The 17th round of La Liga continued on the evening of December 16, Beijing time, and the conflicts in the Barcelona dressing room and the boss's office have been made publicAtletico Madrid barely won the league last week, and another Champions League game against Lazio in midweek, and this round back to La Liga to meet another pair of tough bones, Simeone's team still have a strong heart?
Valencia were unbeaten in four consecutive La Liga games from early October to mid-November, but they have since fallen into a slump, and after losing to Getafe in the last round, the Bats have suffered two consecutive defeats and have only picked up one point from their last four games, which may be the price of youth.
The game between Valencia and Getafe was relatively dull as a whole, and just when the game was infinitely close to 0-0, Getafe set off a small climax, they won four corners in two minutes between the 83rd and 84th minutes, although the corner kick attack did not score directly, but let the Valencia defendersPhysical and mental fatigueThey were all pushed to the limit, and three minutes later Getafe took advantage of the continuation of those four corners to score the winning goal.
Barcelona suffered a season after losing to Antwerp in the Champions League in midweekFirst losing streak, It stands to reason that in the case of having won the first place in the group, it is harmless to lose a game away, but Xavi seems to have been immediately pushed to the forefront, perhaps not only the problem of record, his previous intention to rotate Lewandowski and other main players has made the management or UEFA dissatisfied, and recently it was rumored that the players expressed their dissatisfaction with Xavi in the locker room, is Xavi already on the first step of betrayal?
Of course, Barcelona's record is not helping Xavi, last weekend's La Liga defeat to Girona was obviously much more hurtful than the Champions League, this defeat not only made Barcelona lose a good opportunity to catch up with Real Madrid, but also significantly increased the number of goals conceded by Barcelona, the total number of goals conceded by Barcelona in La Liga is almost twice that of Real Madrid, you know, defense is the cornerstone of Barcelona's championship last season, and this cornerstone collapsed too early this season.
Barcelona's two defeats in La Liga this season have been top battles, which must have been very frustrating for fans, but after all, Xavi should be able to stay in the position in the short term after qualifying for the Champions League. Facing Valencia, who have a good home record, Barcelona is expected to win 2-1.
Former Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has led a steady improvement since returning to Athletic Bilbao, who have been unbeaten in seven consecutive games since losing to Barcelona in La Liga on October 23 and are currently only five points behind the top four. Against Granada last weekend, Serena Williams gave the Basque Lions the lead in the opening six minutes, but after an unfortunate incident in the stands forced the game to be postponed to Monday, Granada eventually equalised, and the result of that game was no longer important.
Because of Barcelona's loss in the last round, Atletico Madrid has surpassed Barcelona to rise to third in the standings by virtue of goal difference with one less game. However, Simeone's side have lost two of their last six La Liga games, which does not seem to fit their steady style, and Simeone should not be too satisfied. In the last round against Almeria, the vice-captain, Atletico Madrid was scared until the end of the game, but fortunately they finally held on to the 2-1 victory. The opponent's comeback from behind made Atletico very embarrassed.
Despite not getting enough time to recuperate in the league, Atletico managed to top their Champions League group. Atletico were efficient in their opening three, with Antoine Griezmann, the all-time leading scorer, giving Atletico the lead in the sixth minute, with his personal goal expected to score for Atletico before retiring200 balls, with 29 goals left at the moment. With Lazio also out of the group, the Blues did not seem to be pushing for the top spot in the group, and Atletico Madrid won 2-0.
Atletico beat a slump Bilbao side last season, but now that the Basque Lions have recovered their momentum, they will be looking to capitalise on Atletico's fatigue to win 2-1.