Atlético Madrid and ten alarming facts in the Champions League

Simeone’s Cholo side haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last ten Champions League matches.

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Although they had already lost to both of them with a score of 4:0. Bayern Munichin 2020, like Borussia Dortmundin 2018, the defeat in Lisbon goes beyond a temporary break, it is a confirmation of the problems Atlético Madrid V Champions Leagueespecially as a visitor:

1–7 losses in last 10 matches:

Atlético’s decline as visitors Champions League This is evidence. Matches like the one in Lisbon, in addition to the strength of the score compared to other defeats, have been seen almost constantly by the red-whites in recent years, whenever they play in Europe away from the Metropolitano.

The numbers are telling: seven defeats in their last ten matches, of which they won only one, 1-3 against Feyenoord, with two draws (2-2 with Celtic and 1-1 with Lazio). They have lost their last three rides in this competition.

2 – From Dortmund to Lisbon, 8 goals in 2 visits:

Atlético Madrid was a ghost in Lisbon. Smaller team. Their defense was pointless, irrelevant, broken and vulnerable, with a major four-goal adjustment that went no further due to Jan Oblak’s stoppages. Losing Robin Le Normand was an obvious loss, but his defensive lapses cannot be explained simply by the absence of the Spain international.

They also conceded four goals in their last match of last season’s top continental competition, the quarter-final second leg against Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park (4-2).

Benfica shots 3–19, 10 on target:

Atlético missed an unusual number of shots on their own goal. According to official UEFA statistics, Benfica rose to 19th place; four blocks, five throw-ins and ten between the three goalposts for Jan Oblak, by far the best in his team, despite conceding four goals.

The Slovenian goalkeeper made a total of six saves to hold off Portugal, who scored two of their four goals from the penalty spot.

4 – No goals away from Old Trafford in 2022:

He has kept no goals in any of his last ten league matches. Champions Leaguestarting with the Round of 16 of the 2021–22 season in March 2022, when they beat Manchester United 0–1 at Old Trafford.

Since then, he has conceded goals in every tournament match away from Metropolitano: four against Benfica and Borussia Dortmund; two from Celtic, Porto, Club Brugge and Bayer Leverkusen and one each from Inter, Feyenoord, Lazio and Manchester City. 20 goals in 10 matches.

5 – Only 6 unbeaten games in the last 30:

Its defensive power is Champions League He raises doubts not only as a guest, but also at home. Atlético have played only six of their last 30 European matches, home or away, without a loss.

Only Manchester City, Lazio, Brugge, Celtic and Porto scored goals against them at home and the aforementioned Manchester United away.

6 – No shot between three clubs:

Atlético, indecisive, uncertain and inoffensive, did not shoot on target in Lisbon, although Simeone changed systems and names, with particular emphasis when he replaced Koke, Rodrigo de Paul and Antoine Griezmann once at half-time. Larger words. Samuel Lino fired into the crossbar, but it was not a shot, but rather a cross into the penalty area that poisoned his trajectory.

If this were a specific situation in Champions League As a visitor, this shouldn’t bother Atlético and the Argentine coach, but it’s too repetitive: it’s happened to him in five of his last 15 trips to this tournament.

7 – progress was achieved in only two out of 10 visits:

In their last ten away games in a major continental competition, Atlético Madrid have led only twice.

One against Lazio last season in Rome, Pablo Barrios’ shot bounced off an opponent. Blue goalkeeper Ivan Provedel drew the match in the final minutes. And another in the 1:3 win over Feyenoord in Rotterdam.

8 – Score 4-0 or worst defeats for Simeone:

Simeone’s Atlético have not lost by such a margin on the scoreboard for four years, including a 4-0 defeat to Bayern Munich on October 21, 2020.

The Argentine coach’s career as head of the red-and-whites saw another setback of this magnitude: another 4-0 score against Borussia Dortmund on October 24, 2018. These are his worst defeats as coach of Atlético Madrid, which Simeone already led. in 691 duels.

9–11 wins in last 30 games:

In general, Atlético also lost strength in the championship. Champions League. Although they have won six of their last nine games (with three defeats), if you look further down the line, the winning percentage is down: eleven in their last 30 games in a major continental competition, or 21 in their last 50, from November 2018 to now.

10 – Twenty-third and without error:

When Diego Simeone laid out his vision of the points needed to secure one of the first eight direct places in the last 16, he put at least 20 of the 24 points at stake over the course of eight games. His team has already lost three matches, so he has no more room for error to reach that target number.

Only six wins in the remaining six matches (at home against Lille, Slovan Bratislava and Bayer Leverkusen, and away against PSG, Sparta Prague and Salzburg) guarantee a score above 20. At the moment, Atlético » is twenty-third on goal difference. from -3. So far, seven teams have completed the game (Dortmund, Brest, Benfica, Leverkusen, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Juventus).