Atletico has to react to finish the league championship in the top four. It is urgent to recover match by match, live the next match as if it were a final.
Roji Blancos needs more time for adaptation
Madrid needs to update the version of Simeone’s match by match. The rojiblanco team has to apply the famous slogan of the rojiblanco coach for 2022 and, above all, for his future in LaLiga. The rojiblancos are out of the Champions League positions and that does hurt an entity that has forged its current status by playing the Champions League every year. A reaction is urgently needed, otherwise, Atlético will have a hard time. Simeone has gone on vacation in pain. It is a new situation, to which he is not used. Ten years go a long way, even losing four league games in a row. But there is time to react. There are twenty days left, 60 points at stake, and there is a squad to be among the top four. The coach is turning everything around: the game system, the footballers who are playing more and those who have fewer minutes.
Management knows how to work
The sports management does not want to turn his head thinking about the rivals for the Champions League. At Atletico, they know that Real Madrid and Seville will occupy two of those positions. There are two others left and now there are Betis and Rayo Vallecano. But Real Sociedad and Barcelona will also fight for them. For two places there will be four teams, discounting Rayo, the great surprise of the championship, and Atlético’s next rival. For Iraola’s team to endure up there would be something of a miracle, but not Betis, Real and Barcelona. Cholo spoke with his players before the match against Granada. And he will do it again after the holidays. The coach has this week to think about whether he makes any important changes to the team or if he continues more or less as he has been up to now.