If the Barça still aspires to this League, the Atlético is the main rival

After the triumph harvested in front of the FC Barcelona in Wanda Metropolitan (1-0), the Athletic of Madrid begins to ilusionarse with the championship, converting for the time being in the main rival of the Barcelona club in LaLiga Santander and adding reasons that allow him dream with the title.

The numbers are to his favour

The group 'colchonero' accumulates five victories followed with a balance of 12 goals in favour and one against. Besides, they carry 24 days invictas; a record in the history of the institution.

Badly moment of Madrid and Barça

The Athletic of Madrid is taking advantage of the bad moment by which live the Real Madrid and the FC Barcelona, both teams are showing his worst expensive from the start of the competition. Until this moment, any has reacted and the rojiblancos follow distanciados. To the whites take them out three points (with a party more) and to the Barcelona (with equality of meetings) take them out nine.

Without noticing the absences

Although the infirmary has kept full in each commitment, the absences of the group colchonero have not noticed . The duel in front of the Barça was a clear example of this; it was not his signing crashes, Luis Suárez. And it fits to stand out that some players like Herrera or Beautiful gave the face.

The second more goleador

At present they are the second team more goleador of LaLiga Santander, and this that carry a party less than the Real Sociedad, team that finds in the first place. The rojiblancos have marked 18 goals, what means that they annotate more than two goals by party, in addition to that in his staff seven footballers already know what is to celebrate a goal.

Firmness in the defence

In the eight first days of the championship of LaLiga Santander, Oblak only has fit two goals. It fits to stand out that the most important is that these two goals arrived in parties that already had controlled the defence colchonera; in front of the Granada went 5-0 winning and in front of Osasuna went 0-2 up.

Union in the changing room

The victory in front of the FC Barcelona left a photo of all the players that the majority shared in his social networks with the word "family". The union in the changing room every time notices more, so much in the celebrations as in the trainings.

More ambition that in other years

With the arrival of Luis Suárez, the young footballers have associated to one of the most competitive players. The result is this Athletic of Madrid, that has showed more ambitious that in previous years.

State of form

Joao Félix or Koke are the clear example that there are players that are crossing by his best state of form. Both are key in this new Athletic of Madrid directed by Simeone.

Physicist

Together with the rotations, the work of the 'Profe' Ortega and the five changes, the rojiblanco arrived to the point in that physically it is above a lot of teams in the competition.

Leadership

Simeone, the greater leader of the Athletic of Madrid, knows which is the way to follow up. Although many have doubted of his leadership, his transition has given his fruits.

Five players that played in Barça and Athletic