By different paths, although proper to the essence of each one, Athletic Y Real Madrid they insist on the conquest of a League strange. Others fell unexpectedly, the Barcelona and the Sevilla, with its disappointing ending. The final stretch reveals the wear and tear of the squads, harassed by the absence of public, stress and casualties from the pandemic. And from exhaustion from a season full of encounters and emotions.
A revealing fact unites the leading teams in our league: their scorers are very lonely. Far from lethal partnersCristiano–Benzema, Messi–Suarez, O Costa–Villa, the duo of the last rojiblanca league) goal men have no one to dance with. Their partners are companions who come and go, unfaithful with other tasks to perform and with other dance partners who are engaged in other tasks.
A constant in the champion teams is the defensive solidity together with the scoring stability, derived from the conjunction of specialists. Perhaps for all the above, we are attending a League of cycles; with dramatic ups and downs in performance and unexpected debacles in the face of unforeseen revivals. Giving Atlético the winner was the prologue of a sudden decline that was on the verge of liquidating them.
Luis Suárez finishes off a ball just in front of the goal
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Noting the strength, the good game and the good goalscorer of Barcelona ended with an improper decadence of a team that says it has the best player in the world. Fighting at first against its institutional wormhole, not even the arrival of the messiah Laporta brought some stability. To the credit of Koeman The alternative is given to youngsters from the quarry, notable talents who, however, do not yet seem prepared for the enormous physical effort of a season in the elite.
Returning to the resistant aspirants, Atlético de Madrid has resumed its initial consistency, albeit with diminished physical vigor. Its power lasts sixty minutes, but it does not reach the excellence of the first round: it generates many occasions that are lost in ineffectiveness, in the constant lack of skill of the players who arrive in the area. Suárez continues alone in this endeavor, with admirable satellites that are not specialists.
The unpredictability of football manifested itself once again in his encounter with Osasuna, who maximized his poor offense: one chance, one goal. On the contrary, Atlético was sinking due to its inefficiency. The changes of the Cholo they disrupted the order of the team, but in the mess, surprisingly, almost inexplicably, they found victory; and Suárez, the shot that he sought so much these days.
Also only Benzema, Real Madrid continues in its endeavor, in fulfilling the obligation imposed by its history and its pride. Along with the disappointing fact of not depending on themselves, the Madridistas have reason to be satisfied. New talents show up with the quality and mettle that this team requires. A final breath of a strange, bittersweet season, with exalted moments and unexpected disappointments.
A team that has remembered its best times, and that is now torn between the present and the future, between those who will leave, those who will arrive, those who will stay. And with the enigmatic Zidane, who enjoys launching suggestive phrases with his impenetrable smile. There is one day left, we need the outcome.
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