This Sunday the Barcelona of coach Ernesto Valverde received the visit of Atlético de Madrid at the Camp Nou, where he played not only a simple game of La Liga, but also represented for Atletico cut their lead to 2 points from the leader of the table , the Barcelona.
Atlético de Madrid, came on an impressive run of 6 straight wins, which little by little allowed them to cut the wide lead advantage of Barcelona from 11 points to only 5. Atlético is considered by many as the best team of the second half of the tournament, and that came to face this game with the illusion put in the good time they lived but did not have enough to defeat Barcelona at home, as little resembled the team that marked the last three commitments 9 goals.
For its part a Barcelona very well planted in defense, they tried from beginning to end, cutting the passes between lines, while in turn isolating the opposing attackers to be able to completely annul Atlético de Madrid leaving them blank in the final score. And on the other hand, his Star Leonel Messi scored his 600 goal in his career by means of a free kick to give the victory to his team (1-0), despite the absence of Iniesta, and thus increase his advantage to 8 points on his closest opponent Atletico de Madrid subtracting 11 games to play.
Despite the fact that the 8 points advantage did not seem so wide, it is difficult for Atlético de Madrid (second in the table) and for the rest of the teams that contend to the title, finish as champion since Barcelona is playing an incredible football and it does not show signs of slowing down. It would have that the Athletic one of Madrid to play a perfect soccer and to win all its commitments, additional that the Barcelona loses between 2 and 3 commitments so that the equipment of Madrid raises the glass.
And although mathematically speaking and it is still possible for Atlético or another team to take that first place in the standings, it is unlikely that they will do so because of the excellent football the Catalans are playing, but we still have just over two months of good football where we will witness the outcome of La Liga Española and absolutely everything can happen.
Until next time, thanks for reading.