I don't think Atletico Madrid's performance is good enough. Atlético Madrid has won 4 out of 7 matches. And they scored 12 goals in 7 matches. The performance of Athletic Club and Real Betis is still better than that of Atletico Madrid. And so it is still completely uncertain whether Atlético Madrid will qualify for the Champions League. Atlético Madrid will not fight for the title. Atletico Madrid's aim is to qualify for the Champions League. They have a strong squad. If the coach is able to implement his match strategy correctly, maybe Atletico Madrid will qualify for the Champions League.
Last season Atletico Madrid finished third in the standings and their performance last season was quite extraordinary with their achievements in the Champions League. However, this season has not been able to clearly show consistent performance. But I believe Atletico Madrid can still get to the 3rd or 4th place this season. It's just that Valencia and Betis are now quite difficult to shift faster.
In my opinion at least Atletico Madrid have played consistently in the last few seasons, where Atletico Madrid has always been in the top 4.
Even in the 2020/2021 season, Atletico reached the peak of their success by winning the La Liga trophy. It was all thanks to the hard work of
Diego Simeone who made Atletico Madrid always perform well every season. Therefore, even this season I think that Atletico Madrid will not
be different from the previous season, where Atletico Madrid will return to the top 4. Indeed, this season Atletico Madrid have dropped points
several times and made Atletico Madrid in 6th position, but I believe Atletico Madrid will slowly crawl up and be in the top 4.
Moreover, the quality of the Atletico Madrid players is very good, Atletico Madrid actually has the ability to be able to compete with Barcelona
and Real Madrid to win the La Liga trophy. Unfortunately, Simeone's preferred defensive strategy makes Atletico often fail to win games because
they are too focused on playing defensively. In fact, if Simeone wants to change his strategy, which makes Atletico Madrid appear more aggressive,
I believe Atletico Madrid can make things difficult for Barcelona and Real Madrid.