The Athletic of Madrid lives a worrisome crisis to which does not achieve answers. They were deleted of the Supercopa of Spain, in hands of the Athletic of Bilbao and his situation in LaLiga is worrisome, especially because the aim of this year was to defend the title and look for repeat it. Right now, and to fault to contest less than the half of the championship, seems impossible, no only by the distance with the Real Madrid (of 16 points), but because the team does not seem to heave flight.
The defensive power was used to to be the best weapon of the picture 'colchonero', but now is all the contrary. It does not help them that, besides, Jan Oblak was going through a moment worrisome and that was far to be a wall, although it follows saving to his. Against the Athletic, for example, saved in the line a goal 'sung' that it had put the tie very soon. The esloveno no 'is', but neither the rest of the team. Until the moment, all have been very 'fallones', beginning by the 'Cholo' Simeone, the main responsible.
The Argentinian trainer is the first distinguished, because it has left without 'identity' to his. His 2021 did not invite to a lot of optimism (were about to to lose the League after having a distance of until twelve points with his rivals) and this season have confirmed the bad feelings, although the team reinforced like few in Spain and were called to be the 'leaders' in absolutely everything.
Diego Pablo Simeone has fulfilled ten years in the Athletic of Madrid and leaves the feeling, at least for the moment, that the Madrilenian picture needs a change. Still it remains a lot of season, this is true, but the feelings are abysmal. Only in League, the Atleti accumulated four consecutive defeats in December. Win has gone back complicated for the rojiblancos and the figure of Simeone begins to be very discussed.
The annoyance of the 'colchoneros'
Inside the fans of the Athletic of Madrid begins to exist some annoyance by Simeone. His approaches, decisions and ideas do not convince neither are sufficient to achieve the results. To this, adds him that the Argentinian is, with difference, the better trainer paid of the world. The Argentinian, the one who arrived to the Athletic of Madrid in 2011, perceives around 40 million gross euros (20 'kilos' net, apróximadamente) by year in the Spanish capital, much more that the majority of his colleagues... Change and an important saving for the arks rojiblancas?