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Yes, you are right Atletico Madrid does have a very good defense at the moment, this is proven because this season Atletico Madrid is the team that has conceded the fewest goals. So with this, it is true that Atletico Madrid can currently be said to be in its best performance. Just need to sharpen the front line more, I'm sure Atletico Madrid can become an even greater team. Maybe this is what is called a process that does not betray the results. Because as we know, in the past decade, Atletico Madrid has never changed coaches. This is a specialty that Atletico Madrid has, because it is certain that with this, the Atletico Madrid players will definitely have good chemistry with their teammates or with their coach. This will definitely make their performance even greater.
In contrast to Barcelona, this season they brought in a new coach, namely Hansi Flick. I admit that the arrival of Hansi Flick has brought quite significant changes to Barcelona's performance. But unfortunately Hansi Flick has not been able to make his players consistent with their great performance. In fact, as we know, losing just one core player can make Barcelona's previously good performance turn bad. I think Barcelona's problem lies in that. Because how can Barcelona continue to be consistent with its performance, if for example it loses just one main player, its performance changes for the worse. For this reason, Hansi Flick must be able to make Barcelona have second-tier players who have the same great performance as the main players. If it's like that, I'm sure Barcelona will dominate football in Laliga again.
No, my point was that Atletico wins their games with the defense, they don't necessarily have to sharpen their frontline as you put it. Of course more goals are always better, but the Atletico team from the past has often won the games 1-0, 2-0. As soon as they scored a goal, the game against them turned into an ugly mission because it is so hard to get your own game going against them when they have the lead. The time becomes their best friend, they delay the game with fouls and are acting as if they are injured. They have only one mission and that is to destroy the game of the other team, which is not fun to watch, but effective.
I think this is what Atletico is doing again. They don't need to score 3 or 4 goals in every game on average and by the way just look at the impressive goal count of Barcelona, but where are they in the table? That's what is important to note, not the relative numbers where Barcelona outnumbers Atletico, but they are behind regardless.