The 2023 24 season of La Liga continues, and for Atletico Madrid, the successful renewal of the coach Simeone, the team maintains stability, to the great surprise of fans, Simeone changed his conservative defensive counterattack tactics and changed to offensive football, and Atletico Madrid's results have also improved significantly, and the offensive firepower once surpassed Real Madrid and Barcelona. At 4 o'clock in the morning on December 4th, Beijing time, La Liga will usher in a key battle, the defending champion Barcelona will sit at home against Atletico Madrid, the two teams have the same points, Atletico Madrid has one less game, and the two teams will be the main competitors for the championship this season. Due to copyright reasons, CCTV's CCTV5 will not be able to broadcast live.
Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid, Xavi sits on 8The 6.2 billion euro luxury squad has Lewandowski, Raphinha, Felix, Yamal, Romeu, Gundogan, De Jong, Pedri, Ferming, Christensen, Cancelo, Roberto, Araujo, Kounde and other stars. For Atletico, Simeone has 4The 7.2 billion euro squad has Griezmann, Morata, Correa, Depay, Llorente, De Paul, Gimenez, Molina, Oblak and other famous players. The sum of the two teams is 133.4 billion euros, about 9.7 billion yuan. The historical record shows that in the last 10 meetings between the two teams, Barcelona has the upper hand with 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Barcelona came back from behind to win over Porto in the Champions League in midweek to secure the top spot in the group and advance to the knockout round, sweeping away the gloom of the Champions League group in the previous two seasons. In La Liga, Barcelona's form has been up and down, and it was forced to draw by Rayo Vallecano in the last round of the league, and is currently in 4th place in the standings with 31 points with 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. In the first 14 rounds of the league, Barcelona scored 27 goals but conceded 14 goals, ranking 4th in La Liga in terms of goals scored and 4th in defense, with a total of 14 players in the team scoring goals, including Lewandowski who scored 8 goals in all competitions and was the team's top scorer.
Atletico Madrid beat Feyenoord 3-1 away in the Champions League in midweek to make it clear from the group stage. In La Liga, Atletico Madrid ushered in two consecutive wins, currently with 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses with 31 points, with one less game and the same points as Barcelona, with a goal difference advantage over Barcelona ranked third. Atletico have scored 45 goals in 18 games in all competitions this season, making them the most attacking firepower in La Liga. A total of 12 players in the team have scored, with Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata combining for 25 goals and are the main attacking points for Atletico.
The injury situation of the two teams, Barcelona, Cancelo and Gavi will be out due to injury. For Atletico Madrid, Bitolo, Lemar and Barrios are injured and unable to play. Judging from the head-to-head records of the two teams, Barcelona have won the last three games against Atletico Madrid, and last season they beat Atletico Madrid home and away, but the score was only 1-0. This season, Barcelona's offense and defense have declined to varying degrees compared with last season's championship, especially the defense, the number of goals conceded has increased significantly, and the number of Lewandowski goals has dropped sharply, and the pressure on Xavi has increased sharply.
Atletico Madrid renewed his contract with Simeone some time ago, Simeone has been in charge of Atletico Madrid for 12 years, and has previously snatched two league titles from Barcelona and Real Madrid with an iron-blooded defense. Atletico Madrid changed its style of play this season, took the initiative to play offensive football, and received immediate results, Atletico Madrid tied for the most goals in the Champions League with Manchester City, and in La Liga, Atletico Madrid averaged the most goals per game, whether Barcelona's defense can withstand Atletico Madrid's attack is the key, another highlight of this round is that Felix played against his old master, Felix joined Barcelona on loan because he could not secure the main position in Atletico Madrid, Felix can respond to Simeone with goals?Let's wait and see, there is a chance that this game will end in a draw.