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Barely a week after the disaster in Saudi Arabia, the one in San Sebastian arrived. The two tournaments, Cup and Super Cup, have slipped through the hands of a vaporous and imperceptible Atlético. Just seven days to lose the two fastest trains to lift a title this season. Because the Cup, elusive since that glorious 2013 final at the Bernabéu, had become one of the rojiblancos' goals this season. If in these years the tournament had been left in the hands of the second goalkeeper, this time the intentions were made clear with

's presence against Majadahonda, landing in the competition. Not even the stone will be able to enjoy this year the French goalkeeper

, unlike all his predecessors as an assistant to the Slovenian goalkeeper.

Simeone, in full anniversary, is experiencing his most critical moments since he arrived.

"Last season was magnificent and this one is being very difficult. The opportunities are there, we have the League and the Champions League. I'm not going to stay put, for sure", argued the Argentine coach, after suffering the tenth defeat of the season in Anoeta.

In all of last year, Atlético lost eight games.

Now the battle in the League is to secure one of the places for the next Champions League.

In those are also another handful of teams.

More than usual.

And then there is Europe, where the only certainty is the round of 16 match against

.

That pass in Porto has been the only joy of the exercise.

Because Atlético returns from San Sebastián with its suit in tatters due to defensive sins. The defense is once again questionable. Rather, it has not stopped being almost since August. "Hopefully we will meet again with that zero in our arch that was criticized for so many years and now has more and more weight. With stability, the rest is easier," Simeone sighed. And it is that leaving a clean sheet has gone from being a habit to an occasional fact. In the 29 games between the League, the Champions League and the Cup, it has only happened eight times. In total: 36 goals against, the same ones that Oblak conceded in the 46 rounds he played a year ago (he was only absent in the 1-0 cupbearer in Cornellà). The insecurity behind has been accentuated without

and with the intermittence of

, absent in the Cup due to his red card in Riyadh against Athletic.

Hermoso's arbitration complaints

Against Real, a lateral center (one more) led to a lethal header from

.

And

made one of his biggest blots.

, however, remembered the referee.

"There are situations that we have had to score a goal before conceding, in the lateral center there is a possible foul, but this is how it is, we already know how it is. There are already several situations in which the same thing has happened to us, I do not understand anything, fouls The same ones that have whistled against us don't whistle for us. The referee has to control everything, there are 10 changes and he only adds three minutes...", was the central defender's analysis.

Simeone is experiencing an unknown situation at Atlético, where he had never found himself at such a crossroads.

"The only way to improve is to help the footballer, give him confidence, peace of mind at this time when the situation creates complications," Cholo concluded.

There is no time to regret.

In three days, Valencia visits the Wanda Metropolitano.

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