The La Liga season has reached its midpoint and Real Madrid has topped the table by now, while Barcelona, which was in their place until recently, is already 5 points behind Real Madrid. Their more realistic competitor now will be Atletico, because Barcelona has many problems in the new season, which are the result of financial problems, while Atletico is doing well, they have a good defense and an excellent attack, especially since they can potentially overtake Real Madrid.
La Liga till mid of the season, has shortened possible candidates for the league title to only three: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. These competitors are very close in points, and the title race currently opens for all of them. Atletico Madid are silently and don't catch too much attention on media and I consider they are an underdog but they have good ability to challenge both Real Madrid and Barcelona. As they already shown it by winning 2 La Liga titles, they can do it again with their impressive performances so far.
I think Real Madrid will start to take this seriously and maybe they will give a warning, because after all Real Madrid is also very disadvantaged in this matter. And I think that Real Madrid must do, this is to protect their players and also to maintain the team's performance. They are in a situation that still really needs reliable players, one of which is Vini. Once again Vini must be able to position himself as a professional player, emotions are a very natural thing but it can be controlled as long as he wants to do it. I hope this is the last time he does something like that.,
Real Madrid are going to take advantage of La Liga competition but they are also facing with some disadvantages from player resource by injuries and suspensions. The temporary first position is good but they will have to defend it under pressure and competition of both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. The latest drama and possible long suspension of Vinicius Junior, they will have more difficulty by losing one of most important attacking players for a long time.