Soccer language feeds on pigtails.
They do not go out of style.
They are simply used over and over again.
Whenever the tournament surpasses the curve that connects with the last ten days, the theorem must be used: the
Luis Aragonés area
.
That is, the evidence that the champion must be decided in those final ten matches.
Put in context, the situation is as follows: in the absence of 30 points at stake, the leader of the classification, Atlético, leads Barcelona by four, second in the table, and by six over Real Madrid, third.
It is the third time in 40 years that the rojiblancos reach the border of the final ten days occupying the first place, which already indicates the unheard of matter.
He solved it wonderfully once.
Yes, the 1995-96 season, the double with
Radomir Antic
.
Not only did he defend a six-point advantage over Barça, but he extended it to seven to be champion.
And again, in 80-81, he solved it out of pain.
Leader in the absence of ten days in the times in which the triumphs were worth two points, he surpassed Barcelona by one (second), Valencia (third) by two, and both Real Sociedad (seventh) and Real Madrid by six (eighth).
These last two ended up beating Atlético, the San Sebastian being champions with the same points as the whites.
The team coached by
José Luis García Traid
, who had also led the first round, collapsed without remedy.
He was unable to win any of the last seven games, including a four-loss martyrdom.
The last time Atlético won the league (2013-14), on the other hand, it was wonderful to go to the slipstream.
In the absence of ten days he was watching Real Madrid from second place, the leader with three points of advantage.
Barcelona del
Tata
was third, with one point less than the rojiblancos.
Those of
Simeone
, champions at the Camp Nou, were the ones who best withstood the war of nerves, being the ones who caught the most points in the final stretch (23, by 21 for the Catalans and 17 for the whites).
In May 2016, before starring in Munich against Bayern in one of the greatest survival exercises seen in the modern era and which led to qualification for the Champions League final, Simeone slipped one of those sentences that bare his particular ideology: « I am scared in all the games because I think they will kick me out tomorrow.
I don't like to be sure of anything.
El
Cholo
, who on Sunday looked to the sky after seeing how
Oblak
saved the victory by stopping a penalty in 86, returns to look for answers in fear, in insecurities.
It was seldom bad for him.
Hard calendar
The rojiblancos' schedule is probably the toughest of the title contenders.
Four of their matches will be away from home, with visits to Sánchez Pizjuán, Benito Villamarín, San Mamés and, above all, the Camp Nou.
The clash against Barcelona on the weekend of May 8-9, four days from the end, is presumed to be decisive.
Perhaps as much as another match in which Atlético has no direct participation: the Valdebebas classic on April 10.
There it should be clear who your main adversary will be.
Who most threatens is Barcelona.
The Barça team, which for a good part of the season toyed with the idea of living badly in a transitional season, has reached the climax with its best appearance in years.
Koeman
, after giving it many laps, has found a scheme (3-4-2-1) in which he empowers the lanes (
Dest
and
Alba
), exploits
De Jong's
exit
from the center post, protects
Busquets
, and allows the integration of
Griezmann
and
Dembélé
.
Messi
is having a great time.
Barça has gone 18 games without losing in the League, has linked nine wins away from Camp Nou (the last of them, the shocking 1-6 against Real Sociedad), and has taken 48 of the last 54 points since his last defeat at Carranza on December 5.
In addition to the duels in the heights against Real Madrid and Atlético (both defeated him in the first round), the trips to the Estadio de la Cerámica and Mestalla are the most tricky.
There are those who insist on not paying attention to Real Madrid, despite the fact that
Zidane
never finished seasons without a title to celebrate.
With the Champions as an appetizing culmination, the whites already showed their competitive capacity a year ago by winning 10 of their last 11 games (and the final draw against Leganés came when they were already champions).
The white calendar is not the most dangerous.
Beyond the classic and the visit of Sevilla, he has a hard exit to San Mamés on the penultimate day.
Benzema
(17 goals), a model, is already following in
Suárez's
footsteps
(19), with Messi on the heights (23).
Distrusting Real Madrid was never a good idea.
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