I understand that Real will go to UCL next season anyway, but being third is such a shameful result. This team won la liga plus ucl last season, just last season, and in a single season they may lose UCL and be third in the league. That is just way too bad and I feel like that shouldn't really be considering a good season at all, that is a season to forget for them. Forget about the cup and all, that means nothing.
From here on out, the only thing that can make this season alright is beating City and then getting UCL whoever they face on the final game, but there is absolutely nothing good about losing that too, that would be terrible. Or they could get back on the horse at the league and beat ATM to win second position back, which could happen but they really need to do that.
I don't know what happened to Real Madrid, so they have experienced many unsatisfactory results this season. Perhaps one of the factors is that the strategy used by Real Madrid is somewhat monotonous. I don't mean to say their strategy was bad, it's just that now such a strategy can be read by opponents, making it easier for the team facing it to anticipate the moves that Real Madrid usually makes. However, they still won trophies, including the Copa del Rey trophy they just won. In the Champions League they have to perform even better to beat Manchester City.
Atletico Madrid showed that they are still there at the end of this season. At the start of the season they struggled to find their form. However, over time they slowly returned to find the shape of their game. Even though they still have much to improve, what they showed today was extraordinary. The second position they occupy now is inseparable from the unsatisfactory results that Real Madrid often gets.
Atletico Madrid are still not calm when the points with Real Madrid are still very thin because if Real Madrid wins the next match on May 14, then they still have the potential to take second place from the top of the standings, and they must work hard to get maximum results. So far, teamwork can strengthen defense when on the field and will be very efficient because Real Madrid only relies on a few players to win.
Yes, the distance between them is still very tight and it becomes a threat to them. Now the only way for them to stay in this position is to win 3 points from every game. They don't have to wait for Real Madrid to drop points again, because now it is they who decide where they will finish at the end of the season. They didn't miss a chance when Real Madrid dropped many points, and now they are in control of their own destiny. ATletico Madrid only have one focus because they only have games in La Liga, that's probably what got them to where they are now.