The Atlético de Madrid is in check in the UEFA Champions League. The defeat against Milan in the Wanda Metropolitano, where they failed to win any of their three games in this group stage, leaving them in last place in the group with just four points and forcing them to win on the final matchday against Porto in Portugal to qualify, depending on a positive result in San Siro.
The mattress team is having a very bad group stage in every way. He has only won one game (vs Milan at San Siro in the last minutes and playing the majority of the game with one more player) and has scored 4 goals. Their numbers are more than negative and Wanda Metropolitano has stopped causing fear at the international level, losing in two of the three games they played at home. They go up to four if we count the defeat in the last 16 of the last edition against Chelsea by Thomas Tuchel.
A major problem
Diego Pablo Simeone’s formula has lost its validity in the Champions League because, beyond having the longest process in the group and one of the best squads in the club’s history, they have barely managed to compete in some games and have barely managed to generate danger against an almost eliminated Milan (who got into the fight) in Madrid.
On the other hand, the players have not finished performing at the expected level. Luis Suárez and Antoine Griezmann do not finish giving the leap of quality that is needed in Europe. The defense still does not offer solidity and few are saved from negative dynamics when it comes to playing against international teams.
The scenario is more than complicated because of the poor collective performance of the team throughout the group stage. He can still get the pass, but everything seems to indicate that he will have to change many things. Elimination would be one more European failure for a club that, in recent years, has been moving further and further away from the greats of Europe.
The Wanda Metropolitano is no longer scary at the European level.
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