For me, I consider Athletico Madrid a mediocre team due to the way the club's hierarchy runs the affairs of the club, for several years Athletico Madrid can only boast of maybe one or two la liga titles and two champions league runners up and yet the club went ahead to retain Diego Simeone who has only succeeded in making the club a third place figure despite spending huge amount of money in the transfer market over the years, I think its time for a change at club.
Atletico Madrid is not considered a brawny team. Last season we thought the team would be a contestent for the title. But the team's performance was quite erratic. Even then , the team was able to stay in the top 3 of the table due to a strong defense. But this season we do not see any positive change in Atletico Madrid's performance. The team will fight to stay in the Champions League zone. But the team will not be able to fight for the title. At least by looking at their performance in the first match, this can be definitely presume.