The details
LaLiga Santander returns after its first break of the season. Two weeks in which the teams have prepared for a second decisive assault: what happens between now and the World Cup break will be key to their claims. Real Madrid and Barcelona have so far been unstoppable and aim to repeat the head-to-head matches for the League title that were so common years ago. Unless other teams avoid that duopoly threat at the top of the standings. To do this, Atlético and Sevilla must react after their erratic start , even being surprised by Betis and Athletic, who have presented their candidacy to fight for the Champions positions. And who knows if they can also stand up to Madrid and Barça. Real Madrid has had a dream start. It has been perfect. It is the first time that they have achieved full points on the sixth day since the victories are worth three. Ancelotti’s men are looking to revalidate the League title and they are proving it amply. They haven’t had any setbacks despite facing rivals like Atlético or Betis, who are in great shape. The Whites have boasted of their punch and power even with Benzema injured . His absence has not affected the group and the goal has become everyone’s task. Up to eight players have already scored. Barcelona also looks to the future with optimism. Barcelona is back. Gone is the bad image that the Barça team offered last season. Xavi’s Barça has started with its foot on the accelerator: it is the team that scores the most (18), the one that concedes the least (1) and its star signing, Lewandowski, has become the top scorer in the competition (8). Only Rayo, on the first day, managed to draw against Barça. It is the best start of the azulgrana in the last five years, this year they have 16 points, almost double that of last season (9). Although there is a concern: How will the team react to the FIFA Virus? The national team break has filled the infirmary: Koundé, Araújo and Bellerín. But more concern exists in Atlético and Sevilla. Both Simeone and Lopetegui have had two weeks to try to adjust their team after a poor start to the league. Both must change the inertia of their teams if they want to aspire not only to fight for LaLiga in the shadow of the duopoly between Madrid and Barcelona, but to secure Champions positions. Atlético will return leaving behind a last day in which they lost to Real Madrid. Ancelotti, after that match, did not rule out a red and white revival to get into the list of candidates for the title. But the truth is that this is the worst league start of the Simeone era and something must change. At the Sánchez Pizjuán the situation is even worse.Sevilla is closer to relegation than to the first places.
fight for salvation
Unless the story changes a lot, which may be due to time, Almería, Espanyol, Valladolid, Cádiz and Elche are presented as the teams that will fight throughout the season to avoid relegation . Several of his coaches are already questioned. As Sergio was in recent weeks at Cádiz, the only club that in the first five days had not scored a goal or added any point until Negredo beat Valladolid in 92 ‘to change the film. All these teams will be looking for a reaction, like Getafe’s, which has seen the light of day by achieving two wins in a row. Now it’s time to see if the national team break has served to change the dynamics of these teams or will only serve to ratify them.