The race to win the Spanish Football League, this season, is raging and entering the decisive stage, and the three favorite teams to win the title are now clear: Atletico Madrid leaders, runner-up Barcelona, and Real Madrid, who are third.
"Al Atleti" was walking steadily towards the title and was comfortably ahead of its rivals, who were floundering at the beginning of the season, but in recent matches he wasted a lot of points, and from his misfortune, Barca and Real returned to achieve successive victories.
In this report, we will try to summarize matters in favor of each team and others against it, which may give indications about the favorites to win the title, but the last word remains for the green rectangle.
In the favor of Atlético
Top:
Al Atleti tops the league table with 66 points, 4 points ahead of Barca and 6 for Al Malaki. This means that his fate is in his hands and he can crown the title if he does not waste points in the remaining ten rounds.
No preoccupations: The
children of coach Diego Simeone - unlike Barcelona and Real - have left the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, and they only have the League championship to focus on and win its title.
- "Clasico of Earth":
What serves "the Rojiblancos" is that there will be a classic confrontation between Barca and Real Madrid on the 10th of next month, and this means that it guaranteed that one or both of the direct competitors wasted points.
Elements against him
The pressure: For
Atletico to top the table, this means double pressure on any team. When "Al Atleti" plays after Barca, it means that he is forced to win, otherwise the Catalan team will reduce the point difference.
- Goal difference:
Real is superior in direct confrontations, and the goal difference is over "Al Atleti" (Real won the first leg 2-1 and tied back 1-1).
Atletico defeated Barca in the first leg with a clean goal and will face them on May 8 or 9 in the second round.
4 difficult confrontations:
Atletico Madrid awaits 4 difficult matches away from their stadium, against Sevilla, Real Betis, Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona.
Elements with Barcelona
- The return of the soul:
Barcelona crushed Real Sociedad 6-1, to complete 3 months and 18 games without defeat in the League, including 15 victories, and scored 37 points out of 39 possible.
- Messi with the top of his bid + additional comfort:
The Argentine star tops the scorers' list with 23 goals and has distinguished levels recently, and the most important thing is that he will get a rest for about a week because the South American Football Association canceled the qualifiers for the continent qualifying for the 2022 World Cup Qatar due to the Corona virus.
- The return of Pique:
Gerard Pique will return to his position in the heart of the defense, to be with Ronaldo Araujo or Clement to his son, and this means the return of Frankie de Jong to his position in the middle of the field.
Elements against him:
- Direct confrontations:
Barcelona lost to Real and Atletico in the first leg, and now they have to win the last ten matches to crown the title.
- The King's Cup:
The Catalan team faces Athletic Bilbao in a difficult final in the Copa del Rey, just days after the exhausting match, El Clasico.
Items with real
Barcelona
vs
Atletico:
Facing the runner-up and the leaders in the "Camp Nou" means that one or both of them will waste points.
- The royal act did it last season:
Real managed to win the last ten matches last season, and snatched the title from Barcelona’s hands, and it could be repeated this season.
Elements against Real
Foul is forbidden:
Real Madrid must not waste points and win all of their remaining matches.
- The Champions League:
Two strong confrontations against Liverpool, including the El Clasico match against Barca.
Difficult
matches await
:
Los Blancos face Barcelona, Seville, Granada, Athletic Bilbao and Villarreal among the ten remaining matches of the season.