He Atletico Madrid The 2024-25 season began with an enthusiasm that had not been seen in a long time among the Red and White supporters. The arrivals of Sorloth, The Norman, Gallagher And Julien Alvarez Best of all, they predicted that the team would once again fight head to head for the titles with the real Madrid, Barca and the European coconut. However, two and a half months later, the horizon looks very bleak.
Simeone hasn’t finished putting together the pieces of a puzzle whose image represents a team compact and seamless. An Atlético de Madrid dangerous in attack with a dream striker made up of Griezmann, Sorloth and Julián Álvarez; a team resistant in the middle with Gallagher, Koke and Rodrigo de Paul; and a defense reminiscent of that old glories with Reinildo, Giménez, Le Normand, Nahuel Molina and with an Oblak who once again makes his goal a wall impassable.
The Argentine coach has not yet found a way to make his team a formidable club. He still doesn’t know exactly what his eleven guaranteesand he also has no style of play established. Since the start of the season, Cholo has tried the 4-4-2, the 4-3-3 and finally recovered the 5-2-3 of recent years. However, this year, it seems that no training suits him, since the Atletico Madrid it never stops taking off.
The patience of the red and white supporters is beginning to wear thin. In recent games, it has become common for fans to express their displeasure with a loud whistle. This happened in the match against Lille in the Champions League and also in the last league match the team played in the Champions League. Riyadh Metropolitan Airwhen Atlético de Madrid lost a match against Leganés which they ended up winning.
The entity made an effort in the summer market by disbursing 185 million euros. Six players arrived and nine left. Atlético de Madrid made the revolution in the squad that so much was asked of him, but the results are not starting to arrive and there are already those who are turning to the bench.
Whistles, anger and people leaving the field
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After the first eleven days played, Atlético de Madrid are fourth, ten points behind the leaderBarca. Irregularity is the dominant tendency of the red and white team: 5 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat. After the last match at Benito Villamarín where the first defeat in the league was consummated, added to the defeat against Lille four days previously, the team has hit rock bottom.
The team dynamic is not positive and it seems difficult for them to close the points gap with Barca until they can fight in La Liga. However, Simeone, to relieve the pressure, is already looking in the rearview mirror at who his rivals will be: Villarreal, Athletic, Real Sociedad and Betis.
The Champions League, difficult
If in La Liga the panorama is complicated, in the Champions League, it’s devastating. After the defeat against Lille, Simeone was clear: “It’s complicated, that’s clear. We have a very tough match in Paris. Reality tells us that we are in a difficult moment in the Champions League.” Paris Saint-Germain; Sparta Prague; Slovak Bratislava; Bayer Leverkusen and Salzburg, their next rivals.
After the last minute victory against Leipzig at the Metropolitano, Atlético de Madrid’s next matches ended with worrying defeats. The first against Benfica at the Da Luz stadium where the Portuguese won by a resounding 4-0; the last, against Lille at home by 1-3.
On Wednesday November 6, Atleti visits the Princes Park with the pressure to win if they do not want to complicate their access to the knockout stages of the Champions League. Simeone’s men occupy the 27th position in the ranking and they will have to win as many matches as possible so that at the end of the last match, they are among the first eight to play directly in the round of 16. If they fail to do so and finish between 9th and 24th place, they will have to compete in a group stage.
Atlético de Madrid players celebrate Julián Álvarez’s Cup goal.
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In the King’s CupAtlético suffered a lot to beat UE Vic, Sixth division. Her premiere wasn’t what I dreamed of. It would be necessary to wait until the 80th minute for the balance to tip in favor of the reds and whites through Julien Alvarez from the penalty spot. With only two young players in the eleven, Atleti struggled to overcome the Catalan side. at the break Simeone had to bring out all the artilleryeliminated the two young players as well as Sorloth, to make way for Koke, Javi Galán and Lemar.
The Argentinian did not want to receive the scare of Halloween earlier and saved on his health. However, the image of an Atlético de Madrid full of stars unable to defeat a rival five categories lower than them and was already marked.
