The data that causes 'jaquecas' to Simeone against the Barça

Although the Athletic of Madrid of the 'Cholo' Simeone was the 'Black Beast' of the FC Barcelona during the season 2013-14, the reality is that the rojiblancos carry 520 days without defeating to the Barça and the 'Cholo' only has achieved a victory in 13 parties in front of the culés

Ticket - Gone in Athletic Madrid vs FC Barcelona - League J3
Ticket - Gone in for all the parties of the FC Barcelona

The Athletic of Madrid has been traditionally, during the last seasons, one of the rockiest teams of the League BBVA 2015-16 and one of the rivals to which to the FC Barcelona more has cost him bend so much in the Camp Nou as in Vicente Calderón.

The newspaper 'ACE', in spite of everything, has remembered a data that leaves clear that the Athletic is not neither much less the 'Black Beast' of the Barça, but rather the other way around: of the last 13 parties that have played both clubs, the rojiblancos only have achieved to obtain a victory by six triumphs of the Barça, that add to the six remaining ties (the majority of them of the course 2013-14).

The Athletic of Madrid has confronted to the FC Barcelona during the last seasons in Supercopa of Spain, Glass of Rey, League BBVA and UEFA Champions League, winning only in the turn of chambers of Champions on 9 April 2014 thanks to a goal of Koke Resurrection to the 6 minutes of meeting. The rest of duels have not been at all beneficial for the Athletic of Simeone, especially if it throws the sight backwards to the past season 2014-15.

Of the four parties that played both teams -two of League and two of Glass-, always won the Barcelona, in clear comparison to the five ties of the campaign 2013-14 in which the Barça was to the orders of Gerardo Martino. The ones of the 'Cholo' Simeone attained to mark four goals in four parties to the Barça the past course, but fit a total of eight and were not able to brake to the trident formed by Leo Messi, Neymar Jr and Luis Suárez. The main question, in this sense, is if they will be able to brake it the Saturday in Vicente Calderón.

The Athletic no longer is so fearsome

With the course of key players like Thibaut Courtois, Burn Turan or Diego Coast, the Athletic of Madrid has left to be that team defensivamente fearsome that hindered all the offensive attempts of the FC Barcelona and kept him to line. The Barça, besides, is now much more impredecible that in the past thanks to the signings of Luis Suárez and Rakitic, much more direct in the game and ideals to play to the counterattack, and the arrival of Luis Enrique that has transformed the game culé doing it perfectly compatible with the variant of the contragolpe.