Atlético is the outstanding leader of Primera,
and not because nobody is giving them anything.
The team flies, with an outstanding winning streak and numbers that point
not only to crowning it champion, but to historic figures.
The Cholo team have
47 points
and still have one game to go to complete the first half league.
That is, they could end up
with 50
.
A breakneck speed that shows
a projection towards the 100
that mark the competition record.
The wardrobe dodges all those accounts and aims more in the short term.
First, Cádiz.
Game by game he is doing well and thus has added
14 wins in the last 15 days,
full except for the visit to Madrid.
An acceleration that has him
seven points ahead of the Whites and ten points over Barça
, one game less than his pursuers.
In the bookmakers, for example, no one doubts that
Atleti is the great favorite,
although the dressing room shuns that label.
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The rojiblanco team is a seamless block that, in addition,
in the last two games has shown that it is capable of coming back.
Even them, he confirmed what so many rival coaches confess to fear: when Atleti takes the lead, it is almost impossible to beat.
But Eibar and Valencia hit first and could not score either.
Simeone's is a group convinced of what it does and that it does not fall apart when it receives a blow.
In these last two triumphs, as in others before,
the hunger of Luis Suárez had a lot to do with it.
Suárez, Oblak, Llorente, João Félix ...
Atlético, in addition to being a leader,
boasts having Pichichi (along with En Nesyri) and Zamora
.
Luis Suárez,
after being decisive against Valencia, Eibar, Alavés and Getafe in recent weeks, commands the scorers' classification with
12 goals in 15 games
(he has missed three).
Last season, the rojiblanco's top scorer in the league was
Morata… with those same 12 goals
.
And the Uruguayan plays escorted by teammates who
accumulate goals and assists with ease: Llorente, João Félix, Correa ...
On defense,
Oblak has conceded in three of the last four games
and it sounds almost like a losing streak.
Because in total he has received
8 goals in 18 days
.
Another figure that threatens the historical record.
A mark
owned
by
Oblak (2015-16) and Liaño (93-94):
18 goals against at the end of the championship.
That is, the team goes out on offense and defense, even improving itself.
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Atlético 2013-14, League champion CHEMA DIAZ (DIARIO AS)
This Atleti, on the other hand, does not compete only for this title, but
rubs shoulders with the best
Atletis
in the history of the League
.
This season's is the second, only surpassed by the last champion,
2013-14, also with Simeone and Koke.
That one added 49 points in the first 18 games
and closed the half of the tournament with 50. That is, he has a shot to match it next Sunday in Carranza.
The numbers are there:
leader
with an important advantage,
less thrashed
team
(half that of the following, Real Madrid and Sevilla, with 16) and
second with the most marks
(36 for Barça's 39, which has one more game) ... AND the sensations also do not invite us to think about a rojiblanco collapse, with an
empty infirmary
(only the punished Trippier is missing),
several sweet players
(Suárez, Llorente, Carrasco, Lemar, Savic ...) and
goals of all colors that are worth points
.
The leader is happy for a thousand reasons and keeps pace with the historic 100 points.