The suffering of Simeone when it steps the Camp Nou: Never it has won with the Athletic

The Athletic of Madrid found this past Tuesday with the unexpected prick of the FC Barcelona in front of the Villarreal in the Stadium of the Ceramics. The culés traced back in the last minute in front of the castellonenses and at the end added a point that could be key to win LaLiga Santander. The rojiblancos, that had won some hours before against the Girona, will arrive this Saturday to the Camp Nou to eight points of the barcelonistas in the classification.

A favourable important distance to the Barcelona, but no impossible to trace back if the colchoneros achieved to win in Barcelona territory this weekend. But the ones of the Cholo Simeone will have by in front a very complicated mission, and having in the hand the numbers of the precedents, could say that even it is one 'impossible mission'.

The Argentinian trainer of the Athletic never has won in the Camp Nou since it directs to the Madrilenian club. It arrived to the by then group of Vicente Calderón in December of 2011, and in his 14 visits has harvested nine defeats and five ties. Some abysmal statistics that complicate even more the task to add the three points in this crash.

The athletic will have to imagine that it sounds the hymn of the Champions League if they want to take out some result that favour them. In Europe, unlike in League, the Cholo and his players yes have achieved to take out positive results of the Camp Nou to delete to the Barcelona of the League of Champions in until two occasions. The first time was in the quarter-finals of the season 2014, in which empataron to one in the field of the Barça and in the turn won 1-0. In the second occasion, also in chambers, fell by 2-1 in the Camp Nou, but won 2-0 in Vicente Calderón.

But in spite of these two good results in eliminatory, the true is that they neither arrived to achieve the triumph, something that need in this occasion. The last time that the Athletic of Madrid attained to win in Barcelona was on 5 February 2006. Maxi Rodríguez and Fernando Torres, in two occasions, went the heroes of this victory by 1-3 in the Barcelona stadium. From this crash, 18 parties, with 12 defeats and six ties in total.

The Barcelona, trusted his possibilities

In spite of the pressure that could have on the group of Ernesto Valverde, the players seem to be calm and trusted of face to this decisive meeting. The culés feel upper and trust to add the three points and leave LaLiga almost sentenced to fault of two months of competition. After the bad party against the Villarreal, the Barça needs to improve his image against the Athletic to go to by the Manchester the next week in his best state of form.