Atletico Madrid miss Costa terribly

(Baonghean.vn) - It was not until January 1, 2018 that the Brazilian-born player officially took the field for the "new but old" team Atletico Madrid. But at that time, coach Diego Simeone and Los Rojiblancos fans missed him terribly.

To mix too much

The 1-1 draw against Karabakh - the team considered the weakest in Group C - was the second time in four days that Atletico Madrid had to accept a draw with their opponents. Last Saturday, coach Diego Simeone's team was also held to a 1-1 draw by Villarreal in round 11 of La Liga.

Notably, both draws against Karabakh and Villarreal took place at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. This is no longer a surprise to football fans after what Atletico Madrid has been showing since the beginning of the season.

Coach Diego Simeone and his team have been creating a chorus of draws and draws for over the past 2 months in all the competitions they have participated in.

In La Liga, after 10 rounds, Atletico Madrid is still unbeaten, half of which were times the opponent won 1 point (5 matches). Although Koke and his teammates, along with Barcelona and Valencia, are the names that have not received a single loss, the gap between Atletico Madrid and the top team Barcelona is already 8 points.

The reason is very simple, Atletico Madrid draws too much compared to their opponents (Barcelona has only lost points once).

Atletico Madrid (red - white) continued to be held to a draw by Karabakh in the Champions League. Photo: Internet

In the prestigious Champions League arena, things are even worse for the Wanda Metropolitano home team. In the past 4 matches in Group C, Atletico Madrid has only won 3 points with a record of 3 draws and 1 loss.

Apart from the 1-2 defeat to Chelsea at home, which was not too surprising, the loss of points to AS Roma (0-0), Karabakh (0-0, 1-1) was extremely regrettable and blameworthy. As a result, coach Diego Simeone's team is stuck in 3rd place in Group A (4 points behind Chelsea, 5 points behind AS Roma) and is at risk of not being able to get a ticket to play in the knockout round.

For the current situation to happen, the attacking line with faces like Griezmann, Gameiro, Torres, Vietto, Gaitan, Correa, Carrasco... must bear the greatest responsibility.

The lack of luck in front of the opponent's goal of the above strikers is the most basic reason leading to Atletico Madrid's poor performance.

Statistics show that in La Liga, coach Diego Simeone's players have only scored 15 goals after 10 matches (an efficiency of 1.5 goals/match) - ranked 8th out of 20 teams, losing to teams with mediocre attacks such as Villarreal (16 goals), Betis (19 goals), Celta Vigo (19 goals), Real Socieda (21 goals).

Harmless attack

Griezmann and his teammates can be forgiven for their modest scoring record in La Liga. Because coach Diego Simeone's tactics are often defensive and counter-attacking, and the strength of the teams that Atletico Madrid just faced is not to be trifled with (Barcelona, ​​Sevilla, Bilbao, Villareal, Leganes, Celta Vigo...).

However, in the Champions League arena, it is unacceptable. 2 goals/4 matches (efficiency 0.5 goals/match) is too low for an attack line with the presence of Griezmann, Torres, Grameiro...

Not scoring against AS Roma is not too unusual, scoring only once against Chelsea is not too disappointing. But scoring only once against the weak Karabakh team after 180 minutes (2 matches) is unacceptable for Atletico Madrid's attack.

Looking at the statistics that coach Diego Simeone's students created against Karabakh is enough to see how bad Atletico Madrid's attack is.

Atletico Madrid's attack has been playing poorly recently. Photo: Internet

During the 90 minutes at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, the home team fired a total of 24 shots at the opponent's goal, of which 11 shots hit goalkeeper Sehic's goal and only brought back 1 goal (Thomas Partey).

Obviously, that is enough to denounce the harmlessness and lack of grace of Griezmann and his teammates. With such an ineffective attack, Atletico Madrid is currently struggling in 3rd place in Group C, which seems not to be unjust.

Witnessing the poor performance of Griezmann, Torres, Grameiro, Carrasco... Coach Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid fans are looking forward to January 1, 2018 - the day Diego Costa will officially wear the Wanda Metrepolitano team's shirt.

But “distant water cannot put out a nearby fire”, by that time the Champions League group stage would have ended. Luckily, coach Diego Simeone and his team would have squeezed through the narrow door to the knockout round, La Liga would not be too far behind Barcelona and the King’s Cup would not be eliminated.

Missing Diego Costa right now is not a memory filled with hope./.

Thanh Hung