Atlético have not won a league game for a month (September 25 in Mallorca), their only win in the last six days after an immaculate start (three of three). Atletico, however, is three points behind the leader - and in the Champions League he has it very well.

Atlético is the least scoring team (eight) among the top 10 in the League, an altar shared with their rival this Saturday. Looking at his own story, Atlético is the least scorer of the last half century (only the 68/69 course has worse numbers). Atletico, however, is three points behind the leader - and in the Champions League he has it very well.

Atlético is the worst Atlético with Simeone at this point (day nine), matched with that of last year, but always below normal since 2012. Atlético, however, is three points behind the leader - and in the Champions League He has it very well.

Atlético, in short, is not good, but Atlético, in short, not bad. However, everything that surrounds the team when it plays in its own stadium has become strange, hardly explainable even to those who inhabit its stands for decades (these and those of Calderón while it was). What was unleashed in the Champions League event last Tuesday, with whistles to Koke , Simeone , to changes, to exchanges, to other players, whistles crossed between fans, against each other, from others against some, has left an atmosphere charged, forced all of them to breathe in her again this Saturday.

Something happens in the Wanda . According to Simeone, «people are spontaneous and transmit what they see, what they feel. It is we who have to strive to improve some whistles or some tension that may be there, inviting us to be together, because this belongs to everyone. Hobby, leaders, soccer players and coach. When all four legs are strong, it was always better than worse. The Argentine coach, aware that his speech partly shapes the behavior of the mass, tried this Friday to put Betadine to the wound. «We are fortunate to have the best fans in Spain».

Pitos to Koke

The truth is that most of the noise revolves around the captain and coach, a delicate situation for any club. Hence, 48 hours after the game against Leverkusen, the communication department decided to let Koke speak at a promotional event. With the speech well directed, yes. The canterano did not leave the script, marked in red with a word: «Work». Curiously, the same term on which the owner of the bench insisted. «For that we work, to continue having the happiness of coming to see Atlético and, we, the joy of working for Atlético de Madrid».

They try in the club that the storm passes and the issue abates, aware, yes, that the objective is feasible only in one way: to win, and to do so with something more slack than usual. Because a crack has grown among the fans. The unconditional of the Cholo and those who, each time in a more open way, explain that yes, that the worship of Simeone still stands, but that, also, they need more, that the template gives for more, that the talent has grown and Therefore, the same cannot be asked of the 2014 team (Raúl García, José Sosa, Villa, Tiago, Mario Suárez, Gabi, etc ...) than today (Thomas, Saúl, Lemar, Vitolo, Joao Felix, Saul, etc ...).

Of course, that debate Simeone has overcome it. «The effort and the spirit that the team had the other day was what we are. And what we have to keep transmitting, because it is what is transmitted out, and that generates energy ». Aesthetic matters, in another window. Here, the important thing is only one thing. "Be strong, united." A speech that no longer calms. Or if. It depends.

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