has retreated a little from the title hunt this season. They are now 6 points behind Barcelona and 3 points behind Real Madrid. Let's see if the real Madrid will have an unlucky day too or they will get a win at home.
They're deteriorating all the time and with the result they got this week, even though there's still a long way to go, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they're no longer in contention for the trophy and only Madrid and Barcelona, as always, will be in contention for the trophy for the time being.
Being 3 points behind Madrid and 6 points behind Barcelona where they have played one more match certainly gives us a situation that is already known that they will be very difficult to catch up with this situation especially when we talk about the scheme on the field then we certainly know how bad they are in finishing problems.
They controlled the match but the shots they created were inversely proportional to the on target shots they had which made their possession, attacking determination and shot opportunities useless in the end.